Comments on: Acronym of the Week – HANGUP

By: Greg Douglas

Greg Douglas — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:44:06 +0000

Actually I do want a law banning this, and no it cannot be left to the airlines because the 1% business travelers will force the 99% other travelers to suck it up and deal with their chatter.

Cell phones should also be banned in cars without a headset, and probably forbidden in a lot of other places as well.

By: Chip

Chip — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:52:41 +0000

I agree that etiquette should rule when it comes to cell phone use. But I don’t agree that it’s the government’s job to enforce etiquette.

By: Fen

Fen — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:50:38 +0000

Definitely. Although I much rather have no cell phone noise on my plane ride, it is not the government’s decision; the power should rest in the hands of the individual airlines. Whenever I ride shuttles they always make an announcement to please not use cell phones, but that, if you must, to keep it brief and try to be quiet. I find this very reasonable and it’s something that’s in the hands of the right party, the company who owns the shuttle.

By: Teq

Teq — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:17:23 +0000

YES, I do… listening to some stupid teenager talking on the phone for three hours is not exactly my idea of a nice flight.

By: Just Looking

Just Looking — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:07:34 +0000

I agree about not wanting to be trapped in a small space while one or more people around me shout into their phones. This is one gov. rule I think should not be lifted.

By: Winston Ewert

Winston Ewert — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:39:04 +0000

I sure don’t want to spend hours on a plane with people gabbing on their cell phones all over it. For the moment there typically is not a large amount of noise on the plane. However, people talking on cell phones are typically kinda loud.

On the other hand I’m not going to endorse the federal government making the decision…