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Kit Sullivan

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I am not a kid anymore, so I guess I just can't understand why a grown man would choose to have a stupid, childish ringtone on thier phone for everyone to hear at every call they get.

How does a 40 year-old man think that the theme from "Knight Rider" playing every time a call comes in, or an Austin Powers "Someone's calling you, baby!" makes him others around him think of him?

To me, it is the equivalent of walking around all day wearng Mickey Mouse-ears and expecting no one to notice.

Whatever happened to the idea of presenting who you want to be to the public, instead of who you are?

I don't get it...

 
I don't know... this almost 47-yr-old still has the Imperial Death March ringtone on his trusty ol' flip phone. Most people I know find it amusing - but honestly, I simply don't care what they think. It's what I like, so there it is.

Conversely, I don't have it cranked all the way up just to annoy anybody and everybody, and I turn it down to 'vibrate all' for those times when someone's phone ringing would adversely affect the moment (like meetings, band rehearsals, concerts, et al - common courtesy that a lot of people seem to have forgotten).

You gotta keep just a little bit juvenile humor in your heart - otherwise, you'll become that stuffy old guy nobody seems to have fun with. It's like when my pal Chris walked by my desk one day, stopped and broke wind, then continued on to his desk... with a big ol' grin on his face. My boss at the time, John, shot him the stink-eye over the top of his monitor. We kind of exchanged those, "what's his problem" looks, then I broke the silent tension by saying, "You know Chris, you're only truly old, when farts are no longer funny." The tension hung for a few seconds, then John jumped up and ripped one of his own exclaiming that THAT was how it was done. We all had a good laugh for a few minutes, then it was back to work.

Of course, tactical awareness is an absolute must, and I don't recommend something like that if you're not totally confident in the outcome.

 
My Father's Cardiologist, Dr. Love, has KISS as his ringtone "Calling Dr. Love"

I found it amusing.

I used to have "Sabrosa" by the Beastie Boys as mine, but ended up getting rid of it because it sounds too much like 70's porn music. It's a great tune, though.

 
Mine sounds just like everyone else's'!!!

Default I guess. So when I hear a phone ringing I have to check mine...

Keeps me alert (awake) and gets me some exercise ---- :)

Ray

 
To me, it is the equivalent of walking around all day wearng Mickey Mouse-ears and expecting no one to notice.
Seems to me this is what we are doing when we drive our Mustangs

As far as ringtones go... Some you really have to say WTF are they thinking

but others crack me up. If I found one that had meaning to me I'd use it but for now it's the default.

 
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I am with you Kit, no musical rubbish tones on mine, my ringtone sounds like an old phone like it should, but the main reason I chose it was for loudness that I can hear in the shop.

 
I am with you Kit, no musical rubbish tones on mine, my ringtone sounds like an old phone like it should, but the main reason I chose it was for loudness that I can hear in the shop.
Not that there's anything wrong with it, but 71mach351 nailed it: we have them for the same reasons we drive our Mustangs - we're not ready to let go of our youth just yet.

Another perspective is that some just prefer things as they were - which driving our Mustangs, and choosing an old-school rotary-dialed telephone as a ringtone qualify as well.

People have different levels of different things that annoy them... gonna hafta either learn to live with it, or just avoid other people altogether.

 
How does a 40 year-old man think that the theme from "Knight Rider" playing every time a call comes in, or an Austin Powers "Someone's calling you, baby!" makes him others around him think of him?
I was with you right up to the theme from Knight Rider. If you're a fan, it'll put a smile on your face when you get a call - no matter what anyone thinks.

Then again, as a flip phone user, I really shouldn't be talking. I find the closest ring to a Kellogg Redbar on every phone that I've owned...

-Kurt

 
It isn't that I have anything against "Knight Rider" ( which I like), or Austin Powers gags ( pretty damn funny, for sure) or any other comical or topical ringtone.

But...they can be TOTALLY INNAPPROPRIATE in certain circumstances.

Childish behaviour in innappropriate situations seems to be getting more acceptance all the time.

It is just indicative of the overly-permissive and selfish society we've become.

 
I'm usually pretty good when putting the phone on vibrate. A few weeks ago I forgot to lower it and was in a meeting and it went off..."You got to move it, move it" (Madagascar). It was pretty funny as people who knew me, really didn't as the ringtone blew them away.

 
But...they can be TOTALLY INNAPPROPRIATE in certain circumstances.

Childish behaviour in innappropriate situations seems to be getting more acceptance all the time.

It is just indicative of the overly-permissive and selfish society we've become.
I fully agree upon the last two points.

However, even a conventional phone ring can be inappropriate given the great majority of the circumstances you speak of. It's not the ringtone that's always the problem - it's having ANY phone with ANY ringtone blaring where it has no business ringing in the first place.

Of course, that wasn't a problem until people started sticking phones in their pockets (but not to worry - they're just about ready to start epoxying them to their fingers).

-Kurt

 
Crap. It is the ringtone of a guy imitating a speeding ricer with a fart can.

 
I think the most annoying thing about the whole cell phone deal is people who have no regard for others, period. Not necessarily the ringtones... but the overall lack of consideration when it comes to phone etiquette in general:

  • ringtones at ridiculous levels
  • answering calls in public "quiet" moments (like meetings, lectures, etc.)
  • checking e-mail, texts, etc., while in those same public "quiet" moments
  • talking so loudly others have no choice but hear everything on this end
  • yakkin' away and not paying attention to other tasks - like driving
  • thinking their little phone conversation about getting cat litter on the way home is more important than the "thing" you met other people in-person for


Less annoying than "goofy" IMHO, are people using Bluetooth/wireless head sets/earpieces - I've walked up on people before (usually other guys in the airport) talkin' away, and had dropped their jacket or something 30 or 40 yards ago walking through the concourse. They always seem to never really acknowledge you trying to get their attention... until you wave their dropped item in their face - then it's just a wave while they keep on yakkin'. Ummm... "You're Welcome." :dodgy:

Convenient - sure. Good for society? Jury's still out, if you ask me. I don't think it's as much the choice of ringtones "being childish" or "immature," as much as the culmination of all the other annoying things people do with their phones.

 
I used to have Jimmy's Buffett's Why Don't we get Drunk and Screw as my ring tone until one day in a meeting I forgot to shut it off and it went off. :s

 
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