Foo - Things people do to make themselves look soooo important

Some people try to impress so much, but the thruth is that it just doesnt work!
People who walk in a restaurant with thier cell phones attached to thier ears, are you THAT important that you cant disconnect from the world for a sec?
People who introduced themself with a title and a business card:rolleyes:

You know I have a cell phone but I really never use it that much. I think its rude to be at a public place like a restaurant and be on the phone. Also, why does the movie threater have to tell us to turn off our phones??? Its kinda sad that people are this way.
BDG, I'm with you on this topic!

Ummm... I need to take this call, I'll be with you in a second.

Expecting people to not be rude and self-absorbed is like expecting water to not be wet.

You know I have a cell phone but I really never use it that much. I think its rude to be at a public place like a restaurant and be on the phone. Also, why does the movie threater have to tell us to turn off our phones??? Its kinda sad that people are this way.
BDG, I'm with you on this topic!
did you see those cells that are actually attached to you ear? that's what I was referring to! those are just pathetic!
I saw once a customer stopping a server while she was giving out the dinner specials so that he could go on his very lenthly cell conversation!:rolleyes:

Ok, I'm back. It was a wrong number. As you were saying?

The thing I'll never forget is seeing a couple having dinner together at a pretty nice restaurant. They were sitting in the booth, each having a nice conversation. On their cellphones. With someone who wasn't there.

Ok, I'm back. It was a wrong number.

Don't lie...you just couldn't take my heavy wheezing any more and hung up! :p

People who walk in a restaurant with thier cell phones attached to thier ears, are you THAT important that you cant disconnect from the world for a sec?

No, it's just very sad. You're certainly not important enough nor have enough restraint to be able to take or make some time off for yourself and the people you are with.

Don't lie...you just couldn't take my heavy wheezing any more and hung up! :p
Curses, foiled again!

If I want to impress, I walk in dressed like a Joisey Guido smoking a $100 bill and passing out cash like it's candy. Then I look for the good-looking blonde who runs the joint and give her the Valentino eyes, while my fingers caress my waxed moustache. I look down at her intensely and say... "Can I get some milk and twinkies to go, please?"

Yeah - the ear-worn cell phones are blingy.

Driving Escalades, Yukons, Hummers, etc. (sorry BDG :o) around town for errands that could be easily accomplished with a small car.

Wearing French cuff shirts with huge, showy cufflinks.

Men wearing huge gold/gem rings.

Able-bodied people who park in Handicap spaces.

Flying first-class.

I could go on...

Flying first-class.

I could go on...

Now just a cotton-pickin minute there you masked midget, wtf is the matter with flying first class? If one MUST fly, where would you rather sit:

1. In a tiny seat, between Bozo the fat businessman with ten tons of carry-on, BO, and can't sit still for 10 seconds, and Mindy the teenage talker who makes Britney Spears look like a rocket scientist?

2. In a comfy seat, with a hot blonde sitting next to you, and free booze

Zorro, you must be short. I would kill to fly first class. :(

rich people that talk with that high society almost british accent.

....rich people that talk with that high society almost british accent.

Indeed.

Making posts with an extraordinary, phenomanal, multitudinous, proflagiration of descriptive vocabulary.

*checks for dirt under fingernails*

I find this whole subject rather boring. I must run off to occupy myself with tasks too numerous to mention.

Do be a darling and stay awake while sifting through this drudgery and gossip, won't you? Everything with a kiss...

smooch smooch, snookums. Ta!

*checks for dirt under fingernails*

I find this whole subject rather boring. I must run off to occupy myself with tasks too numerous to mention.

Do be a darling and stay awake while sifting through this drudgery and gossip, won't you? Everything with a kiss...

Say hello to Buffy for me. Have her people call my people, we'll have sex! :p

Some people try to impress so much, but the thruth is that it just doesnt work!
People who walk in a restaurant with thier cell phones attached to thier ears, are you THAT important that you cant disconnect from the world for a sec?
People who introduced themself with a title and a business card:rolleyes:


lol! EVERYONE has cell phones these days.... my 12 year old neices have cell phones, for goodness sakes! what i think when i see/HEAR someone on a cell phone in a restaurant? "how rude to make US hear your converstion and how rude to make the people you are actually dining with wait while you talk on the phone! important? nope.... they don't look important at all!

I think cellphones are such a part of our culture that it should be ok to use them in public. OF course a little bit of discression is called for. We've all heard the guy who gave a complete replay of last night at the bar on his cell while we are trying to watch a movie, or eat a quiet dinner.

Use the phone, talk quietly and then put the damned thing away. For me, i always feel a little self conscious using the phone in a restaurant. If i do take a call i keep it short and talk quietly.

Where I actually have a problem is with these stupid bluetooth headsets. I don't think anyone has a clue how stupid they look with them on. I draw the line at wearing my cellphone on my head! C'mon, enough already.

I know what blonduath, is talking about though. It seems like the people with those bluetooth headsets on walk around like they are carrying an Uzi. It must be empowering or something. Maybe they think they are piloting a space ship or some crap like that, maybe goes back to childhood fantasies. Regardless, i'll never strap one to my head.

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Yeah - the ear-worn cell phones are blingy.

Driving Escalades, Yukons, Hummers, etc. (sorry BDG :o) around town for errands that could be easily accomplished with a small car.

Wearing French cuff shirts with huge, showy cufflinks.

Men wearing huge gold/gem rings.

Able-bodied people who park in Handicap spaces.

Flying first-class.

I could go on...
:lol: dont be sorry! I totally agree with you on that one now, at one point I thought owning a Hummer was cool, I thought being a girl driving an H1 was just the coolest thing.
I guess, I got more mature :o
there is always room for improvement but Il glad to say that I have too much respect these days for mother earth then I ever did before and this thing is sitting in my garage and youll find me on my bike!

Now just a cotton-pickin minute there you masked midget, wtf is the matter with flying first class? If one MUST fly, where would you rather sit:

1. In a tiny seat, between Bozo the fat businessman with ten tons of carry-on, BO, and can't sit still for 10 seconds, and Mindy the teenage talker who makes Britney Spears look like a rocket scientist?

2. In a comfy seat, with a hot blonde sitting next to you, and free booze

Sorry, but as I've passed through on the way to the low-life seating, I see almost exclusively, fidgety, fat businessmen - absorbed with their blackberries, populating the 1st class section. And you think that booze is free? It's a little bone the airline throws you for paying 2-3x the going rate for the trip.

At work I walk fast and carry a yellow legal pad. seems to make me look important.

Sorry, but as I've passed through on the way to the low-life seating, I see almost exclusively, fidgety, fat businessmen - absorbed with their blackberries, populating the 1st class section. And you think that booze is free? It's a little bone the airline throws you for paying 2-3x the going rate for the trip.

Well, I drive the fat businessmen into the cheap seats, break out my own booze, then the flight attendants and I have our own little party. Then the the fasten seatbelt light comes on with a DING and wakes me up, I bring my seat to it's full, upright position, and I pull the fat businessman's laptop out of my ear in anticipation of landing. :(

*checks for dirt under fingernails*

I find this whole subject rather boring. I must run off to occupy myself with tasks too numerous to mention.

Do be a darling and stay awake while sifting through this drudgery and gossip, won't you? Everything with a kiss...
Indubitably, old chap! Ta-ta!:)

At work I walk fast and carry a yellow legal pad. seems to make me look important.
Clipboards seem to work well, too.

Clipboards seem to work well, too.

Guns seem to be more effective, especially combined with walking fast.

It seems to be important to walk around with a scowl or look of condescension.

Guns seem to be more effective, especially combined with walking fast.
I just walk around talking to myself. Nobody bothers me.:) There is a guy at work, in another department, that hauls ass wherever he goes. Doesn't carry anything, but he can't seem to help powerwalking everywhere. Comes speeding into the building, creates a sonic boom going to and from lunch and might even go faster when it's time to leave. Get's plenty of cardio, I guess.*shrug* I'll have to go watch him work sometime. I bet he's like The Flash or somethin'....

It seems to be important to walk around with a scowl or look of condescension.

The full beard, unlit cigar, and jewled crown seem to do the trick for some people....

Clipboards seem to work well, too.

Clipboards are so 90s...Walk fast and carry a blackberry...Now your important! :rolleyes:

You'll have to take that up with Sheldon B.

You'll have to take that up with Sheldon B.



You mean take notes, don't you? I approve wholeheartedly. I'll send him roses.

You mean take notes, don't you? I approve wholeheartedly. I'll send him roses.

I'm sorry, I'm lacking the mental capacity to understand your response. :(

People with big fake laughs, that they actually think will be taken as real by others
.
"ha ha ha"(Is everyone intersted yet? No.)
"HA HA HA"(Ok I've got them all looking)
"What? Mind your own business."

There is a kid in my neighborhood who talks on the cell phone while riding his BMX...

Another sign the world is coming to an end.

Steve

Some people try to impress so much, but the thruth is that it just doesnt work!
People who walk in a restaurant with thier cell phones attached to thier ears, are you THAT important that you cant disconnect from the world for a sec?
People who introduced themself with a title and a business card:rolleyes:

Hi my name is ____ ______ PHD AHD BA MBA
I ride <Really really really cool bike> with <really really long list of cool OCP mods>
I was once awarded with <really cool award> for saving <Really dramatic things>
How are you today?

Based from my career in advertising, I wouldn't know anything about
people doing anything at all to make themselves look important.

Nope cant think of a thing......

what i think when i see/HEAR someone on a cell phone in a restaurant?

what i think in that situation is that i must not be in a place that is nice enough and that's what i get from slumming in the first place.

What bugs me is nut-polishing about common crap.

"I'm A+ certified" .....great, you have a piece of paper that a high school freshman can obtain while being drunk for the entire class duration. SMS: U R SO SMRT

"I am sooo overqualified for here since I have a ....blah blah... (while futzing up something an A+ flunkie could have done)" SMS: U R TEH SUX, DIE PLZ, KKTHX

people who call up our place and make a reservation under the name Dr. bla bla bla..
it is NOT going to get you a better seat!

Bah... nothing like hopping out of a Rolls Royce or Mercedes limo wearing Armani; that'll get you in and seated in no time! :)

But people certainly do like to bandy the "Dr." title around incessantly, eh? Funny thing is the "Esq." is gaining popularity as well. :(

One I can think of....and what bothers me about it the most is that I'm sometimes guilty of it.

When somebody makes a very simple post about a topic (sometimes a statement and not even a question) and the next person who has some knowledge on the topic comes in and posts an encyclopedia page about the topic to make sure you know how much THEY KNOW about the topic.

I'm guilty of it sometimes....other times I see somebody make a post like that and in fact I know WAAAAAAY more than they do and I try to be good and just keep my mouth shut. I've done that on 90% of computer related threads here.

Bah... nothing like hopping out of a Rolls Royce or Mercedes limo wearing Armani; that'll get you in and seated in no time! :)

But people certainly do like to bandy the "Dr." title around incessantly, eh? Funny thing is the "Esq." is gaining popularity as well. :(

If you're gonna use a title, use something with some jet set appeal....prince, princess, baron, baroness, duke, duchess, lord, lady, etc. and never, ever, introduce yourself - that is the job of your publicist.

Foo, may I introduce Chip the First, Prick of all Fukowies.

I'm guilty of it sometimes....other times I see somebody make a post like that and in fact I know WAAAAAAY more than they do and I try to be good and just keep my mouth shut. I've done that on 90% of computer related threads here.

I know exactly what you mean. I tend to avoid the tech related threads as much as possible...and when I do join in, I play dumb.

I think my daddy's advice was sound...although I ain't too good at following it:

"Sometimes it's best to remain silent and have folks think you are a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt." :D

One I can think of....and what bothers me about it the most is that I'm sometimes guilty of it.

When somebody makes a very simple post about a topic (sometimes a statement and not even a question) and the next person who has some knowledge on the topic comes in and posts an encyclopedia page about the topic to make sure you know how much THEY KNOW about the topic.

I'm guilty of it sometimes....other times I see somebody make a post like that and in fact I know WAAAAAAY more than they do and I try to be good and just keep my mouth shut. I've done that on 90% of computer related threads here.
I know exactly what you mean! but what they dont know is that you fall either 1) fall asleep half way thier lenthtly statement OR you just skip right ova!:p

If you're gonna use a title, use something with some jet set appeal....prince, princess, baron, baroness, duke, duchess, lord, lady, etc. and never, ever, introduce yourself - that is the job of your publicist.

Foo, may I introduce Chip the First, Prick of all Fukowies.

Well, if that's how we're gonna roll, I would like to present: DE2, Chief Emeritus of the Yawannasukut Tribe.

Clipboards seem to work well, too.

I am bored at work, I must try this.

Well, if that's how we're gonna roll, I would like to present: DE2, Chief Emeritus of the Yawannasukut Tribe.

Pleased to meet you, Chief. You wantum tryum our tribal hand...errr...leg shake?

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