Wednesday, September 17, 2014
In-Class Writing (Topic 4)
Think about a positive or negative experience you had with someone talking on his or her cell phone in a public place. Perhaps you saw someone use a cell phone to help out a person in need. Or perhaps you overheard someone discussing a very private in a very loud voice. Write a well-organized paragraph discussing your experience with the cell phone user. Be sure to state what you learned from your experience.
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I have experienced to see people talking on their phones in a public place positively and negatively. When I lived in a dormitory last semester, I had a trouble that I locked my door and forgot my key inside a room. So I could not enter my room again. It was late night, and to make matters worse, I did not have my cell phone at that time. Therefore, I could not contact the landlord, and I was about to cry. Then I found a guy outside, and he helped me to contact the landlord by his phone. At that time, I really appreciated him and his cellphone. On the other hand, I felt so bad about people talking on their phone in Japan. We should not talk on the phone in a train and keep our phone in manner mode. When i was going to school, a woman was talking on a phone in a loud voice. In addition, her story was obviously not important nor emergency things. Many people stared at her, but she did not care at all. Then one old man told her to stop talking on the phone and she suddenly got mad at him even though it was her fault to be warned. It made many people in that train feel bad and annoyed. Every time I see such selfish people, I feel so bad, and I wish people knew and followed the rules of using phones.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad for your situation of being locked out! However, I understand how you feel regarding rude people and cell phones. I have seen countless examples of this myself.
DeleteOne time back in Kuwait I was with my father and brother in a shop. The cashier's line was so long, and the women in front of us has a lot of stuff she wants to buy. When it was her turn to pay her credit card didn't work, so she called the bank to see what the problem was and she discovered that her account doesn't have that much amount of money. She called her husband and she started shouting when she discovered that her husband spent that money. She was really angry, she started to cry and all the people inside the shop heard her. She felt the people's sympathetic gaze on her which made her even more angry. I knew that shouting wasn't the solution to this problem, but I learned that I should never trust someone with my money.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness!! How sad!
DeleteHaving calls in public places can cause a lot of bothering for others especially with too loud voices. Sometimes, people who have these calls react crazy and may affect on others around them. Others may be in a bad situation and forget about all the people around them. When I was waiting for the bus that would take me home, one guy was talking over his phone. I didn't notice him at the beginning because I was too busy waiting the bus and looking for my bus pass. However, this guy was too much emotional while speaking. I tried to not listen, but his voice was too loud. He received a call from the hospital telling him that his wife had an accident, and his baby died. I understood that from his talking. He kept repeating the same words so many time. He was completely in a big mess. He didn't know what to do and how to go as fast as he could to the hospital. Since he was a man, I couldn't interfere to come down him. I felt so bad, and I didn't want to hear anymore about his complicated problems so I put my headphones. I put very loud music to hear instead of hearing this guy. I couldn't help and I felt so much bad. Moreover, I consider this as the worst experience I have ever come through. As a matter of fact, this can happen for any of us, but we need to deal with the situation wisely without bothering others. For example, people who have high blood pressure disease, diabetes and heart problem would be affected negatively from seeing or being in these situations. I don't know what I would have done if I were him, but I hope these situations never happen to me.
ReplyDeleteHanan
Oh my goodness....what a terrible situation! I am sorry that you had to witness this unfortunate situation. My heart broke as I read this.
DeleteWhen I was high school student, I used to go school by bus. One day I came back to home by taking a bus, I heard some noisy and angry voice from a man who was talking to the cell phone. He looked like very angry and seemed like he couldn’t control his voice at all. He kept talking to the phone, and finally shouted to the phone. Many people in there felt uncomfortable because of him. Then, one old lady asked to him to lower his voice. Unfortunately, he started yelling at her with bad words. He was almost going to hit her. Then, suddenly, a big guy cut his yelling, and he pushed him away by his body. Other people who were taking the bus also started blaming him. The man was embarrassed and stopped talking. Finally, he said sorry to old lady and dropped the bus so quickly. After he left, people clapped to the old lady and big guy. I thought that there are good people more than bad people.
ReplyDeleteWow! Kudos to the man who stood up for the old lady!
DeleteThere are a lot of problem to talking on their own cell phone in a public place; because it could be uncomfortable to other people in public place. However, we are live together in small place. Especially in school, subway or in bus is representative.
ReplyDeleteBut I heard about this matter in SNS. This is started in the subway. In crowded subway, there is one person who speaking loud on the phone. After all, old guy feel uncomfortable; so he shout that person. However, I saw that SNS, someone who observe this situation was writing, don’t matter about the person speak louder; on the other hand, he said it’s more uncomfortable about fear to another person. Because he thought that he didn’t know about the his situation for example, he could be have problem to audit matter or he speak loud because very important matter on the phone, but in the subway is so crowded the other side on the phone could not hear well. So, writer thought it is useless shout about it because it’s already happen.
So, talking loud on the phone is not that big problem here. Because we don’t know about his or her situation. However, this is matter that speaks loud by face to face on public place. That’s why we can speak thoroughly in small voices.
In conclusion, in my situation, it’s okay using cellphone with loud voice, but not talking or angry to another people face to face so loudly.
Yes, if someone is on their phone so loudly while in a public crowded place, it can get quite disruptive.
Delete- When I was in the airport traveling to U.S.A , I heard a man who was talking in the phone and he had a serious problem. He was flaying to Egypt ,but his flight delayed . Therefore, he was angry and talk out loud with someone on his phone. He wanted to go to his country soon as possible ,for his father was sick and he want to be with him. However, he couldn't find available flight ,so he need to wait his flight until it come. Meanwhile, I was feeling sad for him and he was looking depressed. Nevertheless, he didn't stop searching for faster flight , and he was putting his name in all the waiting list for the faster flights. After that , he found a faster flight . Nonetheless, he should pay extra money ;otherwise, he will not fly soon and he should wait his flight to arrive. Finally, he payed and get the ticket and he was happy about it because he didn't want to wait for long time ;also, i felt happy about him.
ReplyDeleteHaha! How would you say that this was a positive experience for you?
DeleteNowadays, everyone usually has a cell phone; however, using cell phone in public places should notice your behavior. In my experience, talking too loud, talking too long, turning on the speaker to talk to others, and debating your private issue with loud voice are not polite. For instance, when you are taking a train or subway this sort of transportation system, you will not want to meet someone talk loud and long with turning on the speaker, it is fairly annoying to other passengers. These sorts of people maybe they are not intended, but they don’t care about other people’s feeling. They will never know after they get off the transportation system, the people who still stay in the car all can memorize what happened to them, such as boyfriend and girlfriend have some problems, business issues, or some conflict with other friends. Therefore, I would like to notice people to be polite when you using your cell phone in public places, you won’t want everyone knows your private affairs and discuss after you leave.
ReplyDeleteYes, that is very true. Those are personal matters that ought to stay with the people involved!
DeleteCellphone nowadays is very popular and we cannot deny the helpfulness that cellphones bring to us. However, everything has positive and negative aspects, and I actually experienced those both sides of cellphones.
ReplyDeleteThe positive aspects of cellphone are very much. I can use it to study by some applications, dictionaries; moreover, I can use it to communicate with another person. I experienced once, when I just came to US only few days, I went to the mall with my brother and we lost each other. Because I didn’t have a cellphone number so I couldn’t contact my brother, but I could still be able to go home. I just wonder what will happen if my nephews lost because he is just 5 years old.
On the other hand, I also have some negative experiences with cellphone. Once, my friend drove me home from school, and I showed him a hilarious picture. He took my phone, and watched the picture then he laughed. I felt like he forgot that he was driving, and we almost crushed the car in front of us. After that time, I never show him anything when he is driving. Furthermore, when I high school, I was addicted to playing games on my cellphone. As a result, I couldn’t study well, and my grade was really bad. Finally, I got rid of it rely on my parent’s help.
Overall, smartphone is a modern technology, and it’s not negative by itself. But using cellphone improperly may cause some bad consequences. Try to use cellphone properly.
OH wow, I am sorry to read about your friend and the accident. It must have been a horrifying incident!
DeleteToday I want to talk about some negative experience I met when I was a child. When I was a child. There was a few mobile phones in China, so people were proud of their own mobile phones. One day, I saw a man who wanted to show off his mobile phone speaking as loudly as possible and walking around beside the road. I predicted that he wanted let everybody know that he had a mobile phone of his own, and maybe he thought that each person would admire him because of his wealth. However, he did not notice that there was a little dirty water behind him. When he walked into the little water pool, he did not find that the dirty water splash on his shoes and clothes because he was still speaking loudly and kept his head rose to the sky. Finally, when he stopped speaking by his mobile phone, he found that his shoes and trousers were covered with spot and dust.
ReplyDeleteHaha! That is quite funny!
DeleteMost Koreans in Seoul, a capital of South Korea, use public transportation to commute, and many people of them use a subway. In rush hours, 8 AM to 9 AM and 5PM to 7PM, there is extremely as crowded as moving without willing or sometimes not moving completely a while. During that time, most of them become sensitive and aggressive. At that time, they may are like unknown bombs when they will explode. However, there are always some people who stimulate others. A kind of them is a phone calling person in the subway. We have to listen to private stories of others although we never want to listen to, and our good mornings are ruined by the person. Please, I hope to disappear like that person.
ReplyDeleteYes, I have heard about the loud phone conversations that people have in the subways. It must be very disruptive!
DeleteNowadays everyone uses cell phone. It has been an important part of our life. I have seen many people using their cell phone without paying any attention on other things. I also has a really bad experience about it. It was about one year ago. I was on the way to my school at about 8:00pm. one of my friend called me, and told me something about the concert of GD. I was really excited about the topic what we were talking about. Then suddenly, a motor went away, and almost runned into me. The guy who drived the motor even whistled to me. I was totally freaked out. It was too dark, and i realized i was on the wrong way to my school. I runned away to the bid street and had a deep breath. It was really dangerous, and made me undersanded i should not do it again. Until now, i never use my cell phone on that way. I hope everyone can use their cell phone carefully and politely; as a result they may not make themselves, or other people in trouble.
ReplyDeleteWhat a frightening experience!
DeleteThe experience I had with someone talking on her cell phone in a public is when I'm in Chengdu,China.I was in the subway,it was so late,everyone was so quiet and tired in the subway.A girl stood by me was talking on her phone,it was quiet so I can hear clearly,she was trying to cheer a girl up who was doing badly on her work,it seems that the girl on the phone was crying,and the girl stood by me was trying to calm her down,she talked about many experience that how she got improved from the failure when she first came to the company,it was so cheering at that tired night.In that busy city,it's not easy to survive,I think everyone at that subway who heard that girl's talks can cheer up,although I am a student now,but I also appreciate the positive attitude that I learned from that girl.
ReplyDeleteHAha, do you try to maintain the same positive attitude all the time as well?
DeleteIt is dangerous when you driving a car and using your hand to answer the phone call. I have a bad experience to use my phone. A month ago, I started my car in the parking lots after finished shopping. At this time there was a phone call came in from my friend. I answered the phone call by hand not the Bluetooth. I focused on the phone call and didn't see another car was backing behind me. I backed my car too. Then I heard a sound of the car horn. I noticed that my car is very near from that car. We almost touched each other. I saw the man in the car was angry and shouted to me :" Get out the phone." I felt so sorry about it. Fortunately, nothing happened. So, since that ,when I driving I always use the Bluetooth to answer the phone call and pay attention to the road condition around me.
ReplyDeleteWhew! That was a close call! Yes, you must always be careful!!
DeleteUsing the cell phones is not acceptable in smoe public places. First of all, people do not like any thing bothering them such as talking on a phone in public places where they are sharing those places with other people. In deed, people think that each person must follow the rules in the public place and respect the freedom for the other person. For example, when I was 18 years old, I went to visit my friend who was sick in a hospital; I was walking in a hole of the hospital and talking to other friends by my phone. Then I found myself between two security men, and they took my phone to kept in the reception of the hospital. because that I understood , it is not allowing to use your phone in hospitals. In addition, people have become aware about the right way for using the cell phones in public places to decrease the amount of noise. For instance, we see people using a headphone to hear music or to talk with their friends at the campus of CSUF. In few words, we should be careful about any sign in the public places because it may be included warning about using the cell phones or any thing else.
ReplyDeleteALI AL-ATTABI
Very true!
DeleteDevelopments in telecommunications technology have led to dramatic changes to the types of relationships that people make. Easy to connect with people means that geographical distance is no longer a barrier to building relationships with people far away. Some of my friends studies or lives in the UK or Canada, although we can not see each other frequently, I have good relationship with them; for, we stay in touch with regular telephone calls. Moreover, my grandfather got a heart attack at midnight at home, when I was young. If my grandmother did not use cell phone call 911 at first, I can not think what would be happen. However, it is easy to notice that this trend has led to a decrease in face-to-face communication. In my experience, my roommate, Tian, likes calling someone and keeping talking for over one hour, even if we have a dinner. It is not polite when we do something together.
ReplyDeleteYou have made some very valid points!
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