Holy Black Box, Batman! The cellphone vigilantes!

He so funny!!

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You can't zap someone's conversation on a commuter train, or anywhere else, just because they sound like a Valley Girl and say 'like' all the time.

A movie theater, school, concert, play, anyplace where you're expressly asked (told) to turn your phone off because it's policy? Different story.

You feel that you should be able to site next to me at a restaurant and smoke, but I can

As much as I"d have loved to see that girl's face when her phone died (and it does sound like fun), it's still wrong to end somebody's phone call - regardless of where they are talking. If it's in a movie theater or restaurant, then it's up to the employees to do so. Maybe the better solution would be for that guy to get on his cell phone & talk really, really, really loud right next to Valley Girl.

As much as I"d have loved to see that girl's face when her phone died (and it does sound like fun), it's still wrong to end somebody's phone call - regardless of where they are talking. If it's in a movie theater or restaurant, then it's up to the employees to do so. Maybe the better solution would be for that guy to get on his cell phone & talk really, really, really loud right next to Valley Girl.

next time I'm in town I'll buy the first round. Maybe the second as well.

You know, I was thinking about this. Suppose you are one of those who don't like the people around you to smoke, and suppose you're out somewhere, a bar, a casual diner, what ever. You have this little device that no one will find out about, and the device prevents tobacco from burning in a 30 foot radius when it's turned on.

Now then. You could ask the patrons around you not to smoke, or you could just press the button and watch the fun as cigarettes fail to light. No one can smoke. Eventually, they move away from you - outside or something, in order to smoke.

You're telling me you'd never push that little button gratuitously every so often?

Even if I were a non-smoker, NO I would not push the button.

Ok so the 20 something was having a BA conversation. How did the guy know that someone 10 feet away wasn't on the phone talking to their doctor, their boss, the babysitter because their child was sick or injured?
I wonder how much he'd like it if someone zapped him that same way.
Blocking cell phone use in a theater or church is one thing. Secretly zapping people on the street is just plain wrong.