[Misc] Women on mobile phones....

[BeHereNow]

A lot of women use it to issolate themselves from being approched, before phones it used to be a book or magazie.

What a sad, isolated world we live in then, no wonder the younger generations are having less sex than the older ones.

I’m not really sure girls expect to be ‘hit on’ whilst getting on a bus to Brighton tbh, I just think they are mostly addicted and brainwashed. Also, how ‘up herself’ must a girl be to expect to be ‘hit on’ when they use public transport?

I’m not saying it’s just girls though, the lads are doing it too, but the former seem a lot more worse...or perhaps I just don’t notice the lads as much!

 

[ozzygull]

What a sad, isolated world we live in then, no wonder the younger generations are having less sex than the older ones.

I’m not really sure girls expect to be ‘hit on’ whilst getting on a bus to Brighton tbh, I just think they are mostly addicted and brainwashed. Also, how ‘up herself’ must a girl be to expect to be ‘hit on’ when they use public transport?

I’m not saying it’s just girls though, the lads are doing it too, but the former seem a lot more worse...or perhaps I just don’t notice the lads as much!

You have duck all idea what it’s like to feel vulnerable, it’s not about beIng ‘hit on’ FFS

For what it’s worth on my commute to London everyone male or female would be starring at something, phone, kindle, book, news paper. It’s a way to disconnect from the surroundings.

 

[Eeyore]

So many times I’ve looked at a bus go by and see girls staring down at their phones.

Brad Pitt (or whoever they fancy these days) could walk right past and they wouldn’t have a clue!

They can’t just stare out of the window watching the world go by. How sad. They have a fixation that the world on their phone is so much better than the one around them.

I think phones have totally destroyed their attention spans and gave them a ‘there’s always something better on the next page’ attitude. Dating apps probably have something to do with this too.

Almost got wooshed by that one.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

My misses was on a facetime call with her friend at the weekend, after roughly 45mins I walked past the room and heard her say "so how are you" ....

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[Wozza]

Woman decides train is perfect place to have incredibly personal phone conversation

https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news...ly-personal-phone-conversation-20180807176041

 

[Icy Gull]

In my youth it was conversations over the garden fence, far more productive to be able to chat on speakerphone whilst doing things in the house surely?

 

[Wozza]

In my youth it was conversations over the garden fence, far more productive to be able to chat on speakerphone whilst doing things in the house surely?

Yeah, come on chaps, you have to think about maximising the productivity of women!

 

[Gwylan]

Woman decides train is perfect place to have incredibly personal phone conversation

https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news...ly-personal-phone-conversation-20180807176041

I did a daily commute for many years and I was staggered by the number of people who ordered over the phone and were happy to give their name, address and credit card details over the phone. I copied one down once and was going to write to him (and they were usually men) and say that I could have been a cyber criminal but I thought better of it.

But it was something that happened about once a month on average - if not more frequently

 

[daveinplzen]

Its been going on since mobiles existed I think. Took this pic a couple of years ago in a bar in Zizkov, on a Saturday night. Suspect they were even texting each other

 

[SpongebobSquarepants]

My other half speaks to her best friend for over 2 hours most nights. Fine for me as I get to watch football, but what on earth do they speak about?
I would struggle to speak to anyone for longer than 5 minutes.

 

[BeHereNow]

You have duck all idea what it’s like to feel vulnerable, it’s not about beIng ‘hit on’ FFS

For what it’s worth on my commute to London everyone male or female would be starring at something, phone, kindle, book, news paper. It’s a way to disconnect from the surroundings.

What did you mean by ‘being approached’ then?

Like I said, I think we live a sad when people don’t want to enjoy and activity take part in their surroundings and would rather be fixed into the Matrix at any moment they can.

 

[METALMICKY]

Never mind women on mobiles I've only just discovered Bob Mortimer's train guy. Hilariously nails that irritating git we've all witnessed on a train

https://in.mashable.com/culture/127...-the-funniest-thing-on-the-internet-right-now

 

[LlcoolJ]

Never mind women on mobiles I've only just discovered Bob Mortimer's train guy. Hilariously nails that irritating git we've all witnessed on a train

https://in.mashable.com/culture/127...-the-funniest-thing-on-the-internet-right-now

I'm jealous that you've only just found it. Absolutely brilliant.

"Ya ya ya, ya see ya Col. And as ever, you are an irate walrus. And of course ciao bellafromaggio!"

 

[ozzygull]

What did you mean by ‘being approached’ then?

Agrresion and intimadation. You may not have seen it with your own eyes but it happens.

 

[BeHereNow]

Agrresion and intimadation. You may not have seen it with your own eyes but it happens.

Ok, don’t see how looking at your phone stops that, especially on a bus that is pretty much empty. Maybe we are talking about two different things.

 

[ozzygull]

Ok, don’t see how looking at your phone stops that, especially on a bus that is pretty much empty. Maybe we are talking about two different things.

Probably! I am not talking about getting on a bus at 17:30, I am talking about at night. looking at your phone or whatever is way to distance yourself hopefully if you don't make any eye contact and you don't pay attenction you will be left alone.

On public transport during normal hours I don't see any difference between men and women looking at their phones, pretty much everyone is on a device of some desription unless they are older people.

The thing I find most odd is not using a device when on your own on public transport, but when your in a restarunt with freinds and family.

The amout of times (pre-covid) I would see families parrents and kids all on devices in a resatraunt as well couples both staring at their phones. Seriously if you don't like each other enough to have a one to one conversion save money, stay at home. It's strange.

 

[B52]

As a women, I can't answer your question as I don't do it. Infact I get moaned at by my husband becasue I will regually leave the house without the phone. Not on purpose it's just that keys, purse, face mask all take priority and I sometimes forget it.

I guess like men not all women are the same.

Good point,

 

[Carlos BC]

In the early days, a woman was talking very loudly on an enormous phone in the carriage I was in on a train. Whilst talking, it rang

I have seen similar. About ten years back, a Dad at the school gates pretending to be doing a big deal very loudly. Talking a negotiating a 'mill' here or a couple of 'mill' there. Looked like a right knobhead when the 'phone rang.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

As a women, I can't answer your question as I don't do it. Infact I get moaned at by my husband becasue I will regually leave the house without the phone. Not on purpose it's just that keys, purse, face mask all take priority and I sometimes forget it.

I guess like men not all women are the same.

Yep.

And despite being peculiar and having almost no actual friends, I have had quite a few chats on Teams or Skype with a couple of pals (one of them an NSC user) during Covid. I rather like it. And the last time I looked, I was a bloke.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I have seen similar. About ten years back, a Dad at the school gates pretending to be doing a big deal very loudly. Talking a negotiating a 'mill' here or a couple of 'mill' there. Looked like a right knobhead when the 'phone rang.

Was it this bloke?