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So this is my audience. I was messing around tonight and figured out how to view this. If you can click on the picture, you should be able to see the details. Check out the Countries breakdon.

United States ... well duh. Canada ... okay I guess I can still see that.

But ... Who is reading this in the other places?! Is it that entertaining?

I love that someone is reading from their blackberry though.

Cell Phones

I love my phone. My crackberry is an extension of my body. Everybody knows this.

I hate cell phones at work. We have a company policy against them while we are on the clock. I know I'm tempted to bust out my Sudoku app when things get slow, but I resist. It's not only ridiculously addictive, it's rude. If I'm typing away on my phone, people probably won't want to come up and talk to me and then I won't make any sales.

I do have my phone on while I'm working but I only use it when my boss calls. She has a huge territory to cover and can't be in every store so she usually calls to check how things are going. Two of my employees have serious issues with this policy. Ironically, it's because they want to text each other. I've explained the reasoning behind the "no phones" rule but they still don't listen.

Whatever. I laugh when customers use cell phones to try to get out of listening to me. I am very observant. I notice patterns and little inconsistencies. You can't fool me.

For example, I've noticed that most people using cell phones at my stand have their phone on silent, pick up just before arriving at my stand, don't actually say anything while they're on the phone, and usually hang up a few seconds after leaving.

One day I was greeting people as usual and a woman made eye-contact with me. I opened my mouth to greet her and she turned down the aisle in front of me (another typical avoidance technique). A few seconds later she came back out with her cell phone to her ear, talking nonstop.
I greeted her as usual and began talking about the food. She looked up at me, annoyed, and tapped her phone with her finger. I paused, then asked if she liked the sample(s) she was eating. The woman nodded and mouthed I'm on the phone.

I shook my head and stood there, staring at her. She glared at me and said, "ugh hold on. What?"
I smiled. "Your phone is backwards."

The woman looked at me, at her phone (which was, in fact, backwards), and back at me. She shoved her phone back in her purse and snapped, "well if you ... people ... weren't so rude and pushy, customers would be able to snack in peace."

She grabbed two more samples and walked off.



Lesson: Cell phones induce rudeness and stupidity.