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Not saying anything other then the obvious ever been to a special show to have it ruined by some blabbermouth with their goddamned phone? I am not even advocating leaving it behind etc. I am all for photos videos and texts to find your friends etc. Hell I have done several Bonnaroos without even the benifit of cellular technology. And I survived!!! you will to. THere is no way to describe what you are seeing to anyone outside the farm. I have been to 6 Bonnaroos videos and photos do not even really begin to do it justice. It is just a common courtesy not as they said in Frenemy this new form of rudeness we have all learned. I once had to get into it with some crazy dude who got all worked up because I did not like his talking on the phone at a special all accoustic Ben harper and Innocent Criminals show at the Ryman. That is the last place I would ever imagine getting ticked off. Just put it on silent vibrate whatever. And remember this could be the moment of somebody's life so respect it! There is a multitude of vibrate silent functions etc. And as anyone who reads this thread and has been to Bonnaroo will testify there is no way to carry on a phone conversation inside Centeroo it is so loud. Everytime you are screaming with your mouth open water is evaporating from your body. That is more you have to drink and energy being expended that will be very hard to recouperate until you have rested like normal Americans have in Air Conditioned bliss. Bring your phone use it to stay on time schedule etc. take pics text till your fingers fall off just do not for the love of all that is holy keep screaming into it in the middle of a show OH MY GOD MOMMY TOM PETTY IS ON STAGE WITH STEVIE NICKS <-That is a true story from 2006. Oh and dude at the Ryman started screaming at me and some other people seated around me about how he was in Afghanistan killing people for Christian America. No idea where the jerk came from and especially showing up at a Ben Harper show, but security booted him and I mostly kept my cool as a result karma was kind and I got my picture taken with Ben and the Innnocent Criminals and got autographs. Just remember my story and heed it you will have plenty of time to talk to people when you get home. After all you can spend your time at Bonnaroo having an experience or relaying an experience. But once you are talking on the phone you are no longer participating and just a gateway for vicarious friends and family who are not suffering through the heat fatigue etc. TURN ON TUNE IN DROP OUT REALITY WILL BE THERE FOR YOU ON MONDAY!!
1-1-12 Bassnectar NYE SHOW! 1-21-12 G. Love and Special Sauce 3-1-12 Radiohead 3-9-12 Experience Hendrix 5-15-12 Jack White @ The Ryman 6-7-12 Bonnaroo 6-19-12 Roger Waters presents "THE WALL" 7-7-12 Ringo Starr's 72nd Birthday Party Extravaganza at the Ryman
I just keep mine on for the clock. Also, I got two young kids at home and like to have it just in case there's an accident. It's always on vibrate though.
Same here! I have to keep my phone on me but I wish I could swap to my older phone for roo and swap back after. If I lose my iPhone or it gets broken in any way, I will be very sad.
It is also very sad that I love that thing that much.......
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I have 2 young kids that will be hangin at Nanaroo who may need to hear from mom or dad at any given time. Will they survuve if we turned them off...sure, but I still prefer to be able to hear their beautiful voice at any time. I will be keeping mine on.
My kids are staying with my parents, so I'll have my phone on me, too. I'm eligible for a phone upgrade but I'm holding out until after Roo so I don't have to worry about breaking a new phone.
I bought a clip on watch at the dollar store for my camelbak. No pulling my phone out to check the time!
I'm another one with kids that may or may not need to get ahold of me. So the phone stays with me and on just in case. I usually make one morning call and one evening call to them when I'm at the tent.
I'm another one with a phone - but I think ya'll are really missing cursedlono's point here for the most part
I understand completely what he is saying - it's rude to sit at a concert anywhere and talk on the phone and if you are standing up in a tent or in the mix at the What or Which Stage - you are not going to be able to hear anything that someone on the phone is saying and you are going to have to shout at them to be heard. and it is just rude to those people around you when you act that way.
I have to have my phone with me because of the kids - luckily 2 of the 3 are old enough to text and do and one of those 2 will be at 'roo anyway. The other 2 will be with their grandmother and we will talk to them in the mornings while we are still at camp and it if quiet and we can hear them and they can hear us.
I brought mine with me last year, but turned it off when we arrived. My friend, who had come separately, did the same thing. We had no idea where each other was, but we both set out walking on Friday afternoon and eventually ran into each other.
I'm another one with a phone - but I think ya'll are really missing cursedlono's point here for the most part
I was just commenting on the dropping out of reality point he made. Having kids at home doesn't make that as much as an option for me. I totally agree that people who sit there on their phones during shows is ridiculous.
Everyone on here sounds like they are responsible and not sufferers of the new form of rudeness from Frenemy. By the way check on ya' kid sI often took advantage of my parents being away to do crazy stuff. Hell when I was in high school after my parents divorced my dad was going out of town all year during my senior year so I had a party pad. I will not even begin to describe things I did there on here none of it was good, decent, or moral.
1-1-12 Bassnectar NYE SHOW! 1-21-12 G. Love and Special Sauce 3-1-12 Radiohead 3-9-12 Experience Hendrix 5-15-12 Jack White @ The Ryman 6-7-12 Bonnaroo 6-19-12 Roger Waters presents "THE WALL" 7-7-12 Ringo Starr's 72nd Birthday Party Extravaganza at the Ryman
I need to turn mine off. Maybe just check when at camp, but at the same time, I'm addicted. i want to see if any other Rooers try to contact me, post a few pictures on Facebook, etc.
And I agree. As much as you want to trust your kids, they often try to get away with things behind your back (especially pre-teen/teen age). I did the same thing...having parties when my mom was out of town. I got caught once she found pictures. whoops!
Post by mizvalentine on May 9, 2011 15:10:08 GMT -5
I'm really looking forward to being almost tech-free the entire two weeks around Roo while I'm traveling...I have to take my cell phone but I'll be so psyched to have it off most of the time.
I had to get permission from one of my jobs NOT to take a laptop with me... which they granted, and which is going to be HEAVENLY.
I'm really looking forward to being almost tech-free the entire two weeks around Roo while I'm traveling...I have to take my cell phone but I'll be so psyched to have it off most of the time.
I had to get permission from one of my jobs NOT to take a laptop with me... which they granted, and which is going to be HEAVENLY.
Same here! I go on one vacation a year - Bonnaroo - and my boss has the audacity to say "Make sure you have your laptop with you and your phone on in case of an emergency". I told her that is unreasonable as I will be camping all weekend in an area with no internet, power, or cell phone service.
This from a software company that heavily preaches a work/life balance. Of course, I never come out and tell them where I'm going, just that I'm going on an 'annual family camping trip'! Can't wait to hang out with my extended family again on the farm!
...I wish I could swap to my older phone for roo and swap back after.
Same! This will be my first year Roo-ing with a smart phone and I'm sort of dreading it. All I need to do with my phone at Roo is text people, occasionally call people, and check the time, so the smart phone is SO unnecessary and the battery life is such crap compared to my old phone.
Actually, now that I think about it, I should see if I can find a cheap watch somewhere so I don't have to rely on my phone for the time. My phone will probably be dead more often than it's not, and I need to be able to know when shows are starting!
I'm really looking forward to being almost tech-free the entire two weeks around Roo while I'm traveling...I have to take my cell phone but I'll be so psyched to have it off most of the time.
I had to get permission from one of my jobs NOT to take a laptop with me... which they granted, and which is going to be HEAVENLY.
Same here! I go on one vacation a year - Bonnaroo - and my boss has the audacity to say "Make sure you have your laptop with you and your phone on in case of an emergency". I told her that is unreasonable as I will be camping all weekend in an area with no internet, power, or cell phone service.
This from a software company that heavily preaches a work/life balance. Of course, I never come out and tell them where I'm going, just that I'm going on an 'annual family camping trip'! Can't wait to hang out with my extended family again on the farm!
:-[I used almost EXACTLY the same line of reasoning to get away with being offline myself! Sometimes, you just gotta unplug for awhile...
Why dont you people who an swap sim cards and do not wish to bring down a smartphone go buy a used phone gophone etc? the gophones are cheap at walmart or swap your simm card into an old phone or hit up a pawn shop or the ever creepy plug for craigslist ( i am not a cereal killer she drowned in the milk and I was trying to fish her out with a bannana wich explains why it is stuck up her butt officer)
1-1-12 Bassnectar NYE SHOW! 1-21-12 G. Love and Special Sauce 3-1-12 Radiohead 3-9-12 Experience Hendrix 5-15-12 Jack White @ The Ryman 6-7-12 Bonnaroo 6-19-12 Roger Waters presents "THE WALL" 7-7-12 Ringo Starr's 72nd Birthday Party Extravaganza at the Ryman
Everyone on here sounds like they are responsible and not sufferers of the new form of rudeness from Frenemy. By the way check on ya' kid sI often took advantage of my parents being away to do crazy stuff. Hell when I was in high school after my parents divorced my dad was going out of town all year during my senior year so I had a party pad. I will not even begin to describe things I did there on here none of it was good, decent, or moral.
I remember those kinds of parties, they were the best ones! And that is why we parents need to stay in touch with the kiddos. Thank god mine is not old enough to partake in total debauchery yet!
1-1-12 Bassnectar NYE SHOW! 1-21-12 G. Love and Special Sauce 3-1-12 Radiohead 3-9-12 Experience Hendrix 5-15-12 Jack White @ The Ryman 6-7-12 Bonnaroo 6-19-12 Roger Waters presents "THE WALL" 7-7-12 Ringo Starr's 72nd Birthday Party Extravaganza at the Ryman
I have a phone turned off in my bag at all times, because you never know what could happen.
This. And try (as hard as it may be) to check on messages once in a while. I don't want my kids bugging me often and I'm sure they want me bugging them even less often. But a working phone is pretty good to have.
Post by flymordecai on May 10, 2011 0:42:16 GMT -5
I've never had cellphone use bother me during a show at 'Roo, or any show really. But I can imagine. What really upsets me is when people aren't mindful of what's happening on stage and continue their inane conversation at an unreasonable volume.
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Great idea about the cheap watch, I got REALLY sick of digging the phone out to check the time. We've gotta have the phone because of the kids but we usually call once a day or every other day and everything is cool.
Great idea about the cheap watch, I got REALLY sick of digging the phone out to check the time. We've gotta have the phone because of the kids but we usually call once a day or every other day and everything is cool.
I felt like the only person at bonnaroo who knew what time it was last year because I had a watch on. I met a lot of really cool strangers because they stopped me to find out what time it was.
I'm another person with 2 young kids that will be at Grandma's. My daughter also has a medical condition and while I'm sure everything will be fine we will all just feel better if we are able to be reached and I can check in.
Granted I plan on doing that while back at the camp - not while Eminem is on stage of course.
:-[I used almost EXACTLY the same line of reasoning to get away with being offline myself! Sometimes, you just gotta unplug for awhile... 
