Comments on: A prayer to the flight deities: please keep cell phones off the plane http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/09/a-prayer-to-the-flight-deities-please-keep-cell-phones-off-the-plane/ Travel stories, world music, travel books, and a close peek at unique destinations. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:05:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Amy http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/09/a-prayer-to-the-flight-deities-please-keep-cell-phones-off-the-plane/#comment-22987 Amy Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:14:17 +0000 http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/09/a-prayer-to-the-flight-deities-please-keep-cell-phones-off-the-plane/#comment-22987 Holy Crap! I just did a search on the Google machine about cell phones on planes, I came here and read the article and giggled and said AMEN and enjoyed it completely, and then I read the name at the bottom and thought...wow...that is a really familiar name. After some clicking and clinking of my brain matter....and a click on your name that showed me a picture... It's NIA! I went to high school with you! I am so happy to see that you are still a fabulous writer, and even more happy that the Google machine let me find you. Much love across the years, Amy Simpson (Miss Sardonic Pessimist '93) Holy Crap!

I just did a search on the Google machine about cell phones on planes, I came here and read the article and giggled and said AMEN and enjoyed it completely, and then I read the name at the bottom and thought…wow…that is a really familiar name.

After some clicking and clinking of my brain matter….and a click on your name that showed me a picture…

It’s NIA! I went to high school with you! I am so happy to see that you are still a fabulous writer, and even more happy that the Google machine let me find you.

Much love across the years, Amy Simpson (Miss Sardonic Pessimist ‘93)

]]> By: Antonia http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/09/a-prayer-to-the-flight-deities-please-keep-cell-phones-off-the-plane/#comment-21815 Antonia Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:51:15 +0000 http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/09/a-prayer-to-the-flight-deities-please-keep-cell-phones-off-the-plane/#comment-21815 Caitlin, I'll whisper this in your ear: I've been on a flight from Boston to New York where nobody stowed their bags and plenty of people made calls while we were in the air. It's a super-short flight, though, and is comprised almost entirely of business people, who talked very quietly. I found it shocking but not as annoying as some. There is research that indicates mobile phone conversations might be a lot more aggravating to people than regular ones because it's somehow maddening to hear one side of a conversation. That doesn't explain why I find it even more annoying to hear people going back and forth on their walkie-talkies. Those things can make me see red. Why can't Americans get along better with text-messaging, which bugs nobody in their vicinity? Caitlin, I’ll whisper this in your ear: I’ve been on a flight from Boston to New York where nobody stowed their bags and plenty of people made calls while we were in the air. It’s a super-short flight, though, and is comprised almost entirely of business people, who talked very quietly. I found it shocking but not as annoying as some.

There is research that indicates mobile phone conversations might be a lot more aggravating to people than regular ones because it’s somehow maddening to hear one side of a conversation.

That doesn’t explain why I find it even more annoying to hear people going back and forth on their walkie-talkies. Those things can make me see red. Why can’t Americans get along better with text-messaging, which bugs nobody in their vicinity?

]]> By: Caitlin http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/09/a-prayer-to-the-flight-deities-please-keep-cell-phones-off-the-plane/#comment-21643 Caitlin Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:01:22 +0000 http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/09/a-prayer-to-the-flight-deities-please-keep-cell-phones-off-the-plane/#comment-21643 Plus, of course, if the call is that important you can always use the expensive satellite phones provided. I wouldn't mind it on a short-haul flight though - that would be quite useful. I agree that on a long haul flight it would be more nuisance than anything else. Plus, of course, if the call is that important you can always use the expensive satellite phones provided.

I wouldn’t mind it on a short-haul flight though - that would be quite useful. I agree that on a long haul flight it would be more nuisance than anything else.

]]> By: Antonia http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/09/a-prayer-to-the-flight-deities-please-keep-cell-phones-off-the-plane/#comment-21342 Antonia Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:26:51 +0000 http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/09/a-prayer-to-the-flight-deities-please-keep-cell-phones-off-the-plane/#comment-21342 Thanks, Marilyn! Let's hope so. Reasonable thought never seems to win out these days, but maybe begging will help :-) Thanks, Marilyn! Let’s hope so. Reasonable thought never seems to win out these days, but maybe begging will help :-)

]]> By: Marilyn Terrell http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/09/a-prayer-to-the-flight-deities-please-keep-cell-phones-off-the-plane/#comment-21220 Marilyn Terrell Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:22:55 +0000 http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/09/a-prayer-to-the-flight-deities-please-keep-cell-phones-off-the-plane/#comment-21220 I could not agree with you more! Thanks for the warning-- I hope the FAA heeds it. I could not agree with you more! Thanks for the warning– I hope the FAA heeds it.

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