Comments on: Science Explains: Why Overheard Cell Phone Conversations Are So Annoying http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/05/21/science-explains-why-overheard-cell-phone-conversations-are-so-annoying/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: geeta http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/05/21/science-explains-why-overheard-cell-phone-conversations-are-so-annoying/comment-page-1/#comment-37366 geeta Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:35:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=9615#comment-37366 Disagree. It isn't the 'halfalogue' part that annoys me, when i am trying to do my own stuff - it is any loud conversation that dislodges me from my work. And obviously, when you said 'cell phone' you just menat 'phone', right? I used to work out of a cubicle, over 10 yrs ago when cell phones weren't around, next to this one loud colleague who was perpetually on the phone ranting about his dating stories to different people back-to-back - talk about private conversations. So annoying that it made me let my manager know. This was more of a monologue than a conversation, but still mighty annoying. So it is the attitude of the voice as well as the subject matter and the length of disturbance that determines the degree of annoyance - not the evesdropping part at all, to me. The added annoyance of cell phones comes from its omnipresence. Disagree. It isn’t the ‘halfalogue’ part that annoys me, when i am trying to do my own stuff – it is any loud conversation that dislodges me from my work.
And obviously, when you said ‘cell phone’ you just menat ‘phone’, right? I used to work out of a cubicle, over 10 yrs ago when cell phones weren’t around, next to this one loud colleague who was perpetually on the phone ranting about his dating stories to different people back-to-back – talk about private conversations. So annoying that it made me let my manager know. This was more of a monologue than a conversation, but still mighty annoying. So it is the attitude of the voice as well as the subject matter and the length of disturbance that determines the degree of annoyance – not the evesdropping part at all, to me. The added annoyance of cell phones comes from its omnipresence.

]]> By: MediaMentions http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/05/21/science-explains-why-overheard-cell-phone-conversations-are-so-annoying/comment-page-1/#comment-36539 MediaMentions Sat, 05 Jun 2010 22:44:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=9615#comment-36539 Interestingly enough, similar surveys regarding cell phones have actually had an impact. Here's an example I came across today: http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=FH0Z80UUUK52&preview=article&linkid=5fabf41d-99ff-47a6-b5c4-c747a56d2982&pdaffid=ZVFwBG5jk4Kvl9OaBJc5%2bg%3d%3d Enjoy! Interestingly enough, similar surveys regarding cell phones have actually had an impact. Here’s an example I came across today: http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=FH0Z80UUUK52&preview=article&linkid=5fabf41d-99ff-47a6-b5c4-c747a56d2982&pdaffid=ZVFwBG5jk4Kvl9OaBJc5%2bg%3d%3d

Enjoy!

]]> By: Georg http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/05/21/science-explains-why-overheard-cell-phone-conversations-are-so-annoying/comment-page-1/#comment-35988 Georg Mon, 24 May 2010 14:01:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=9615#comment-35988 <i>Science Explains: Why Overheard Cell Phone Conversations Are So Annoying</i> That is why plain old telefon should be preferred. Science Explains: Why Overheard Cell Phone Conversations Are So Annoying

That is why plain old telefon should be preferred.

]]> By: Rain http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/05/21/science-explains-why-overheard-cell-phone-conversations-are-so-annoying/comment-page-1/#comment-35876 Rain Fri, 21 May 2010 21:16:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=9615#comment-35876 We all eavesdrop? Talk about a swooping generalisation. We all eavesdrop? Talk about a swooping generalisation.

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