Musical ringtones, bane of my life

[Harrison]

As the title says, musical ringtones are the bane of my life, I truly hate them. Nothing drives me to the edge faster than a collection of random snatches of electronic 'farts' sounding off in public. Over the years it has gotten worse with snatches of so-called comedic voices, electronic frogs and god-knows-what else

My phone just says who's calling, no music, no sound effects from Star Wars and NO Justin Bieber!!!

The other day I had to recover a guy who was obviously hard wired to his phone. Four hours of listening to the damn thing whisltle, beep, moan and 'sing' got me to the point of wanting to throw it/him out the cab.

Anyone else have a hatred of ringtones?

 

[o2tosin]

I used to hate my phone- Throwing it at a wall would usually pop the battery out and restore my equanimity.

 

[King_Oni]

Ringtones are in general not a pet peeve, but as the great George Carlin put it;

That said; My phone is on silent, no vibrate, no ringtone. The few times I've actually disrupted the public peace with my phone was when I set my alarm (to wake up and such) and I was already out and about early and forgot to turn it off. It's quite hilarious since I usually have music on so I don't even hear my phone blaring it's alarm in public, lol. But weird looks usually make me wonder what I'm doing thus I might take my earbuds out only to be met with a cacophony coming straight out of my pocket.

What bothers me about it most is the amount of disruption they bring. Granted, as I said before, I do usually go out with music on, yet it should not be mandatory to not be disrupted by others... I can't stand the whistling sound 9 out of 10 phones make (I believe it comes with Android as a default), so if you're in the bus you hear nothing but people getting texts. If you're that interested in a conversation, just phone the person and talk it over in 2 minutes, rather than have a slow chat and disrupt the public peace. Or at least do it silently. If you know you can expect a message back, don't even bother putting your phone in your bag again. Hold in your hand and turn off the sound. But hey.. that's just me thinking about more efficient communication, lol.

The thing that I do find hilarious if I'm on the bus or train, is that whenever someones ringtone blares in public, everyone is reaching for their phone, even the ones who do not have this ringtone on their phone. That's how confused and self-imposed important we feel nowadays.

 

[Meistersinger]

I have a bellowing bloodhound as my ringtone. Talk about having the living daylights scared into you while in a deep sleep!

When I'm in a meeting, or a rehearsal, or a church service, I turn ringing off and put the phone in Do Not Disturb Mode.

 

[Sass]

My ringtone is whatever song I'm fond of at the time. I actually find listening to people's ringtones kind of revealing. Sometimes the people you least suspect have One Direction ringtones LOL

 

[SyAn]

I am less bothered by ringtones than by people who answer the phone in the middle of
* their/my sentence/conversation
* having a meal at the dinner table
* watching a movie together
and then engage in a conversation without stepping out, thus making everyone unwilling participants in their (albeit one-sided) communication event.

 

[wyverary]

I use a normal ol'-fashioned phone sound for my ringtone. Except for my employers--I set a special, super-annoying ringtone for them so that I am compelled to silence and ignore it as quickly as possible.

 

[The Penguin]

I bloody hate them too. I have a cousin one day spent hours trying to pick one. It's like WTF? It's a huge waste of time, but not everyone going to agree with me on this. I will admit I did a few times put a custom ringtone but it was something different. It was from Canadian Kids TV shows, Poke a Dot Door and Mr Dressup which is not a common ring tone someone chooses. But this was a few years ago. I never cared about having a custom since then. At the end of the day, I don't need some fancy ring tone. As long there a sound indicates the phone is ringing, that is all is needed.

 

[StephF]

Crazy Frog ringtone

 

[Effy]

I just have the default ones, but they were the only ones I liked, and they've not ONCE been changed. They're, like, the quickest (e.g. text messages, voice mails, etc.) or the least amount of annoying (i.e. phone calls).

You know what we need? Colortones. They like the phones up in colors we choose, or do some rainbow effect, and they either play a nice little lullaby, or they vibrate. I'm more likely to notice colortones and want to pick up the phone than I am to hear some loud song. :|

 

[Randomperson]

I do not even have a cell phone, no use for one. But by far the worst most intolerable noise I have heard comeing from someone elses has to be the macerana ring tone. Its like the big bang going off inside of my head, repeatedly.

 

[Suzanne]

I too don't like them, but certainly not a hatred against them and I venture to say, that I do sometimes smile, because someone's ring tone tells me a bit about their overall make up (not sure why, but there you go).

 

[Progster]

I have a very obscure prog rock piece of music as a ringtone, as I can be certain that it's unique to me and it can't be confused with something similar. Other people's ringtones irritate me a lot, though, especially those ubiquitous crappy pop ones.

 

[DogwoodTree]

I keep mine on vibrate most of the time, unless I'm expecting a call or text that I need to catch right away. Most of the time, though, I don't even answer the phone when someone calls. Text me or leave a message. Either way, I'll probably just text or email back, lol. Except my hubby...he's the only one I consistently answer the phone for.

Most ringtones don't really bother me much...if someone else's phone rings, that's fine by me because it means mine is NOT the one ringing. Kind of like crying babies or screaming toddlers...so long as it's someone else's problem, it doesn't bother me much.

 

[AsheSkyler]

I've never installed a ringtone on mine, but I do set different ring tones for different people or categories on my phone so I know if it's family, friend, or foe (unknown person).

Other people's ring tones are prone to annoying me, especially if it's a song or noise I don't like, in example, "WARNING, husband/wife/boss calling, WARNING"

 

[Spiller]

Crazy Frog ringtone

Bring back the 'Disagree' button!
I hate phones and ring tones, mine's set on vibrate only and anyone who has my number knows to just text as I refuse to answer the damn thing!
How did we get from it being impolite to take a call whilst in company, to turning your back and grabbing for the thing like it's life or death? It records who called or tex'd (texted?.. past tense, though) anyway right? Just check it later, cant'cha?

 

[AsheSkyler]

How did we get from it being impolite to take a call whilst in company, to turning your back and grabbing for the thing like it's life or death? It records who called or tex'd (texted?.. past tense, though) anyway right? Just check it later, cant'cha?

I blame the generation that started chatspeak. I'll excuse the shorthand generation, but those chatspeakers have some dues to pay...

 

[Warmheart]

Neanderthal Woman here doesn't even have a cell phone. The wacky sounds from them drive me nuts!

 

[StephF]

My m8 Ashe is rite cuz he dun like txt spk. lol, g2g b4 he goes crzy. cu l8r.

Its like a new language, I vote we call it "Gutterspeak"

 

[Spiller]

My m8 Ashe is rite cuz he dun like txt spk. lol, g2g b4 he goes crzy. cu l8r.

Its like a new language, I vote we call it "Gutterspeak"

I luv bEng abl 2 cndens lotsv nfo n2 shrt txts
It started in the early days of mobiles, when you only had a limited number of characters.. I personally find typing each full word laborious, though I'll giv you that it's easier to read, if less fun not having to trnsl8
What will we do then, as the language inevitably evolves along such lines?