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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
Our local Food Lion has double wide "rocket ship" carts ....
My rant - my next door neighbor has obviously decided to spend daily 'quality time' outdoors with her young daughter. Problem? She's on her cell phone the entire time - talking & shrieking with laughter so loudly we can't sit on our deck and hear each other speak. Last night even her husband shouted out the front door "What are you doing out there?" - unfortunately she kept right on yakking. Her kid must really be benefitting from these one-on-one sessions with mom.
I'm beginning to fantasize about putting a sprinkler in the bushes between our houses .... one of those wide perforated bars that waves back & forth ....    |
I think you should start replying, or, better yet, ask her questions about the content of her call. e.g., "OMG, really? Is she any better? Did she dump him? Is she going out with Claude?"
I would bet you a fair chunk of change that her phone behavior would cease abruptly. Nobody wants to be eavesdropped upon, even when it's their own fault.
Of course, if you're politer than I, you could just clear your throat rather loudly and ask "Ahem, you do know that we can hear every single word you're saying, right? I thought you should know, as I am quite certain you'd like
your quality time with your daughter to be private."
I imagine either solution would work. I frequently interrupt yakkers in grocery stores and other inappropriate places with comments along those lines, primarily the former. If people persist in putting their conversations and personal business out at the top of their lungs, they shouldn't expect the usual human courtesies--as they have certainly forgotten them on behalf of those around them. I started this when I'd listened to--from many aisles away--an entire divorce saga of somebody's friend, for over 30 minutes. When I finally bumped into the offender, I instantly launched into a list of the best divorce attorneys in town, along with my (ahem, unrestrained) opinion of the story, in
minute detail. The look on her face...ye gods, I wish I was capable with that damn camera in my phone. It was like the commercials:
priceless.
ALTHOUGH,
I'm pretty cheery about the sprinkler idea, too. Can you turn it on AFTER you start rolling video from your phone, please????? I'm pretty sure we'd all have a good laugh....
Hitch