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I used to be a bartender/wait tables and it made me realize that everybody should have to do so for at least once in their life. It fosters empathy for all service industries. I was eating in a cafe with my wife the other day and a woman several tables over was loudly talking on her cell phone. The guy at the table next to her staired at her shaking his head with his fingers in his ears. -Was he right to be annoyed? Absolutely. Could he have communicated this more effectively? Absolutely. My point is that the "politeness" that you see as an increasing void in society exists on both sides of a situation. These days not only is the loud cellphone lady rude but the guy next to her is too. "Pardon me miss, would you mind either not speaking on your cell phone so loudly or perhaps just not speaking on it al all"? -This would be a better response.
My wife is one of the people in the crowd that would say nothing. When a situation like this arises, she immediately looks at me and says "don't say anything". Why shouldn't I? I know half the cafe is thinking the same thing. People are too passive. Being assertive is the only way to be. At least 3 times in my life I have had to step out of a movie theater to tell mgmt that the sound was off. If I didn't, I swear people would have just watched an entire movie in silence! Anyways, I gave you a shout out in my description of this post. Thought it as kind of funny.
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