That “Other” Buzz… The Mosquito Ringtone vs. Vibrate
A common argument against the use of the mosquito ringtone has always been, ‘why not just set your phone to vibrate?’ Often the name of this setting is labeled “silent.” Unfortunately, from my experience and from the experiences of many of my friends, the vibrate setting is anything but silent. Particularly in the classroom setting where the environment tends to be very quiet, the loud buzzing of a vibrating phone can be heard pretty clearly. In the middle of a test or a lecture the pressure of the phone against another object in a bag, on a desk, or even in a pocket can create an easily identifiable buzzing sound that adults most definitely can hear. The mosquito ringtone is an almost guaranteed promise that the only ones that will be hearing your phone are you and your classmates. Even if the mosquito ringtone can be heard by a teacher chances are he/she won’t realize that it’s coming from a phone. It sounds more like a timer or a watch going off. Whereas if the teacher happens to hear the loud buzzing of your vibrating phone, their going to know exactly what it’s coming from. Am I the only one who has experienced getting caught with their phone on vibrate? I don’t trust it!
July 28th, 2008 at 9:18 am
I’m curious as to why you think its important that you and your classmates hear a ringing phone during class.. I find it f&cking annoying, when I’m trying to LEARN something, and I hear your damn mosq RT… what the hell can be that important during a LECTURE.
September 6th, 2008 at 12:22 am
well wat if it was ur mum calling up to say that ur bro just died and cuz ur sooooo into the fukng lecture you dont find out ur bro died until like 3 days lata…..so yea wat if!!!!
September 7th, 2008 at 4:51 am
You can always put ur phone in vibration mode
September 10th, 2008 at 8:34 am
If its something that important, there are more appropriate ways for notifying you….but in the real world, something that tragic is not likely to happen, we are talking about the norm here, and I as a student do not want to hear anyone elses cell phone ringing, buzzing, or irritating me while i am trying to listen to a lecture that i paid good money for. perhaps one day you will grow out of your childish ways and see that real life does not mean having a cell phone glued to your ear…if your that concerned, drop out of school and go work for a cell phone company full time, there are plenty of those around to support your kind.
September 15th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
you peaceful white folk need to SHADDDUPPP
i’ll text/call if i want to
and you guys can deal with it
why dont you drop out of school and go listen to your cuntry musik
September 23rd, 2008 at 3:02 am
Actually Lauren, it happened just that way when my Grandfather passed away – I was in the middle of two days of intensive finals exams at uni when it happened (2003, yes, i had a mobile), and my family knowing this didn’t call me until an hour after the last one. You’re dead a long time, and funeral arrangements tend to be slow affairs also. And something that upsetting takes a long time to recover – one person’s already died, my mum, aunt and especially gran are distraught, why fuck up my life chances as well by making me unfit to take an exam? There’s a time and a place. You can survive not knowing Absolutely Everything Immediately As It Happens OMG WAT HE DIED 5 MINS AGO Y DINT U TEL ME STRAIT AWAY? There’s shit happening on a global scale that’s more important that you probably don’t hear about more than once a day, if at all (depending how much attention you pay to current affairs).
I’m hoping the “ur soooo into the fukng lecture you dont find out ur bro died until like 3 days lata” is telegraphing that you’re actually taking the piss, because it worries me to think of you both thinking that, and then writing it in that style for serious.
How much longer would it be, seriously? An hour or two? Leave your phone on, but silenced (& no vibrate) and then check it between lessons, surely an hourly update is sufficient? 10 years ago you may not have found out until the school secretary came in and asked you quietly to come down to the head’s office, or until you got home. Get over yourself and turn the “fukng” thing off during the times at which you’re supposed to be concentrating on other things. Or leave the lesson entirely, have lots of unprotected sex and take your place on the crumbling council house ladder.
Ditto hype, wow, if anyone’s dropping out… crikey.
December 1st, 2008 at 9:06 pm
I really don’t care if I hear someone’s fone go off in class but watev my point is let them have there fun. either they fail for texting in class or they don’t JUST MIND YOUR OWN BUSSINESS AND LEAVE EM ALONE GOD DAMN. nobody gives a damn about the nerd tryin to learn its ONE fone call or ONE text get over it. and don’t say u failed a test cuz a fone was irratating you. don’t blame your mistakes on other ppl. just mind your own bussiness
December 5th, 2008 at 11:52 am
i agree with tony god u cant blame failing a test on someone else u shouldnt pay attention to any one else but urself
March 29th, 2009 at 12:47 am
Look, if we are really debating whether or not someone is going to call your cell if someone died, this is what i say, quit being so damned pessimistic. i mean shit. i am a student, and, though many of my fellow classmates do pay close attention to the teacher, those same students are also in conversation through text. it is not hard to multitask, and it is also very easy to put your phone on silent and set it somewhere you can see it. if you get a text, there is most likely a visible alert on your phone that lets you know this. No need to hear it or feel it. just place it in a visible location. and hell, check it every so often. don’t start a pointless debate with no relevance to anything spitting razor blades at each other. for a bunch of “students” you people are acting a lot like day care toddlers. grow up and get over yourselves.
October 18th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Nobody cares about the lerds. Lerd: Learning Turd. I.E. someone who goes along with the pro-adult propaganda that school is about learning, rather than discrimination against us teens. People that want to learn: Go die in a hole.