The Adab Of Mobile Phones

MuslimSister —

Salaam

There’s something extremely annoying about some people’s attachment to their mobile phones.

Last night we had guests over, so my brother had to sleep on the floor in my room…my brother and sister kept me up half the night by acting immature and forwarding each other stupid text messages and giggling….and when I confiscated their phones they pulled out some other phone and started to send me stupid text messages until I switched my phone off.

Some people really lack etiquettes with it comes to using their mobile phones…..in school, Uni or work, at meetings or in people’s homes ones phone really should be switched off or at least set on vibrate.

And what’s the emergency anyway? Just under ten years ago we all managed to get on fine without thinking its vital to ask mum what she’s cooked for dinner in the middle of a lecture in Uni.

It’s also annoying when people go through ALL their ring tones on the phone or in a public place. Yeah, I know it’s important to personalize ones phones, but can’t one do this at home instead of the back of the bus?

Mobile phones do not impress people anymore, everyone has one. People need to get over it.

The main issue I have with mobile phones is when it goes off in the middle of speeches or lectures, how rude is that? What’s wrong with setting the phone on vibrate, that option is there for a reason.

I miss at least 90% of my calls, cos I keep it set on silent/vibrate…and if the call is important (and I have credit in my phone-which I usually don't :oops: ) I’ll return the call later on.

I was reading this news report the other day which creeped me out…

Even in Death, the Mobile Rings
Arab News

TAIF, 15 March 2006 — Things got a little creepier than usual recently at King Faisal Hospital’s morgue when an all-too-familiar cell phone jingle emanated from within one of the refrigerated units, the daily Al-Madinah reported. According to the creeped-out morgue staffers interviewed for the story, things were, er, dead quiet in the morgue when suddenly from behind the door of one of the body storage units could be heard somebody trying to call the dead. Much to the relief of the morgue’s staff, the phone was not answered from inside the cooler.

[url=http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=79217&d=15&m=3&y=2006…]

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So, yeah...share your thoughts.

Wasalaam

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madiha — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 - 23:01

[quote="ayesha d"]lol jus trouble init bt ma parentz r disappointed which is a big problem but they'll get ova it! ive still gt ma fonez btw xx[/quote]

where u from, ur a brit obviously, r u from down south?

ayesha d — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 - 23:04

yeh im frm oxford how bout u? ma mumz jamaican/italian n ma dadz jamaican bt they were both born here so was i !! dey have been muslimz 4 about 5 yearz alhamdulilah x

madiha — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 - 23:08

[quote="ayesha d"]yeh im frm oxford how bout u? ma mumz jamaican/italian n ma dadz jamaican bt they were both born here so was i !! dey have been muslimz 4 about 5 yearz alhamdulilah x[/quote]

aw wow, ma-ashallah.. well i'm just a plain bengali but i was born here and my parents were brought up here too. and i'm from York.

Angel — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 - 00:05

[quote="madiha"]so i'm not the only lover of music then[/quote]

Ex-lover of certain music.

MuslimSister — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 - 15:36

[quote="Fresh Prince"][quote="MuslimSister"]Lol-I loved my JayZ ringtones....esp his classics :oops:

Today, ringtones is no biggie to me, since my phone is always silent...but I'm not a fan of naats. But I would love to have a Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan track as a ringtone..

Where did you get you one from?[/quote]

no fan of naats???!! [size=7]is that coz u dnt understand urdu[/size] 😛

there are some kool nasheeds as well, go for a Sultan of Madina ringtone?

im gonna have Ghum hai ya Khushi hai thu as mine now lol..........jus transfer them from pc to phone via bluetooth or memory card[/quote]

Yeh I don't understand or can relate to Urdu... :?

I don't mind certain Nustrat Fateh Ali Khan's tunes though.

So, are your ringtones the actual song that you've recorded from somewhere or are they actual polytechnic/phone ringtones?

MuslimSisLilSis — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 - 16:28

You know all those annoying people who talk into their cell phones as if you weren't standing right next to them? It turns out that many of them aren't really talking to anybody. The New York Times recently described research at Rutgers University as well as the Ethics and Public Policy Center that found that a great number of cell phone users are faking it.

A number of people make fake phone calls on their cell phones just for the benefit of those around them. Someone who's late for work may enter the office talking to "an important client" to cover her tardiness. Others pretend they get a call when they don't want to talk to someone who's standing right in front of them. Not surprisingly, some of those big deals you hear people negotiate on the phone are just done to impress those within earshot. Men will pretend to be on a call as they walk over to hit on a woman. Women will pretend to be on a call to avoid getting hit on by men.

Maybe this sounds like a creative use of technology to you, but I think it stinks. It was bad enough when I thought people were being rude, talking loudly about their personal lives to someone while looking right at me. Now I find out that they're being rude and not even talking to anybody!

We're all probably pretty understanding when someone we're sharing an elevator with is talking baby talk into his cell phone, ending with, "Daddy will be home soon." But now that we know that "Daddy" might not even have a kid, and might be talking to the weather forecast, we may not be so forgiving next time.

[url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/20/opinion/garver/main689651_pag…]

so-who here's ever been sad enough to fake it? :twisted:

MuslimSister — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 - 14:24

I would never fake a phone call to avoid talking to someone or to show off....I could never fake a converstation with a imaginary person. That'd be too weird.

But I do often become engrossed in my phone when I wish to avoid certain people....I either start texting and/or accessing old voicemails.

Omrow — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 - 02:49

Salam

[quote="MuslimSister"]I would never fake a phone call to avoid talking to someone or to show off....I could never fake a converstation with a imaginary person. That'd be too weird.

But I do often become engrossed in my phone when I wish to avoid certain people....I either start texting and/or accessing old voicemails.[/quote]

In my mind I just read the edited version of that, and
I am on the floor laughing.

Omrow