Ok, now lets start a movement to ban cell phone use at the York Meet!! 
This is good news! I'll be attending my first York meet in October. I keep an inventory of my rolling stock and locomotives on my iPhone for a resdy reference so I don't accidently duplicate anything when I'm buying.
Walked thru most halls Thursday, have to agree with Rich saw no problems with cell phone use at all.
Jack
Originally Posted by johnshorse:
I hate cell phones. I hate the rude behavior of folks on cell phones. I hate seeing the goofy ear pieces and people talking about dumb stuff I have to hear. Why, oh why, can't anyone stay off the dumb things anymore. I leave mine off most of the time. They, in my opinion, are severe distraction from life. I long for the days before we all had to be connected to this dumbness and related to each other as humans. Ban them...please.. ban them to save my sanity. What the heck...how in God's name can we live without being slave to another box of electronics from China (Now at York).
Some folks have always been rude. It's not cell phones, it's people. Unless you ban people, you won't ban rude.
Originally Posted by greg773:
Gotta say, I think this is a bad move by the TCA. Now there will be 1000 jerks yelling into their phones trying to talk over the crowd and guys standing in the middle of the isle blocking everyone while they chat away.
That most definitely did not happen. Although some people were using their cell phones inside the halls, I did not see one instance of the users impeding the movement of others. As it is in our society in general, there will always be an occasional obnoxious buffoon or two around, but I didn't witness a single instance of misuse of the new policy.
And since the ambient noise inside the halls is always considerable in any case, making phone conversations difficult at best, many folks still stepped outside to carry on their conversations. That's what I did on several occasions.
Common sense and courtesy is all that is required. Fortunately, most people have a good bit of both.
I would be one of the last to condone cellphone use in the halls and was surprised to hear this news. And more surprised my worst fears were not realized. There were a couple folks talking much too loudly but no one I saw blocking traffic solely because they were using their phone.
Much fuss over nothing. The cell phone restriction has been eliminated, and people should really just accept the decision for what it is. Most, I think, will be perfectly content with the result, and most will be happy to exercise consideration in how and where they use their phones.
Photographs are still prohibited, but there are different reasons for that rule even though most (all?) smart phones today have built-in cameras. Naturally, just about anyone could take a photo without their actions even being noticed, but if that photo is "published" somewhere--online or elsewhere--the individual who took that photo risks suspension or termination from TCA membership (and it's easy enough today to track down the source).
Originally Posted by greg773:
Gotta say, I think this is a bad move by the TCA. Now there will be 1000 jerks yelling into their phones trying to talk over the crowd and guys standing in the middle of the isle blocking everyone while they chat away.
As opposed to the thousands of jerks who just stop and stand in the middle of the aisle just to chit chat (which I've seen happen numerous times) or the ones who have chairs in front of their tables that block traffic while they sit there (which I've also seen numerous times).
Ignorant, clueless people will always find a way to be a problem in a group setting and always will be no matter what we do to try and stop it. If I were to stop going places or doing things because there was a handful of morons being difficult there I'd never leave my house and that includes going to work!
Jerry
Originally Posted by Farmer_Bill:
I would be one of the last to condone cellphone use in the halls and was surprised to hear this news. And more surprised my worst fears were not realized. There were a couple folks talking much too loudly but no one I saw blocking traffic solely because they were using their phone.
Odd how some are so loud on a cell phone. I wonder if it's because they cannot hear themselves speaking through the receiver...or maybe they can't get the string tight enough.
Originally Posted by cjack:
Odd how some are so loud on a cell phone. I wonder if it's because they cannot hear themselves speaking through the receiver...
Got it in one 
Landlines had that characteristic. Without it, (and with phones so small that the microphone can be a considerable distance from one's mouth), some folks think the other party won't hear them if they don't raise their voice.
---PCJ
We rehash it when it's a rule and rehash it when it's not. Aye car umbra.
