Texting While Walking

[dez_for_prez]

Apparently people have been talking about setting legislation that you can't walk and play on your phone. I'm sick and tired of laws being made because of the lowest common denominator. If your stupid enough to walk into a car or pole, (in England that have started padding telephone poles) I hope they walk hard enough that it kills them.

 

[speedkilz88]

More like texting while stupid.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Apparently people have been talking about setting legislation that you can't walk and play on your phone. I'm sick and tired of laws being made because of the lowest common denominator. If your stupid enough to walk into a car or pole, (in England that have started padding telephone poles) I hope they walk hard enough that it kills them.

Be truthful. Were you walking while you typed this post? :laugh2:

 

[dez_for_prez]

Be truthful. Were you walking while you typed this post? :laugh2:

Actually yes. The iPhone is great for me to get my CZ fix. The difference is not everyone is a moron.

 

[03EBZ06]

Most of my texts and posting in mb are voice generated.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Too late to get upset about it now. You needed to get upset when they started taking rights away from parents on the upbringing of their children. The ban on smoking in bars etc. The list is long and tedious but it's too late now. Gonna have to get used to it I guess.

 

[WV Cowboy]

Apparently people have been talking about setting legislation that you can't walk and play on your phone. I'm sick and tired of laws being made because of the lowest common denominator. If your stupid enough to walk into a car or pole, (in England that have started padding telephone poles) I hope they walk hard enough that it kills them.

Actually yes. The iPhone is great for me to get my CZ fix. The difference is not everyone is a moron.

Be sure to come back and tell us when you have an accident while texting, .. because it will happen.

You are going to walk into something, trip over something, or bump into somebody or something, .. it will happen.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I have literally had to stop in a hallway because someone was walking and texting/reading email. Sometimes I just want to bump in to them so they will pay attention.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Be sure to come back and tell us when you have an accident while texting, .. because it will happen.

You are going to walk into something, trip over something, or bump into somebody or something, .. it will happen.

Nah, I walk and text, tweet etc, never happened

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Too late to get upset about it now. You needed to get upset when they started taking rights away from parents on the upbringing of their children. The ban on smoking in bars etc. The list is long and tedious but it's too late now. Gonna have to get used to it I guess.

That is true.

Up here there is a new thing the fuzz has, they can take a snapshot of your licence plate and get profile of it etc, all from their in car computer.

Some privacy experts are upset but some on the street say "if you have nothing to hide, why worry".

People like that should lose all rights. Nothing annoys me more than people who say, if you have nothing to hide,,,

 

[Rack]

Too late to get upset about it now. You needed to get upset when they started taking rights away from parents on the upbringing of their children. The ban on smoking in bars etc. The list is long and tedious but it's too late now. Gonna have to get used to it I guess.

I have no problem with laws against smoking in bars, etcs... I don't want to smell/breath your ****** smoke when I go out.

 

[a_minimalist]

what if you're gifted at texting while walking? i can walk and text all while having a conversation with the person walking next to me.

 

[IAMKING]

Too late to get upset about it now. You needed to get upset when they started taking rights away from parents on the upbringing of their children. The ban on smoking in bars etc. The list is long and tedious but it's too late now. Gonna have to get used to it I guess.

The smoking ban is a great ban

 

[cowboy_ron]

Apparently people have been talking about setting legislation that you can't walk and play on your phone. I'm sick and tired of laws being made because of the lowest common denominator. If your stupid enough to walk into a car or pole, (in England that have started padding telephone poles) I hope they walk hard enough that it kills them.

Actually, we bring stupid things like this on ourself by not having the discipline and common sense that something as simple as texting while driving (or walking) and not paying attention is a danger to themselves and others, so "big brother" has to step in and regulate us like we were in a halfway house.

 

[ajk23az]

Too late to get upset about it now. You needed to get upset when they started taking rights away from parents on the upbringing of their children. The ban on smoking in bars etc. The list is long and tedious but it's too late now. Gonna have to get used to it I guess.

I dont smoke at all and that ban was just stupid. If you don't want to smell smoke in a certain bar, there are definitely other bars around to go to. It should be up to the business if they want to ban it or not.

 

[Teren_Kanan]

I dont smoke at all and that ban was just stupid. If you don't want to smell smoke in a certain bar, there are definitely other bars around to go to. It should be up to the business if they want to ban it or not.

I would agree with this but you're wrong. It was nearly impossible to find a decent bar/restaurant that did not allow smoking.

Business is all about getting money, making your place of business non smoking is cutting out a HUGE part of the market. You would lose far more money that way than the money you'd lose from people who don't want to smell smoke, especially when 90% of the competition allows smoking as well. It would have just been horrible practice for the places that opted to do it, which is why almost no place did.

If it was just about the "smell" I would almost agree with you, but there are health concerns regarding second hand smoke, so It's a ban I agree with, and I don't see why it's taking away a "personal freedom". There are several other smoking bans that I disagree with however, and I think the "oh my GOSH SECOND HAND SMOKE" crowd is pretty much awful and need to get over themselves.

 

[Rack]

I would agree with this but you're wrong. It was nearly impossible to find a decent bar/restaurant that did not allow smoking.

Business is all about getting money, making your place of business non smoking is cutting out a HUGE part of the market. You would lose far more money that way than the money you'd lose from people who don't want to smell smoke, especially when 90% of the competition allows smoking as well. It would have just been horrible practice for the places that opted to do it, which is why almost no place did.

If it was just about the "smell" I would almost agree with you, but there are health concerns regarding second hand smoke, so It's a ban I agree with, and I don't see why it's taking away a "personal freedom". There are several other smoking bans that I disagree with however, and I think the "oh my GOSH SECOND HAND SMOKE" crowd is pretty much awful and need to get over themselves.

And I think the "Oh my GOSH I MUST SMOKE INSIDE THE BAR" crowd is pretty much awful and need to get over the fact that they have to - OMG - go outside to smoke.

 

[silverbear]

Apparently people have been talking about setting legislation that you can't walk and play on your phone. I'm sick and tired of laws being made because of the lowest common denominator. If your stupid enough to walk into a car or pole, (in England that have started padding telephone poles) I hope they walk hard enough that it kills them.

Are you REALLY getting pissed because they're talking about making it illegal for you to text while you're walking??

What, are your texts so earth-shattering important that you can't wait until you sit down somewhere??

Lemme guess, you also text while you're driving...

Of all the piddling crap to get pissed off about... amazing...

 

[Hoofbite]

Texting while walking?

I swear, the only thing that disgusts me about the "social media era" or whatever you want to call it is that people are so caught up with being "connected" at all times.

I almost wish I could live in a time period where the person at the other end of conversation isn't more attentive to their texting conversations and status updates than they are talking to someone right in front of them.

I think it's absolutely stupid.

I literally cannot stand people, some of whom I know and have known very well for years, who take pictures of nearly everything they do so they can post it on Facebook. I don't even use Facebook all that much (maybe once a quarter) but going somewhere with someone who's main goal is to update their location every 15 seconds is literally infuriating.

 

[Hoofbite]

I dont smoke at all and that ban was just stupid. If you don't want to smell smoke in a certain bar, there are definitely other bars around to go to. It should be up to the business if they want to ban it or not.

The problem is, the business doesn't give a **** about your health or anyone else's.

The don't. They aren't so customer driven that they would alienate such a large population so they could advertise "smoke free".

"Smoke free" might be a good thing a couple nights out of the week. "Smoker Friendly" is good every night of the week.