Comments on: Will Somebody Answer The %$#@ Phone?

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:06:03 +0000

My wife’s phone went off during church once. Fortunately her ring tone is a praise song. While she dug madly through her purse, I looked straight ahead while pointing a finger at her. A good laugh for all and then back to the message.

By: Terry

Terry — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:58:57 +0000

While I agree $25 for popcorn and soda is outrageous, I will cut some slack to the movie theaters.
Theaters don’t make any money off ticket sales, 95+% of the ticket sales go to movie producers.
Theaters are lucky to make 50 cents on a $10 ticket.

All of the theaters income and profits come from concessions.

So when you buy that $25 popcorn and soda, you are supporting the theater, when you buy that $10 ticket you are supporting the movie producers.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:13:08 +0000

Doug
I did laugh, I always find it bad when people
forget to turn the phone to silent or off in Church.
Pastor has asked me to put it on the screen
where we put the words for worship before we
start our services. What’s just as bad is having
customers come into your store on the phone and
you can’t even greet them until they finaly hang up.

By: Doug Lund

Doug Lund — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:55:15 +0000

In my case after getting one of these bogus virus protection windows on my screen, I turned the computer off and called an expert. There are apparently ways to do it yourself over the internet but I had a pro at my disposal and used him.

By: LeAnn Mears

LeAnn Mears — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:04:11 +0000

YA WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSE TO DO IF THIS SHOWS ONE OUR SCREEN?? THANKS FOR THE INFO.

By: Suzan

Suzan — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:55:24 +0000

We did get quite a laugh after just spending time berating the inconsiderate jerks who don’t think the warnings to turn their phones off apply to them. My “favorite” experience of being the inconsiderate jerk was at a big wedding in New Orleans. Our daughter was the flower girl. The bride is coming down the aisle and an obnoxious phone starts ringing. I was smuggly annoyed at the fool who would do such a thing…only to realize it was my phone! Who was calling? My Dad.

By: SQUIBBY

SQUIBBY — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:38:43 +0000

Ah, we’ve all been there!

By: Sweeps

Sweeps — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:14:48 +0000

Bill, that happened in one of our church services one time. The pastor, in the middle of his sermon, calmly said, “if that’s my wife, tell her I’m busy.” TOO FUNNY! And yes, it is aggravating. I try to leave mine at home, but it’s the one time you forget to leave it that it’s going to ring. As they say, Murphy never sleeps.

By: Bill Reynolds

Bill Reynolds — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:34:19 +0000

One of the most important things in life is the ability to laugh at ourselves!

I always feel bad for people whose cellphones ring during a church service. It seems almost always to be a woman’s, with a REALLY LOUD RINGER (how come I can’t hear my phone ringing in my pocket but I can hear a woman’s phone from across a crowded church when it’s in her purse?). And since it’s in her purse, she can neither get to it quickly to silence it nor can she silence it without first removing it from the purse, which only makes the ringing louder and more noticeable. But–as you well know, Doug!–the darn things are so much a part of us now that it’s very, very easy to forget we even have it along, let alone that we’ve neglected to silence it.

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:50:38 +0000

What should you do if this screen shows up on your computer?