If you are one of those people with a loud custom ring tone enabled on your phone... this message is for you.
You know who you are! The guy with the old school rap tune that repeats “I like big butts!” every time you get a call. Or even if you use an ordinary ring tone but have it cranked up so loud that you can hear it if you leave it at home while you go to the store.
I want to let you in on something. If you feel the need to do this, you automatically give up your right to screen your calls.
There is to be no screwing around when that phone rings! Answer it!
It might have been trendy 15 years ago to let that infernal noise broadcast the fact that you were one of the lucky few to have one of those new fangled cordless telephones, but now that every kid in third grad has one, it is just annoying.
When that phone rings, you have an obligation to do whatever it takes to stop the noise.
Okay, okay! We all readily acknowledge the fact that someone cares enough to dial your number on purpose… and that, in itself, demonstrates that you are not a complete and utter failure as a human being (maybe). But the truth is that we just don’t care enough to make it worth the level of annoyance it causes
You may think it's a “cute” representation of your individuality, and that everyone instantaneously finds you irresistibly original, but we actually hate you and plot your painful demise with each call you receive.
Oh, and if you are in a theater or other public place where other people are trying to do ANYTHING, and you get a call on your cell phone…take it OUTSIDE!
Unless the babysitter is on fire… I think we can all let that one slide.
