# Your chirpy phone must die for the good of mankind! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 15, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760 "2006-06-15T02:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760/41 "2006-06-16T18:03:39Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I’m confused…I understand the person was probably using the walkie-talkie feature, but what is the chirping all about? It intermittently chirps during the conversation? What for? > > And I think it is a little more excusable if they are out in loud city air rather than on the train, bus, elevator, etc. A Nextel phone chirps whenever the push to talk button is pressed on either end of the conversation. This leads to a lot of chirps during the course of a conversation (which is why I prefer using the phone, but I’m in a minority there). ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760/42 "2006-06-16T18:08:05Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > Don’t know about that, but maybe you could make a flexible Faraday cage that could be fired out of a shotgun? 😃 Why bother- when all you really need is _the shotgun itself_? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760/43 "2006-06-16T18:16:33Z")
I susspect the volume is so loud so that the user can still use the phone after it has been anally inserted. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760/44 "2006-06-16T18:26:30Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > I susspect the volume is so loud so that the user can still use the phone after it has been anally inserted. I think this needs a solid scientific test. I suggest we try it on at least 100,000 users for a good solid representative sample. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760/45 "2006-06-16T18:29:41Z")
My, my, my, what an utterly civilized and urbane group we have here. Why, it is with complete and utter amazement that I marvel at your collective ability to exist down here with the chattering peasants and their inferior communication devices :rolleyes: The demand exists, ergo supply exists. Deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760/46 "2006-06-16T18:47:09Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > The demand exists, ergo supply exists. Deal with it. Ergo rude bahavior is now acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760/47 "2006-06-16T19:00:03Z")
The demand for condems is higher than ever, but I don’t want to see them either. Miss Manners once wrote “Manners are what you should do in public.” Screaming in public is rarely allowed. When a group of people are collected for a single person, the use of cell phones should be verboten. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760/48 "2006-06-16T19:03:07Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Ergo rude bahavior is now acceptable. In a theater, in your home, in a library, I can accept that someone using a Nextel is rude. But OUTSIDE?!? No, I don’t accept that using a loud phone or having a loud cellphone conversation outside is rude. I think it’s people who enjoy being offended who are the problem. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760/49 "2006-06-16T19:18:12Z")
I have to agree, as long as “outside” is relatively loud to begin with. Someone using this chirpy thing in a national park would be annoying. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760/50 "2006-06-16T19:48:03Z")
> [@Who\_me?](#): > > I think it’s people who enjoy being offended who are the problem. I certainly don’t enjoy being offended. I find it to be – well, offensive. People talking loudly near me tend to give me a headache. And tend to interrupt my thought processes. I realize that in many situations there is no avoiding this. And some people just have to be making noise whereever they are. Yes, it is rude. ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760/51 "2006-06-16T23:47:49Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > They’re not really even conversations, they’re just random monosylibic synapse firings conducted at the volume of a Metallica concert. Fucking hilarious!!! 😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![nameless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@nameless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nameless)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760/52 "2006-06-17T00:09:50Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > The demand exists, ergo supply exists. Deal with it. There is a demand (albeit a small one) for masturbation in public. Therefore, I will manufacture male and female vibrators with installed flashing lights and speakers which blare “LOOK AT ME! I AM MASTURBATING LIKE A MOTHERFUCK!” Since there is a demand, and I am supplying it, there are clearly no etiquette-related problems associated with this device. /hyperbole > [@](#): > > In a theater, in your home, in a library, I can accept that someone using a Nextel is rude. But OUTSIDE?!? No, I don’t accept that using a loud phone or having a loud cellphone conversation outside is rude. I think it’s people who enjoy being offended who are the problem. What is unacceptable? Can I go around with an airhorn, setting it off every 5-10 seconds? Can I set off fireworks in random places as long as I ensure nobody is harmed? Look, I am not advocating outlawing Nextel phones. My day was not completely and utterly ruined by this individual. All I am saying is that I think it’s completely ridiculous to use such an inconvenient (_CHIRP_ WHAT?! _CHIRP_ WHAT?! _CHIRP_) and annoying (I’M ON A GOLF COURSE! YES, A GOLF COURSE! WHAT?!) device to carry on a conversation that could have taken place quietly using the normal cell phone function. Is it the worst thing that’s ever happened to me? No. Are minor greivances out of bounds now for pit material? Crimeny. ---
**Author:** ![nameless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@nameless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nameless)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760/53 "2006-06-17T00:10:58Z")
And that last quote was from **Who\_me?** not **buttonjockey308**. Sorry for any confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760/54 "2006-06-17T02:00:09Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I’m of the opinion that people like this are antisocial self-absorbed dingbats who deserve to be embarassed when they misbehave in public. Roger that. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760/55 "2006-06-17T04:17:46Z")
> [@Who\_me?](#): > > In a theater, in your home, in a library, I can accept that someone using a Nextel is rude. But OUTSIDE?!? No, I don’t accept that using a loud phone or having a loud cellphone conversation outside is rude. What about people looking for a relaxing time in a public park? At the beach? Or out for a stroll in a relatively quiet part of town? **CHIRP** _WHAT?!??_ **CHIRP** \* WHERE ARE YOU?\* **CHIRP** _I’M AT THE BEACH. NO, THE BEACH._ **CHIRP** Sometimes I wonder what we did for assholes before the advent of cellphones. We managed, but it’s much easier now. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760/56 "2006-06-17T05:54:17Z")
WTF?! Yes, people _speak_ outside. People do not _yell_ outside, unless they are 1) in an emergency situation or 2) rude. This is true whether or not a cellphone is involved. What I don’t understand is this: I’m a cellphone junkie at this point, and yet I contrive to use the thing 1) in a normal, conversational tone of voice; 2) after moving away from others, so as not to disturb them; 3) at times other than when I should be giving someone else my undivided attention; 4) using the vibrate function rather than the ring function, or turning the device off, when it cannot be permitted to audibly ring. I don’t understand what kind of major malfunction prevents this, if it isn’t the same that turns otherwise operational human beings into Giant Yelly Persons. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760/57 "2006-06-17T12:36:28Z")
The Cellular Communication Networks in the USA must be _appalling_ if you have to _shout_ to use the phone effectively… ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760/58 "2006-06-17T16:37:47Z")
> [@Martini Enfield](#): > > The Cellular Communication Networks in the USA must be _appalling_ if you have to _shout_ to use the phone effectively… No, people are just assholes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chirpy-phone-must-die-for-the-good-of-mankind/360760.md?page=2)