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I donāt bother with message notifications. Iām off Twitter and FB; never been on IM apps. My ringtone is āWho let the dogs outā! No mistaking that!
I hate the doorbells! I have a very soft doorbell and every time they use electronic door bell ā regular style, I have to figure out if itās mine or the TVās. Phones calls are sometimes bad, too.
I find it annoying how people can be sitting in the room talking to you and texting on their phone without saying excuse me a minute I need to answer this ā so RUDE, or answer their phone without saying excuse me, I need to take this call, and unless you are expecting an important call, or itās family you are unlikely to catch later on, then let it go to voicemail. And phones going off in restaurants UGH again unless expecting a very important call, let it go to voicemail and donāt leave your phone turned on, put it on vibrate so you know a call is coming not the entire restaurant. Some people have very poor phone manners
The new problem is TV commercials that call for Alexa to order their product. I heard one recently said it twice during their 30-seconds. I donāt have an Alexa so I donāt know if it actually would, but that would be annoying.
The one time that I did not have my cell phone with me was Sept. 18, 2007. I left it in my car so that some work I was doing wouldnāt damage it. When I returned to my car for something, I saw that my wife had called me repeatedly. My dad had had a severe stroke. I made it to the hospital with only minutes to spare before he passed. Iām not sure that he knew me.
I have one but I tell people I donāt. Three people have the number ā Hubby, Eldest Daughter, and my best friend. If the call isnāt from them, I donāt answer it.
My flip phone is set to ring actual phone ring..how old fashioned. I do not text or receive texts. Some one wants to call me, do just that or leave a message.
Several months ago, I got a replacement Tracfone for one that would no longer pick up a signal. It occasionally puts up little notification icons and I have to go to the manual to see what they mean. However, some of them arenāt in the manual. I managed to decode a couple by Google searching, but there is still one I havenāt figured out, but I havenāt gotten it for some time, soā¦ mehā¦ āŗ
On my cell phone, I coded the ringtones for specific categories of contacts, so I know whether to answer or to let it go to voice mail. A call from family plays one song; from friends, a different song; from the doctor/dentist/vet ā the theme from the Walking Dead; from work ā the theme from Game of Thrones. There are more categories, but you get the idea. My default ringtone (any number that is not in my contact list) ā Pachelbelās Canon in D. I figure I should enjoy the music while I ignore the call!
Be in a crowd when a phone starts ringing and half the people reach for it thinking that its their phone because, just like the old VCRs where we never learned how to set the clock, we donāt know how to individualize the ring tones on our smart phones
Geezā¦This writer Johnson needs some Prozac or a good therapistā¦the last few months heās moped through the weekā¦. Get to a bar in the Keys for a few weeks,brighten up babyā¦
For ten years around the 1990s I worked in a room full of all sorts of fancy equipment and a lot of it had āsonalertsā ā like electronic whistles ā to report trouble. The high pitched sounds were incredibly difficult to locate, especially when they just beeped a few times every few minutes. We would stand in one place, sometimes taking more than an hour or even more than a day, to find the source.
Solution: Arlo change all your smart phone alert sounds to Cheech and Chong movie quotes. Janisā to quotes from the movie Clueless. Incomming calls would go something like: Arloās phone: āFire it up homes!ā Janisā: āAs if!ā
Iām obviously among friends: I donāt carry my flip phone, unless I leave the house, I donāt answer it unless itās convenient and I donāt return unknown number calls. We DO answer unknown numbers at home because my wife and I are on the call lists for a couple groups and I love to mess with scammers. But we donāt return unknown number calls there either.
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen over 6 years ago
It is confusing sometimes.
Dirty Dragon over 6 years ago
What I hate is radio commercials with car horns. Not good when Iām on the road myself, suddenly looking around for whoās got a problem out there.
Nachikethass over 6 years ago
I donāt bother with message notifications. Iām off Twitter and FB; never been on IM apps. My ringtone is āWho let the dogs outā! No mistaking that!
whahoppened over 6 years ago
dwane.scoty1 over 6 years ago
Grannies Nationwide: āDo not call me when my Stories are on TV!ā.
3cranes Premium Member over 6 years ago
I hate the doorbells! I have a very soft doorbell and every time they use electronic door bell ā regular style, I have to figure out if itās mine or the TVās. Phones calls are sometimes bad, too.
PoodleGroomer over 6 years ago
I was in the store and everybodyās phone was going off with an AMBER alert.
T Smith over 6 years ago
Call me crazy, but when Iām home, unless Iām expecting a call I leave my phone in the bedroom.
Sometimes, I evenā¦ (gasp!!!)ā¦ turn if OFF!
Tyge over 6 years ago
Stay calm folks. Itāll wait. If it was important theyāll call/text/tweet again.
m b over 6 years ago
I find it annoying how people can be sitting in the room talking to you and texting on their phone without saying excuse me a minute I need to answer this ā so RUDE, or answer their phone without saying excuse me, I need to take this call, and unless you are expecting an important call, or itās family you are unlikely to catch later on, then let it go to voicemail. And phones going off in restaurants UGH again unless expecting a very important call, let it go to voicemail and donāt leave your phone turned on, put it on vibrate so you know a call is coming not the entire restaurant. Some people have very poor phone manners
well-i-never over 6 years ago
They look older as young people than they do today.
nanakitteh over 6 years ago
The new problem is TV commercials that call for Alexa to order their product. I heard one recently said it twice during their 30-seconds. I donāt have an Alexa so I donāt know if it actually would, but that would be annoying.
jarvisloop over 6 years ago
The one time that I did not have my cell phone with me was Sept. 18, 2007. I left it in my car so that some work I was doing wouldnāt damage it. When I returned to my car for something, I saw that my wife had called me repeatedly. My dad had had a severe stroke. I made it to the hospital with only minutes to spare before he passed. Iām not sure that he knew me.
I still think about the 45 minutes that I lost.
Dani Rice over 6 years ago
I have one but I tell people I donāt. Three people have the number ā Hubby, Eldest Daughter, and my best friend. If the call isnāt from them, I donāt answer it.
axe-grinder over 6 years ago
I really should learn what all my phoneās tones meanā¦
lambert2015 over 6 years ago
My flip phone is set to ring actual phone ring..how old fashioned. I do not text or receive texts. Some one wants to call me, do just that or leave a message.
katzenbooks45 over 6 years ago
My dogs go nuts when the Home Advisor commercial is on TV, because of the very loud doorbell.
ChessPirate over 6 years ago
Several months ago, I got a replacement Tracfone for one that would no longer pick up a signal. It occasionally puts up little notification icons and I have to go to the manual to see what they mean. However, some of them arenāt in the manual. I managed to decode a couple by Google searching, but there is still one I havenāt figured out, but I havenāt gotten it for some time, soā¦ mehā¦ āŗ
micromos over 6 years ago
My house is always beep, dinging, buzzing. I donāt answer my phone at home unless I recognize a voice on the message machine.
drmickeyg over 6 years ago
On my cell phone, I coded the ringtones for specific categories of contacts, so I know whether to answer or to let it go to voice mail. A call from family plays one song; from friends, a different song; from the doctor/dentist/vet ā the theme from the Walking Dead; from work ā the theme from Game of Thrones. There are more categories, but you get the idea. My default ringtone (any number that is not in my contact list) ā Pachelbelās Canon in D. I figure I should enjoy the music while I ignore the call!
timbob2313 Premium Member over 6 years ago
Be in a crowd when a phone starts ringing and half the people reach for it thinking that its their phone because, just like the old VCRs where we never learned how to set the clock, we donāt know how to individualize the ring tones on our smart phones
1776july over 6 years ago
Geezā¦This writer Johnson needs some Prozac or a good therapistā¦the last few months heās moped through the weekā¦. Get to a bar in the Keys for a few weeks,brighten up babyā¦
Snolep over 6 years ago
My issue is when they mention Alexa on the radio or tv and she feels obliged to yell out some response.
BC in NC Premium Member over 6 years ago
Hmmm. I guess couches didnāt wax or man-scape in the 70s either.
flagmichael Premium Member over 6 years ago
For ten years around the 1990s I worked in a room full of all sorts of fancy equipment and a lot of it had āsonalertsā ā like electronic whistles ā to report trouble. The high pitched sounds were incredibly difficult to locate, especially when they just beeped a few times every few minutes. We would stand in one place, sometimes taking more than an hour or even more than a day, to find the source.
Tyge over 6 years ago
Solution: Arlo change all your smart phone alert sounds to Cheech and Chong movie quotes. Janisā to quotes from the movie Clueless. Incomming calls would go something like: Arloās phone: āFire it up homes!ā Janisā: āAs if!ā
Andrew Bosch Premium Member over 6 years ago
Different tones for different alerts work for me. I just set the ones I donāt care about to be silent.
dwhause over 6 years ago
Iām obviously among friends: I donāt carry my flip phone, unless I leave the house, I donāt answer it unless itās convenient and I donāt return unknown number calls. We DO answer unknown numbers at home because my wife and I are on the call lists for a couple groups and I love to mess with scammers. But we donāt return unknown number calls there either.