Re:Theatre's & restaurants next, huh? (Score 1)

Cell phone jammers have made me a second class citizen today. I too am one of those people who carry a cell phone for the specific reason of being on call for emergencies.

    I seldom go to theaters or restaurants unless I know my cell phone works. I am amazed at how many places the cell phone does not work. I suspect three are more (possibly illegal) jammers out there in use that people admit too. That means I cannot go many places the rest of you take for granted.

    You would be amazed at how many of us are on emergency call. Car break down in the middle of nowhere and you need a tow truck at 3:00 a.m? Did a thunder storm take down a tree on your house, and you need an emergency patch on your roof on a Sunday? These are just a few small examples. Point is, not everyone on "emergency call" is a police officer, doctor or fire fighter.

    I can think of at least 8 different occasions I have used my cell phone to call 911, everything from car accidents with injuries, fires, a lost child, car breakdown, and more. Not having a cell phone useable at these times might of created a lot more harm for either myself & my family or for another person.

      Even witnessing a heart attack in a restaurant is not as clear cut and dry as it seems. An allergic reaction can mimic the conditions of a heart attack if you don't know any better, so if somebody keels over at a table in a restaurant you do NOT wait for the restaurant staff to call 911, you do it yourself, and while on the phone you fill in the people at 911 with background detials such as food allergies or other medical conditions that the staff at the restaurant cannot possibly know about.

    Or you do like I do, you just don't go to these places anymore.