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Q. I am totally befuddled by the venom that people display towards cell phone users. I don't like to see them used by a driver of a car, but I think that just arguing or even talking to a passenger is just as distracting to the driver and just as likely to lead to an accident. If the driver is conversing to someone in the car, you can't point and say - he's a bad driver because he's talking on the phone. Maybe he'd be just as bad without one. A friend of mine was in a bad accident and broke her jaw and had to have it wired shut back in the 50s because her date looked down to tune the radio (before push buttons)

A. Do you remember that at some really fancy restaurants, you would get a call and the maitre d' would bring a phone to your table so you could take your call right there. It's never happened to me, but I've seen it in old Perry Mason's. That never happened at a more ordinary eating establishment. How come we got from that to the idea that someone talking on the phone in a public space was rude? A phone ringing in the middle of a concert would be bad, but I don't see that a phone conversation is any more rude to a passerby than a conversation with another person is. I've had a cell phone for about 12 years, ever since I was involved in an auto accident on the way to meet my mom for dinner and didn't have any way to tell her what had happened. She gave me the phone the next Xmas. Until recently, I've only turned it on when I wanted to make a call. My children have persuaded me to have it on more than that, but I'm still apt to forget where it is. I mostly use it to call for marina reservations, and to report where we are each night when we are out in the boat. I never got any calls at restaurants or saw anyone else get any either. Probably only happened on Perry Mason. Boy did I like that dumb show. As far as cell phones in restaurants, seen plenty using them at other tables and it doesn't bother me, even seen people with laptops on the table at fancy restaurants, but if you are at a restaurant with someone or someones it might be rude to take the call. I let my calls go to voicemail in a restaurant in that situation. From riding trains with cell phone users. On a train are sharing space in an enclosed area. Some people really are rude in the way they share their conversations and ringtones. I have seen people use cell phones on cruise ships and used mine a little myself. They do work at ports. Cell phone users have not been bothersome on ships at ports so I don't think it will be doom if they can be used at sea. I think there should be cell phone free areas. Besides the show lounges and some other obvious areas the main dining room should be phone free. The buffet on the other hand should be okay.

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