I like quite on planes. It is one of those times where you can shut off your phone and ignore email, guilt free, and know that the world will wait while you relax (granted, in cramped quarters) and enjoy the ride. Flying has enough crap to deal with; security, traffic on the way to the airport, lugging poorly designed pull behind suitcases because you spent the extra money on the new laptop tucked inside. There are few people who have jobs that are so god awful important that they can't wait to send email or make a phone call until they are off an airplane. Those that do either fly private planes with in plane phones (that actually work) or know not to fly when they have something important going on. President of a country - important enough to make a call in flight. Systems engineer for any company - well, looks like your system is down until you land and you should have put more thought into your disaster recovery plan.
I don't want to listen to some woman next to me complaining to her girlfriend about how her "babydaddy don't pay no support" any more than she wants to listen to me telling my PHB that "it isn't my fault that the client hasn't changed their backup tapes in 6 weeks. I called them three times a week and told them..."
I live in a US metro area with a subway/rail/metro/tube system. The morning and evening commute hours are relatively free of phone conversations. Most of the people that have to are quite and respectful. That, right there, is exactly what you want to have when you are putting a large quantity of people in a small space. Quite and respect.
I love my technology as much as the next guy, but there is a time and place for everything.
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Ack! It's a typo... T-Y-P-O. *grins*
I like quite on planes. It is one of those times where you can shut off your phone and ignore email, guilt free, and know that the world will wait while you relax (granted, in cramped quarters) and enjoy the ride. Flying has enough crap to deal with; security, traffic on the way to the airport, lugging poorly designed pull behind suitcases because you spent the extra money on the new laptop tucked inside. There are few people who have jobs that are so god awful important that they can't wait to send email or make a phone call until they are off an airplane. Those that do either fly private planes with in plane phones (that actually work) or know not to fly when they have something important going on. President of a country - important enough to make a call in flight. Systems engineer for any company - well, looks like your system is down until you land and you should have put more thought into your disaster recovery plan.
I don't want to listen to some woman next to me complaining to her girlfriend about how her "babydaddy don't pay no support" any more than she wants to listen to me telling my PHB that "it isn't my fault that the client hasn't changed their backup tapes in 6 weeks. I called them three times a week and told them..."
I live in a US metro area with a subway/rail/metro/tube system. The morning and evening commute hours are relatively free of phone conversations. Most of the people that have to are quite and respectful. That, right there, is exactly what you want to have when you are putting a large quantity of people in a small space. Quite and respect.
I love my technology as much as the next guy, but there is a time and place for everything.