Oh...that's my cell phone?

So...let's talk about this guy:

This was actually from Friday...I just haven't had time to update.

Now...all last week...the trains were pretty empty due to Passover, Easter, school being out...etc. Good Friday, for obvious reasons, was extremely empty and quiet...especially on the off-peak trains.

So...there are TONS of seats on the LIRR...and this guy chooses to sit here. Now...the 3-seater in front of me, mind you, was empty. Then he just keeps looking out the window - UM - he could've had a window seat...plus he smelled so I was not a happy camper.

Then...someone's cell phone goes off...and it's just ringing and ringing. So - smelly guy next to me looks around and looks at the guy on the other side of him in the 2-seater...who was texting on his phone...as he's staring at him he realizes "oh...it's my phone" - what an idiot...really? Do you NOT know your own obnoxious ring tone? 

So...then continues to talk loudly on his phone...a serious LIRR cell phone offender. In addition to that...he was one of those people that not only was his phone ringing and ringing and ringing, but when he pulled it out of his pocket...he looks at the caller ID while it's still ringing. WHY do people do that? Can't you silence it while you decide if you want to pick it up or not? 

I know I am not like all of the rude people on the LIRR...but...I refuse to talk on my cell phone when I'm on the train. Unless it's an emergency...you can wait. No one wants to hear a one-sided conversation...or what you have to say to anyone in the first place. And IF I pick up the phone on the train...I cover and talk low or get up and go to where the doors are to talk if I have to. Really, people, WHAT did you do before cell phones? I really wish sometimes they didn't exist. We survived at one point without them.