Hullo fellow ranters.

I'm going to go straight to the point and say, I'm sick of children with cell phones, or Game-boys or any other kind of electronic, in particular, annoying And this I take from personal experience. Now, I don't usually have a problem with children who have phones, etc, but there comes a point, when texting, or phoning, or even playing your games in class gets too much.

So this is what happened to me. I had the unfortunate chance of having to present a presentation to a bunch of whiny, sweaty, young children, you know the ones that glaze over as soon as you say a 'long' world like 'Responsibility' or even 'Cat'. But that I could handle. Then I heard it, the incessant sound of a baby laughing, crying out "DAT'S MAH BRUAAVA!".
Now now, maybe you're thinking, "it was only one phone call! What harm could it do?" Well, even I can understand that. But it didn't take two seconds, not two seconds, for another phone to ring, this time, with the screeching singing of Crazy Frog. Ripples of laughter shook the class, while I stood, silently uttering my mantra of "I need this grade, dear God, don't let me snap". Fortunately for me, I was allowed to issue detentions (which would be passed onto the unlucky teacher) so after handing out the 5th detention, they got the hint, and shut off their damn phones, despite the odd student having the audacity to whine out and say "It's not faaaiiiirr, I should be allloooowed!"
The only positive aspect of that, is that I got a good grade after all.

So if you're the type of person who loves using irritating ring tones, please have the decency to spare my sanity.

.Rat

P.S: Anyone got any suggestions about how to stop people using these types of ring tones? Because I swear, if I become someone's boss, and I hear that, I will fire them on the spot. x;

Ring tones are pointless. I don't use my phone much but I keep it on vibrate. I know what you mean though. It seems kids and teens today find the need to be in constant communication with each other. I personally like mt alone time where I can think without anyone bothering me.

I agree, I have the misfortune of riding the train 4 times a week and occasionally, there is someone who never gets off the cell phone. I mean literally, one time I was just sitting there trying to get some sleep, and this teenage girl was on the phone with her boyfriend so I had to put up with a lot of useless teen babble.

What happened to you was terrible, I would've probably walked out after the second kid's cell phone went off.

I don't care whether or not children have a phone or want to constantly be talking to someone, but as long as they keep their damn phone on silent.

I have to admit though, I am guilty of having my phone ringing in class (which actually turned out to be an alarm.)
Aside from that, I rather wish that students had a whistle instead, like in Japan, where they whistle so if strangers come along, etc (though, instantly, I can imagine the amount of trouble the idiots would cause) and the only phone number they have is their parents. x; That would make life so much easier for me.


I feel sorry for you, it's always the teenage girls, isn't it?
At least it's not as bad as two teenage girls on the phone to each other (despite sitting next to each other) gushing about Twilight or some other nonsense.

.Rat

It's not just children.I'am in college and every lecture is disrupted by someone's goofy ring tone!Sometimnes it even happens during exams!If I was a professor,I would kick anyone out who's ring phone whent off in class.I myself have the common courtesy of keeping my phone on vibrate anytime I'am out!In fact I think people who don't should be freakin' fined for noise pollution!

I do like a cute ringtone, but when I am in a movie, or class, or work... or whatever, I turn it off! And children should not have phones. I don't see why they get them. There is this one phone made for children, It has three buttons.... mommy, daddy, and 911. That's all a kid needs. But one snotty nosed, over privileged little lovely woman got a real phone and from then on every child felt it was they're right to have one. So they scream and beg until they're parents can't stand it anymore and give it to them. That's the problem these days, parents have no back bone.

I heavily second this. You have no idea how much it irritates me when a kid flaunts around his touch screen phone because "I'm in High School now, every kid has one, I'll cool blah blah".
Aside from that, I don't mind if a child has a phone depending on how mature and deserving they are to have one. If a kid regularly goes outside or far away, or lives in a dangerous area, then I will not deny them a phone.
Parents don't always keep to their words either, and often when they do, someone else will come and ruin it, like grandparents or such.

.Rat.