Annoying mobile phone ringtones in the office
Please can we have some sanity in the office because these stupid ringtones on mobile phones are driving me nuts! This crazy frog thing is the latest in a long line of irritating tones, and it has got to be the worst so far I reckon.
Once upon a time I found them amusing, but that was before the advent of the polyphonic ringtone. Since sometime around 2002 life in the office has been hell with Beyonce, The Darkness, Black Eyed Peas and all the other crap they're churning out these days. A real nice touch that, take a perfectly useful piece of technology and make it as irritating as hell.
OK, so we can't exactly bring back the old beep beep ringtones, but in my opinion they were a lot less obtrusive than the new polyphonic ones. To make matters worse, you've had these things driving you up the wall during the day at work; you get home for some peace and quiet, only to find you have these bleeding chimes going through you're head!
They're not clever you know! I lie awake at night with this modern day elevator music going through my head. Another thing that really bothers me, is when colleagues go off to lunch or to a meeting and leave their mobile on their desk. You can guarantee it will ring a dozen times before they return, and then stop just as you are about to go pick it up.
A bucket of water for rogue mobiles
And why, please tell me why do people insist on having their phone on the highest volume setting? Surely they can't all be deaf? I still think the idea of having a bucket of water for rogue mobiles is a good idea. Any offending mobile left unattended and left constantly ringing would be deposited in the bucket. Good riddance!
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Oh dear, you would find mine really irritating. I am even embarrassed by it. However, given that I am partially deaf I have no choice. Every ringtone available on my phone is far too quiet even at the highest volume. So, I created my own - Colonel Bogey, loudly whistled by me into the speaker, and then saved as my ringtone.
It does the job though - I always hear it, and I didn't have to pay for it!
It does the job though - I always hear it, and I didn't have to pay for it!
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Hands up, I have the original stripper music on mine, until I can come up with something more stupid than that.
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Gainsborough lad. - 28-Nov-09 23:42
well thtas wat people use them 4 these days is to personalise them there selvs adding music of the internet onto there mobile phones some music is reallly nice !!
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Many ringtones oftenly does not suit our choice and doest not acceptable by hearing power(ears). If ringtones are soft that does not make a noice is good for general environment like office, home, public place.
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Suresh Chowhan - 29-Aug-07 12:27
The Government are "concerned" about lots of things, Bob.
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Complaining or 'moaning' NEVER solves problems, it just airs them for people to argue over. Problems are solved by people getting off their backside and solving them, ie. not moaning on some stupid website. If the mobiles are REALLY that loud in your office (and you're not just an irritable prat), then tell them that it bothers you, nicely, or just listen to music, problem solved!
Surely you agree that it's in our best interest not to feel the need to moan or complain? Yes? So DO SOMETHING about that problem, don't just sit about and complain about it. I just feel compelled to try and get that through to the people on here. Weekly Gripe needs things to bother you, if you didn't have problems this site would DIE.
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Complaining or 'moaning' NEVER solves problems, it just airs them for people to argue over. Problems are solved by people getting off their backside and solving them, ie. not moaning on some stupid website. If the mobiles are REALLY that loud in your office (and you're not just an irritable prat), then tell them that it bothers you, nicely, or just listen to music, problem solved!
Surely you agree that it's in our best interest not to feel the need to moan or complain? Yes? So DO SOMETHING about that problem, don't just sit about and complain about it. I just feel compelled to try and get that through to the people on here. Weekly Gripe needs things to bother you, if you didn't have problems this site would DIE.
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HIS SITE is what's wrong - 9-Mar-07 09:26
Sad Slapper, By nature of the name Weekly Gripe, which is another name for moan, this is a site which specialises in peoples moans and groans about subjects that annoy them.
What have you actually done about things that annoy you, nothing I would think except ridicule people who let loose with a good gripe to get things off their chest.
You say nobody likes a know-it-all, I don't know it all but what I do know I try and pass on to other people that's my job since I'm a school Learning Mentor.If I see a mistake I try and help someone correct it.That's the way people learn by their mistakes not by having it all done for them by Windows spell check.
How do you get on when filling in a form or when applying for a job and the employer askes you to apply in your own writing.
Even the Government is concerned about peoples standard of spelling and literacy amongst adults.
What have you actually done about things that annoy you, nothing I would think except ridicule people who let loose with a good gripe to get things off their chest.
You say nobody likes a know-it-all, I don't know it all but what I do know I try and pass on to other people that's my job since I'm a school Learning Mentor.If I see a mistake I try and help someone correct it.That's the way people learn by their mistakes not by having it all done for them by Windows spell check.
How do you get on when filling in a form or when applying for a job and the employer askes you to apply in your own writing.
Even the Government is concerned about peoples standard of spelling and literacy amongst adults.
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Well sad slapper,if the only way you can get your kicks is by taking the mick out of sesible discussion then I really feel sorry for you and your friend.And I hope your computer spell check always works instead of your brain otherwise you will be in trouble.
Try learning for a change, there are plenty of people out there to help you.
What did people do before ringtones,sing each other silly songs over the phone?
Try learning for a change, there are plenty of people out there to help you.
What did people do before ringtones,sing each other silly songs over the phone?
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Hello sad slapper.I believe you were on another thread saying that bad spelling was ok.I think perhaps you must like people who make illiterate comments or so it seems.If you and Ed think this sites so stupid, then why are you on it in several places making stupid ill informed comments.
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Im a ringtone composer its a good living. I resent your anti-ringtone atatude. Im also high up in the labour GOVERMENT, YOUR GOVERMENT. I know Tony.
I'm a ringtone composer it's a good living. I resent your anti-ringtone attitude. I'm also high up in the Labour GOVERNMENT, YOUR GOVERNMENT. I know Tony.
Would that be Tony the Tiger from the breakfast cereal adverts.If you want to join in a discusion then try and make sensible comments.You have fooled no one.By the way, I corrected your english so you may know in future.
I'm a ringtone composer it's a good living. I resent your anti-ringtone attitude. I'm also high up in the Labour GOVERNMENT, YOUR GOVERNMENT. I know Tony.
Would that be Tony the Tiger from the breakfast cereal adverts.If you want to join in a discusion then try and make sensible comments.You have fooled no one.By the way, I corrected your english so you may know in future.
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Try an experiment. Sit in a crowded room and then visibly take out your mobile phone,extend your arm well before tapping out a pretend message.Check around and see how many people cannot resist doing the same.
Mobile phones and silly ringtones seem to be a silly habit at the moment.I have one and all I use it for is to comunicate when needs be not as a games machine, camera, computer, calculator etc. etc.
Mobile phones and silly ringtones seem to be a silly habit at the moment.I have one and all I use it for is to comunicate when needs be not as a games machine, camera, computer, calculator etc. etc.
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I am also sick and tired of listening to certain pathetic ringtones on television, I can't just sit down and watch tv without these adverts for the ownners just wanting to make lots of money. Although I don't mind the ' Crazy Frog - Axel F. ' one.
<a href=http://google.com/>http://google.com</a>
<a href=http://google.com/>http://google.com</a>
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As the pruod owner of one of the first phones that clips of real audio could be used as ringers it was so cool in about 2000 or 2001 long before everyone was selling ringtones. Then came TV and streaming audio about 2 years ago. Imagine crowding around a cell phone screen watching a basketball game. Now to 2006 I still have the same phone and the ringer is one of the stock ringers on the phone that sounds like bell ringer on an old phone; and I barely watch tv on the phone anymore.
It's just a fad, cool for the moment give it two years for the novelty to wear off and the bandwidth to be gobbled up unless you are in an area where CDMA systems rule the roost (N. America and Asia)
It's just a fad, cool for the moment give it two years for the novelty to wear off and the bandwidth to be gobbled up unless you are in an area where CDMA systems rule the roost (N. America and Asia)
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Who would want a mobile anyway they're just another bleedin pointless distraction, or even worse - an unwanted intrusion.
Banning the mindless things along with most other noise pollutants would make the world a far better place.
I never made anything worth a sou on my VOD shares anyway.
Banning the mindless things along with most other noise pollutants would make the world a far better place.
I never made anything worth a sou on my VOD shares anyway.
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rastus bludnock - 23-Dec-05 15:04
This article is great, as are most of the comments posted. A personal favourite is that which was written by Peter Ramsey; a really well worded gripe. Having had a pop at the fellow on another part of the site some time ago, I must say that my estimation of him has changed.
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There's a new website I found called "soundslikeaphone" that only sells ringtones that sound like, er, telephones. Let the crazy-frog backlash begin!!
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Wynn Magnusson - 24-Sep-05 11:26
I just want to offer rich collection of mobile content (ringtones, icons, java games) on the site: http://london.ringtone-logo-game.com/
Enjoy !
Enjoy !
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Yes mobile phones can be annoying. But I think it must be so sad to allow such a thing to try you mad... chill out, stop being controlled by a mobile phone! Look at real problems in your life that you can actually solve. This is a problem you can't resolve, so why waste so much energy. I'll bet the more you think of it, the more it drives you mad. relax.. get some... have a pizza..
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Peter - I agree with you entirely about the undesirability of additives in our food, but in the case of ADHD, not sure about the trigger theory. It sounds interesting.
Certainly in GB, we say that ADHD cannot be diagnosed until the age of 7. Our daughter became a nightmare at the age of 3 - and was much worse than just a case of the "terrible two's". She went from being an abnormally good baby - slept literally for hours and hours during the day, having slept all night from the age of 3 weeks. How lucky I am, thought I, smugly. I had never considered a trigger. It's a very interesting theory.
ADHD is on the autistic spectrum of behavioural disorders. We thought for many years that our daughter was mildly autistic. Autism and ADHD have many similarities. The more I think about a trigger as I type these words, the more my brain is whirring. I'll have to look into this one and get back to you.
No, LeRoy is, as far as I know, unconnected with me and mine!
Certainly in GB, we say that ADHD cannot be diagnosed until the age of 7. Our daughter became a nightmare at the age of 3 - and was much worse than just a case of the "terrible two's". She went from being an abnormally good baby - slept literally for hours and hours during the day, having slept all night from the age of 3 weeks. How lucky I am, thought I, smugly. I had never considered a trigger. It's a very interesting theory.
ADHD is on the autistic spectrum of behavioural disorders. We thought for many years that our daughter was mildly autistic. Autism and ADHD have many similarities. The more I think about a trigger as I type these words, the more my brain is whirring. I'll have to look into this one and get back to you.
No, LeRoy is, as far as I know, unconnected with me and mine!
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Nikki,
No offence intended. honest. I must have griped a bit too deep, huh? But most genetic disorders remain dormant unless they are triggered. Usually these triggers are found in our food chain, which is getting longer and longer and longer.
Time enough to put all those additives in to compensate for the crappy quality of the original ingredients and to extend the sell by date.
This leroy chap is a friend of yours?
No offence intended. honest. I must have griped a bit too deep, huh? But most genetic disorders remain dormant unless they are triggered. Usually these triggers are found in our food chain, which is getting longer and longer and longer.
Time enough to put all those additives in to compensate for the crappy quality of the original ingredients and to extend the sell by date.
This leroy chap is a friend of yours?
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peter.ramsey - 12-Jun-05 17:20
Peter:
Very un-pc but well said!! However, I must pull you up on one point. ADHD is not "caused" by anything - chemical or otherwise. It is a genetic behavioural disorder from which my daughter suffers. Despite popular opinion, it is not caused by coca cola, or junk food, although of course it is a very good idea to eliminate these undesirables from the diet of an ADHD-er, as they certainly don't need anything extra to put a sting in their tail!
The reason it appears that ADHD is on the increase is because of better diagnostic techniques. It took us 5 years of absolute hell to get the backward idiots round here to admit that our daughter had ADHD - something that we had diagnosed for ourselves 5 years earlier!!
Otherwise, LOVED your response!
Very un-pc but well said!! However, I must pull you up on one point. ADHD is not "caused" by anything - chemical or otherwise. It is a genetic behavioural disorder from which my daughter suffers. Despite popular opinion, it is not caused by coca cola, or junk food, although of course it is a very good idea to eliminate these undesirables from the diet of an ADHD-er, as they certainly don't need anything extra to put a sting in their tail!
The reason it appears that ADHD is on the increase is because of better diagnostic techniques. It took us 5 years of absolute hell to get the backward idiots round here to admit that our daughter had ADHD - something that we had diagnosed for ourselves 5 years earlier!!
Otherwise, LOVED your response!
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