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re: Does it irritate you when people let their phone text messages ding incessantly?
Posted on 3/17/26 at 8:13 am to shutterspeed
Posted on 3/17/26 at 8:13 am to shutterspeed
It bothers me if we are in the office or some other setting where you probably should have your phone on silent.
My grandma's text tone is legit 10 seconds long. I laugh every time she gets a text when I'm there. I think she used an alarm sound instead of a short text one.
My grandma's text tone is legit 10 seconds long. I laugh every time she gets a text when I'm there. I think she used an alarm sound instead of a short text one.
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Posted on 3/17/26 at 8:32 am to Lonnie Utah
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Have you ever had a close relative have a medical emergency where they needed you immediately?
You sound like a college aged chick. Jenny got arrested two states away, it's an emergency!
You're not going to do shite in a medical emergency. If they can call you, it's not an emergency anyway. Someone that just had a stroke typically can't do anything like dial a phone. If you're on their next of kin list, the hospital will call you.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 8:54 am to LemmyLives
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You sound like a college aged chick.
And you sound like a selfish child. Me, I'm older with elderly parents. I know my time with them is limited. I would want to know if they were in trouble.
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You're not going to do shite in a medical emergency.
Sure I am. It's called praying. You should try it sometime.
This post was edited on 3/17/26 at 10:24 am
Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:00 am to ChiTownBammer
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People should just get a smart watch. I barely touch my phone on a daily basis for like 5 years now.
This is the answer. My phone hasn't rang outside of the house on loud in a decade. Only situation is the rare occasion the wife goes to work before me and I turn it on loud while I'm sleeping in case there is a problem.
But in public it is going to my watch or my phone stays on silent and I'll get it it when I get to it.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:02 am to awestruck
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Not as bad as some ringtones.
This x 1000
Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:14 am to shutterspeed
I get pissed when I hear my own phone ding. Sometimes pissed at myself for having it off silent
Posted on 3/17/26 at 9:30 am to shutterspeed
My 74 year old mother when she gets a text.
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>Posted on 3/17/26 at 10:18 am to ItzMe1972
but that speaker phone thou 
Posted on 3/17/26 at 10:21 am to TheGeauxt9
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This is why I am not a fan of group texts so often. But nothing comes close to the notification sounds full blast on older people's phones
Amazing how people jump on boomers right away. I walk in store and young peeps all on FaceTime all talking loud at the register holding up lines, getting an associate to help them while they are on the phone. Us boomers drop calls quick like if someone is helping us.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 10:45 am to Lonnie Utah
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I would want to know if they were in trouble. It's called praying
They're elderly. They're at risk, right now, as you whine. And you pray for them every day I presume.
If they are in danger, and they're calling you, and not 911, they are decreasing their chances of survival.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 10:52 am to LemmyLives
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If they are in danger, and they're calling you, and not 911, they are decreasing their chances of survival.
I have brothers and sisters you know. They also have phones.
Look be as selfish as you want. I don't care. Don't feel like you have to justify your behavior to me. All I was doing is pointing out a case where it might be better if your phone wasn't on silent. A case where I'm glad my phone isn't.
And honestly, the attitude in this tread that answering your phone is somehow beneath folks comes off like a bit of a superiority complex. Like whatever it is you’re doing is just too important to be bothered by other people. In most cases, that’s just not true.
This post was edited on 3/17/26 at 10:54 am
Posted on 3/17/26 at 11:08 am to Lonnie Utah
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case where it might be better if your phone wasn't on silent. A case where I'm glad my phone isn't.
Get a smart watch. Or, since life is so precarious, never leave your phone off of your person when you are in public.
You are blending your one use case against the vast, vast majority of people that exhibit behavior described in the OP. Were they in fear of emergencies, they wouldn't just let their phone ding/ring incessantly, would they?
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whatever it is you’re doing is just too important to be bothered by other people. In most cases, that’s just not true.
Most cases my arse. My two friends have sent 28 text messages in a conversation in the last 45 minutes. Ring has buzzed me 19 times to let me know someone is at the door this morning. Were I in public, and my phone not on vibrate, the cashier at H-E-B probably would have choked me out for being an annoying a-hole. It's about consideration of others. You can be selfish with your use case. I am perfectly content to be informed a friend's dad was dying while my phone was on vibrate. At home. I somehow managed to take the call. Small miracles, I guess.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 11:11 am to shutterspeed
Anyone with their phone on loud in public that's not waiting for a very important call or text is just an a-hole. Silent and vibrate 99.9% of the time and I've never missed anything that couldn't wait.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 11:11 am to LemmyLives
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My two friends have sent 28 text messages in a conversation in the last 45 minutes
I've gotten a grand total of 4 texts and 4 calls in the last 24 hours...
Posted on 3/17/26 at 11:13 am to ItzMe1972
quote:Me back in the day.
Not as much as answering on speakerphone.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 11:17 am to shutterspeed
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Does it irritate you when people let their phone text messages ding incessantly?
I think people have grown numb to constant communications and instant contact. I am like that. Constant notfications irratate me.
I hate this. People need to learn something called patience. I know people that call one line and then call another line if you don't answer and this is for non emergency stuff. I under stand if a loved one has passed or if something is really going down, but not something that can wait.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 11:28 am to ItzMe1972
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Not as much as answering on speakerphone.
They’ll usually get the hint when you join into their conversation.
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