The Cell Phone Rules of College

The Cell Phone Rules of College
No, not even being hot excludes you from the earpiece rule.

Follow these easy rules and no one will hate you. It's as simple that.

Nobody Likes Your Ringtone - I'm pretty sure that 95% of ringtones out there are only cool to the people that purchase them. There's really no reason your phone should ever have to be off vibrate, since most phones can be felt buzzing even if you're a good ten feet away from them. Having your phone always on vibrate also helps you avoid being "that kid" in lecture who scrambles for twenty seconds as they try to keep their phone from blasting "This is Why I'm Hot" to the general amusement of the class.

You are Not Important Enough to Need a Bluetooth Earpiece - You're in college, you're not a stock broker, investment banker or Ari Gold. There is no reason you can't reach into your pocket, flip your phone open and raise it to your ear. Excuses that do not fly: "It helps keeps my safe when I'm driving." Do you really need two hands firmly on the wheel? Are you driving an offroad rally race? I drive with my thumb. And the distracting part of cell phone use is the talking, not the holding of the phone to your ear. Also there's the ever popular, "I'm saving myself from the harmful radiation." If it's true cell phones do cause cancer, we're going to be one dead country in about thirty years.

Cell Phone Accessories are Banned - Don't clip your phone to your belt. Why, why would you do that? It's just a shortcut to me saying, "Wow I don't ever want to be your friend." Your pocket is centimeters away, just go for it, stick it right down in there, it's OK. Also, why do people get phone covers? It's like when people get those protective bras for their cars. Yeah you're saving it from wear and tear, but now you've got this giant ugly thing covering it which makes it look far worse than it ever would through normal use. And it's not going to help when you drop it in your beer by accident anyways.

There you have it. These aren't hard rules and a little restraint goes a long way. Oh also, no bedazzling, under any circumstances.
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Comments

ha-mace
You bastard. Beat me to it. After looking at so much cell-phone abuse in only the first 2 days of class, I was going to write about this. DAMN YOU JOHNNY QUEST! Posted 08/28/2007 7:40 PMReply
CommodoreGirl
There is no reason you can't reach into ***YOUR*** pocket. Posted 08/29/2007 5:32 PMReply
Paul Tassi
haha so YOU'RE one of those grammar fiends are you? Posted 08/29/2007 6:09 PMReply
bryemye
If you're a guy with baggy pockets or your drunk you often don't feel your phone vibrating. It depends on the model. Posted 08/29/2007 8:48 PMReply
Magpi
You forgot to mention phone charms.

Hey, I love when cell phones go off in lecture. So entertaining! Especially when you have a prof that will answer it for you and talk to whoever called in front of the class.
Posted 08/30/2007 9:15 PMReply
Paul Tassi
what the hell is a phone charm? Posted 08/30/2007 10:42 PMReply
ha-mace
@ Johnny Quest: I think it's those little things (jewels, figures, etc.) people have hanging off their cell phone. Like the girl who sits next to me in class with stupid winnie the poo hanging of her stupid pink cell phone. Posted 08/31/2007 3:22 PMReply
Paul Tassi
what's the world coming to Posted 08/31/2007 6:46 PMReply
ha-mace
Hell in a handbasket. In a handbasket Johnny ... a handbasket. Posted 09/01/2007 6:54 PMReply

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