The Banter Thread / Banter Topic / Sean Bean

[charlesr]

Can't get hold of someone on messenger, so I phone their mobile. "Hello?" "Hi, it's Charles" "Sorry I can't talk right now [cuts me off]".

Why did you answer the phone then?

There seems to be a massive compulsion to answer phones. If mine's ringing during dinner or whatever, I'll just leave it. We've got an answerphone, so why not use it?

I know someone who when their secretary isn't about will go and answer the phone even if they are with a client. Several clients have refused to come back because of this. We've told them not to do this, but they still continue: "If I don't answer I'm losing out on business". erm no. If you do answer you might possibly gain some new business but you'll definitely lose out on business you currently have. Crazy.

[Crisp_Rapper]

yeah that's just stupid. tell him i said that too... i have zero problem ignoring calls when i'm busy, if i answered all of them i'd not get anything done in the day (and i'm not saying i'm popular, it's just the people i work with require their hands holding over everything as they know nothing).

i'll never pick up a private number or one i don't know, if your number's not in my work phone you're unimportant to me, sorry.

[ChrisF]

Vending machine just gave me 2 crunchies instead of 1. About the third time this has happened now. Happy days!

[Big Seany]

In more vending machine news, I bought a pack of Doritos out of our one earlier, and when I opened the tray thing there was a Time Out bar in there, as well as a 50p piece already in the coin return slot. So I effectively got my crisps and choc bar for free. I used the 50p to buy more crisps. Great days.

[Jebus]

Can't get hold of someone on messenger, so I phone their mobile. "Hello?" "Hi, it's Charles" "Sorry I can't talk right now [cuts me off]".

Why did you answer the phone then?

There seems to be a massive compulsion to answer phones. If mine's ringing during dinner or whatever, I'll just leave it. We've got an answerphone, so why not use it?

Absolutely! I find it rather rude. Even if they try and ignore it, you can see them itching to answer it, waiting for the pause in the conversation or for you to utter those immortal words "You can get that if you like..."

Vending machines...heh, our one is a bit old and therefore sometimes gets stuff, not letting you have your stuff.

Upon giving it a bit of a seeing to (via the medium of shakeage) it's great to end up with the crisps you paid for, a mars, a pack of cheddars and a twix. Of course, I discourage the staff from doing this.

[Ady]

There seems to be a massive compulsion to answer phones. If mine's ringing during dinner or whatever, I'll just leave it. We've got an answerphone, so why not use it?

I'm the same as you.

Whenever I visit my mum, she's always moaning about "having" to answer calls when she's in the bath or having her tea. I tell her to ignore the calls and wait for the person to ring back (which they will do if it's that important), but she never listens to me.

If I'm in the bath and the phone rings, you're out of luck. I'm not getting out, getting the floor wet etc just to answer the phone. **** that.

Absolutely! I find it rather rude. Even if they try and ignore it, you can see them itching to answer it, waiting for the pause in the conversation or for you to utter those immortal words "You can get that if you like..."

There's a friend of mine who, whenever we go out cannot resist texting other people all night. If ever I pop to the loo or turn my back on her for 3 seconds, she's on her damn phone giving a running commentary of events to her mate (I can't imagine there'd be much to report, but there you go). I think it's extremely rude, and I'm going to have to tell her so one of these days, because she spends the rest of the evening with half her attention on me and the other half on her phone. Thus, our conversation is constantly interrupted whilst she stops to reply to texts. My thinking id that if my company isn't good enough for you, and you want to speak to your other friend so badly, why not just visit her instead of coming out with me?

Sometimes, I feel like grabbing her phone and throwing it against the nearest wall.

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

I got rid of my mobile a month back thinking I could be left in peace...

Now they just ring my home phone

[ChrisF]

this site seems quite a funky search engine http://www.tafiti.com
not sure how practical it is, but makes a change from a white page with a text box and two buttons

[Lebowski]

saw this made me laugh

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[MarioMark]

saw this made me laugh

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That's ace! And it's Kutaku!

[Extra Terrestrial]

There's a friend of mine who, whenever we go out cannot resist texting other people all night.

*clutches straws*

Whenever I go out in the evening, I am always guaranteed to be with at least one person who will get their phone out every few minutes but the absolute worse is when you are in the cinema watching a film (mobile phones these days emits a flood light-related backlight) and whilst eating a meal.

If you want to text them so badly then bugger off; stop spoiling my (and others) evening.

[funkydan]

I'm the same as you.

Whenever I visit my mum, she's always moaning about "having" to answer calls when she's in the bath or having her tea. I tell her to ignore the calls and wait for the person to ring back (which they will do if it's that important), but she never listens to me.

If I'm in the bath and the phone rings, you're out of luck. I'm not getting out, getting the floor wet etc just to answer the phone. **** that.



There's a friend of mine who, whenever we go out cannot resist texting other people all night. If ever I pop to the loo or turn my back on her for 3 seconds, she's on her damn phone giving a running commentary of events to her mate (I can't imagine there'd be much to report, but there you go). I think it's extremely rude, and I'm going to have to tell her so one of these days, because she spends the rest of the evening with half her attention on me and the other half on her phone. Thus, our conversation is constantly interrupted whilst she stops to reply to texts. My thinking id that if my company isn't good enough for you, and you want to speak to your other friend so badly, why not just visit her instead of coming out with me?

Sometimes, I feel like grabbing her phone and throwing it against the nearest wall.

Something like this?

What I hate is when you're in a doctors surgery (or a shop even) waiting to be served and if someone phones, they ALWAYS become the priority. The person nearly always say (in that pathetic-sounding Jack Dee voice): "Do you mind if I just get that", and being the polite British fool that I am, I always end buckling like a belt and saying "no, that's fine, you go for your phonecall"

And listen banks etc, call me with a withheld number at home - I ain't answerin'!

[Extra Terrestrial]

Something like this?

The likeliness is so uncanny however; they forgot to emit a floodlight glaring from the screen as most mobile phones do these days.

[funkydan]

Talking of cinema, why the fk don't the dirty tracksuit-wearing chav c**ts shut the f**k up and tell their fat arse ho's of girlfriends to stop texting other fat chav motherf**kers and rattling their f**king bling! I'm there to watch a film, not to listen to these bastards prattling on all f**king night!

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[ChrisF]

Gold Class at Star City (or your local equivalent) is the only way to go the cinema. 18s and over. Total guarantee of of no chavs.

And also means you can have a drink when you're enjoying the movie.