Little things you can't ignore

[Killick]

I notice a lot of people talking on their phones in the gym.


What I mean is, I notice a lot of people talking on their phones in the gym
while standing next to this sign, and those assholes sure are hard to ignore:

If there's a sign, I get you. If there's not... is this really a gym faux pas? What's the difference between talking to a workout partner who's there with you or a friend on the phone? (Not having set a foot in a gym since, well... FOREVER, I honestly don't know the protocol.)

 

[Riptide]

If there's a sign, I get you. If there's not... is this really a gym faux pas? What's the difference between talking to a workout partner who's there with you or a friend on the phone? (Not having set a foot in a gym since, well... FOREVER, I honestly don't know the protocol.)

A) because the rest of us are trying to focus, and B) because those signs are posted all through the workout area.

 

[Ace]

Same goes for people at my local library, the folks who only ever set foot in the place to get videos, who talk on their phones in total disregard for others. THIS IS NOT BLOCKBUSTER, shirtHEADS. IT'S A LIBRARY.

What's a Blockbuster?

 

[micropolitan guy]

"

"There's a bathroom on the right."

 

[Killick]

A) because the rest of us are trying to focus, and B) because those signs are posted all through the workout area.

So... and I'm not being a smartass here (again, I have NO experience)... is talking (even to one another) at the gym frowned upon?

I've heard friends talk about their gym as a great place to socialize.

 

[Killick]

What's a Blockbuster?

Shaddup and go listen to your record player, whippersnapper! And get off my lawn!

 

[Buck]

I don't see a problem with people talking on a cell phone in coffee shop as long as they aren't shouting.
If they are shouting, my issue is with the shouting. Doesn't matter whether you're on the cell phone or talking face-to-face, let's keep the volume polite.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

What's a Blockbuster?

One of a few dozen bowl games that no longer exist.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Anyone talking to someone on their phone or via their laptop while sitting in an otherwise quiet coffee shop.

Yeah, dickbag over there in the blue shirt, I'm talking about you.

Even worse: Someone talking on their phone at a movie theater.

Don't these forkers ever see the PSA before the movie between the dozen previews and the "Go to buy popcorn and soda NOW!" commercials?

 

[Songbird]

Tigers pbp guy: And now Cheslor Cuthbert

Gibby: <muffled chuckle>

Seconds of silence later ...

pbp guy: What are you laughing about over there?

**

You just know Gibson couldn't stop giggling because Cheslor Cuthbuert is one of those names that makes guys like Kirk Gibson giggle. But it's just the timing and odd silence and interplay that makes it a fun moment for the viewer.

The next day, Brian Kenny had his own weird Cheslor Cuthbert tangent.

 

[Riptide]

So... and I'm not being a smartass here (again, I have NO experience)... is talking (even to one another) at the gym frowned upon?

I've heard friends talk about their gym as a great place to socialize.

Nah. But the phone users tend to talk louder, and then they don't move away from the weights you're about to use. So they're in your ear, too, instead of moving to a more isolated spot.

 

[justgladtobehere]

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