Dear Editor:
Today, while waiting in line at the post office in Dundarave, I asked a woman behind me if she would mind continuing her cellphone call outside.
She scowled at me. She moved a bit farther away and continued talking loudly on her phone about personal matters I couldn’t seem to block from my ears no matter how hard I tried.
When she finished her call, she tapped me on the shoulder and told me how rude I was to make her lose her place in line (more people had come into the post office by then). I don’t think it dawned on her that she was actually bothering anyone nor did she seem to care about why I and another person suggested she take her call outside the establishment. She continued to berate me and pointed out to everyone in line just how important her call was, all the while forgetting that we all have important calls but can choose to take them away from people.
I do think there is a solution for entitled (annoying) cellphone users who disturb others with their “I am so important” work or personal cellphone calls in lineups, stores, doctor’s offices, really, most enclosed public spaces. Perhaps we could take lessons from smoking bylaws. Create an insulated cellphone room where cellphone users can talk in peace in close proximity to other cellphone users discussing work or personal matters no one else wants to hear.
We could create a bylaw prohibiting talking on cellphones within six metres of any door — noise pollution you know – and send out bulletins/flyers to educate people to have some class and realize that talking on a cellphone in close proximity to others is actually really rude and inconsiderate to others.
Jasmine Paccagnan
West Vancouver
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