Shut Up! Just Shuddup Shuddup!
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Yup, that famous Shut Up song from Black Eyed Peas.
I think we should learn to Shuddup AND TURN OFF THAT CELLPHONE when we're :
- in the cinemas and the lights have dimmed and the movie has already started;
- in the libraries; and
- when performances are going on.
I dread it whenever school's out because the cinemas will be filled to the brim with schoolkids who turn up in large groups and cannot stop yakking yakking, acting cute, providing stupid extra sound effects, and making their comments loudly. Then, there are still the idiots who will have an entire conversation on their cellphones in the cinema, in the middle of a movie!!! When you turn to give them dirty looks, instead of looking apologetic, they have this bloody defiant look.
Bleah! -
this song..hear until sian already
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my mobile phone is always in silent mode...
don't know what sound it makes.. supposedly polyphonic
and yes... people, please please please turn off that damned phone when you go to some places like concerts, movies and stuff like that.. -
I went to watch a play last month "return of the Tai-tai" w Ivan Heng starring....in the midst of the play someones handphone rang and he answered it and had a whole conversation going...the actors on stage all stopped and stared at this fella but he just continued...Ivan Heng then gave him a good telling off which made the fella get up and leave ...the audience then immediately gave him a standing ovation!!
at the end of the play we saw this guy sleeping in his seat!! so rude!! -
yeah....in the cinema...
halfway phone ring is very annyoing ...
worse still talk loudly on the phone.
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Hey, I keep my phone on silent mode too. In fact, I do not even turn on the sound these days.Originally posted by the Bear:my mobile phone is always in silent mode...
don't know what sound it makes.. supposedly polyphonic
and yes... people, please please please turn off that damned phone when you go to some places like concerts, movies and stuff like that.. -
sometimes i would like to do what the Tommy Lee Jones character did in US Marshals
in the movie, took the guy's mobile phone, dialed it and then threw it with all his might into the river -
kudos to the bear and delonchew... subtly stylish! woohoo! Now, those folks who BLARE their handphone polyphonic ringtones out loud are kinda irritating too. There's nothing to show off unless you composed that ringtone so I don't care if it's the latest chinese / english / japanese hit song, just don't blast it to max volume and let it ring on and on.
Wah... I'm shocked that the guy attending that Ivan Heng show was so rude!!!! They shouldn't have let him back in! -
woohoo!!!Originally posted by the Bear:sometimes i would like to do what the Tommy Lee Jones character did in US Marshals
in the movie, took the guy's mobile phone, dialed it and then threw it with all his might into the river
YOu know what I did to these two schoolkids sitting beside me at the cinema who kept talking on their cellphones? I said, 'Oh, I hope you enjoyed your meeting with Ah Giam at 6pm at the food court at Scotts and I hope he remembers to bring his file and how did I know all that? Because you were talking non-stop throughout the movie that me and so many others here actually paid to watch!!' I think they were shocked at my outburst because they just looked dumbfounded at me. hahaha! Righteous Cinema Rage! woohoo! 
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some people....
they put their message alert..a ring tone..
so it ring when a sms come...
n then..they are just beside the phone...they wont pick it up..until the phone stop ringing
dontknow deaf or..slow reaction ...
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My guess is that they're paiseh to answer their phones as they had forgotten to switch to silent mode and if they took it out, the ring would be even louder!Originally posted by SGpork:some people....
they put their message alert..a ring tone..
so it ring when a sms come...
n then..they are just beside the phone...they wont pick it up..until the phone stop ringing
dontknow deaf or..slow reaction ...
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Originally posted by Rhonda:woohoo!!!
YOu know what I did to these two schoolkids sitting beside me at the cinema who kept talking on their cellphones? I said, 'Oh, I hope you enjoyed your meeting with Ah Giam at 6pm at the food court at Scotts and I hope he remembers to bring his file and how did I know all that? Because you were talking non-stop throughout the movie that me and so many others here actually paid to watch!!' I think they were shocked at my outburst because they just looked dumbfounded at me. hahaha! Righteous Cinema Rage! woohoo! 
Fierce!!! Power!!! -
Why is it that after all these years, there are STILL people who insist on being absolute idiots?? It surely isn't lack of public awareness, right? So, what is it? Simply Bo-Chap? No consideration for everyone else around them??
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i blame their parents
and their lack of knowledge of contraceptionOriginally posted by Rhonda:Why is it that after all these years, there are STILL people who insist on being absolute idiots?? It surely isn't lack of public awareness, right? So, what is it? Simply Bo-Chap? No consideration for everyone else around them?? -
hahaha Bear!
But how can it be? Aren't we supposedly a pretty educated lot? Sadly, when it comes to social issues, not too well-read. Sigh... having a degree or Masters really does not mean one is 'educated' in all sense of the word. 
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Very true!!! The word "educated" in singapore should be lightly used...I recently might some science undergrads from NUS who didnt know who Freud was... well he would be from the psycholgy fields but I would have expected them to at least have some cursory knowledge of who he was...not a clue...unfortunately many are educated only in the text book sense, not in general knowledge, social ettiquette and basic human civility to each other.Originally posted by Rhonda:hahaha Bear!
But how can it be? Aren't we supposedly a pretty educated lot? Sadly, when it comes to social issues, not too well-read. Sigh... having a degree or Masters really does not mean one is 'educated' in all sense of the word. -
I think the worst are those with a loud ringtone and an equally loud voice when they answer the phone in the cinema
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Y'know, I think a lot of peeps aren't making comments re. this issue because maybe, they're guilty! hehehe!
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Bravo Ivan bravo!Originally posted by care bear:I went to watch a play last month "return of the Tai-tai" w Ivan Heng starring....in the midst of the play someones handphone rang and he answered it and had a whole conversation going...the actors on stage all stopped and stared at this fella but he just continued...Ivan Heng then gave him a good telling off which made the fella get up and leave ...the audience then immediately gave him a standing ovation!!
at the end of the play we saw this guy sleeping in his seat!! so rude!! -
I heard that in Japan, they install some mechanism that prevents cellphone signals from reaching concert halls... why can't we do the same here in Singapore? Afterall, we like everything world-class, don't we?
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I'm not rascist, but I tend to find that it's the Asian people who have no 'social etiquette' when it comes to using their mobile phones... many times its Asian people who have their phones ringing at concerts, churches, cinemas!! No wonder some ang mohs tend to hate us
Also I find it very annoying that when you're having lunch/dinner with someone, their mobile phone rings & they just pick it up & yak away without even bothering to say 'sorry, I'll just be a minute', or 'sorry about that'. It is kinda rude!!! (sorry if I've stepped on anyone's toes here, just venting out my frustration :p) -
I agree....taking phone calls in the middle of meals is a real spoiler for me...so rude!!!! unfortunately many people here think theres absolutely nothing wrong with that!!
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luckily i dun hv cell phone yet...my breed gonna go extinct liow
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I applaud you! I resisted having a cellphone myself for the longest time! People were carrying handphones around for years before I got my very first Nokia. haha! And that was because my mom INSISTED that I get one so she could contact me when I was in nursing school. At that time, I mostly use it to SMS / call project team mates to arrange for project discussions and such. Also to yak to SL! hehehe!Originally posted by poon cho tang:luckily i dun hv cell phone yet...my breed gonna go extinct liow
Nowadays, my handphone is mostly silent, the way I like it. Youngsters nowadays, don't think they can survive without their handphones.
You know, not only do people not observe proper handphone etiquette, they blatantly look back at you unrepentently when you throw them dirty looks in the cinemas, etc. What the ....!!!
SL, I don't think you're discriminating because it appears to be true. Just like in the predominantly white countries, you don't get problems with people parking in the handicapped parking lots because the bystanders would take social responsibility and collectively give the offender hell so he/she would be so pai seh and never forget the lesson. Here, if anyone blatantly parks in the lot, who bothers? Worse, the offender, if approached would probably start acting all aggressive saying 'intellectual, logical' stuff like 'So? It was an empty lot and I'm rushing for a very important meeting and need the space for only X minutes and besides, do you see any handicapped people around?' that kinda thing.
Guilty, but still loud-mouthed and totally unrepentant.
Social responsibility, I think, is the remedy for social ills. If EVERY SINGLE ONE of the cinema patrons group together and SHUSH the offending handphone user collectively, do you think he would still have the gumption to continue the conversation? Next time, when you're in the theater / cinema / wherever and someone uses his/her handphone, either stand up and reprimand the offender or, applaud the one who dares to stand up! -
Yeah, care bear... like what SL said, if they don't even acknowledge your presence and say 'Excuse me for a minute' when their phone rings, it's like they don't even respect you.Originally posted by care bear:I agree....taking phone calls in the middle of meals is a real spoiler for me...so rude!!!! unfortunately many people here think theres absolutely nothing wrong with that!! Sadly, a lot of young ones today were never taught these kind of basic etiquette because their parents were all at work. Can't really blame them sometimes because maybe, they aren't really aware.