“In the US, people are really concerned about mobile etiquettes. They make sure that they don’t ruin others’ fun. But while I was watching the film, I found that people hardly bother about mobile etiquette here,” Bhandari explained.[break]
She did not have problems with people receiving their calls; she was turned off by the way people screamed into the phone.
“Urghh…I was so annoyed. I mean, it’s okay if you want to receive an emergency call. But what’s the point in screaming? If you don’t hear the voice, you should just move out of the hall so that those who’ve paid for the movie are not disturbed,” she poured her frustrations.
Like Bhandari, there are hundreds of people in town who are often put off by people’s ignorance in maintaining the mobile etiquettes. It’s not a new thing to see people talking over phone at restricted places.
Though Jai Nepal and Kumari cinema hall broadcast a cell phone advisory clip before every film to request people to either switch off their cell phones or have them on silence mode, the cell phones however keep ringing during the show.
It’s a human nature to go against what is forbidden. Perhaps, despite being requested to keep mobile phones switched off or into a silence mode, people love committing the same mistake over and again. Take for examples, at events like classical concerts, press conferences and meetings, many of us are so used to attending calls. Many of us can’t wait from receiving the calls even while driving a car whereas we could easily see cell phones hanging near the helmet of motorbike riders.
Anil Shah, CEO of Mega Bank, finds people ignoring mobile manners irritating, he finds it offending.
He highlighted, “It’s a question of following good manners. It really offends me when I see people talking on phone during meetings, at seminars and inside cinema halls.
“But because mobile phone is still a new technology for people in Nepal, people still have to learn mobile custom. In the West, people know the true manners to behave socially at social places,” Shah further explained.
“Why don’t people simply get a Bluetooth device?” Ashish Singh, a management graduate questioned.
“It was just last week that I almost had an accident. I was on my bike at Thapathali and one car took a turn carelessly. I honked loud and found out that the driver was talking on his phone. How can people be so careless?” Singh added.
While some don’t like people attending to calls at functions and sensitive meetings, many are often bothered by the way people scream at their cell phones.
Anil Silwal, a resident of Anam Nagar said, “If you don’t listen to the voice from the person you’re talking to, there’s no point in screaming aloud. When there’s a problem in mobile network, your screaming won’t do anything good, apart from irritating people around you.
Silwal was referring to those people who scream on their cell phones while standing in packed local buses.
What irritate people more are the annoying ring tones the users download in their cell phones.
Paleti concert’s coordinator Aavas feels disappointed to hear Nepal’s national anthem as ring tones in people’s mobiles.
“The national anthem always holds a huge pride, respect and significance. I find it cheap to see how people have commercialized our anthem as a random ring tone,” he shared.
“There have been times when cell phones rang despite requesting users in advance at Paleti concerts. Definitely, it’s annoying but thankfully most of our audiences understand the ritual of the concert and put their phones off,” Aavas said.
On the contrary Anil Shah added, “Having different kind of ring tones isn’t a big deal as individual choices vary. The problem is attending to calls at restricted functions. I guess almost every cell phone is facilitated with the silent mode. So, the wisest way to maintain mobile etiquette is by fixing it into the said mode. It’s truly offending to hear mobile ringing at funerals.”
Well, we can’t deny that most of the times we deliberately skip to keep up with cell phone manners. So, before you start offending anyone around you, please press the silence mode – Now!
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