Originally posted by: Shanti
Originally posted by: spidey07
So does every other "professional" I have met
hmmm, my experience is only the very young and ghey professionals wear a clip. Once you get older you just don't see people wearing them because, well, it looks stupid and says "look at me! I have a cell phone!"
No, my whole point is that mature people aren't making any statement by wearing a belt clip. As you get older, you become less concerned with stupid shallow things like whether a belt-clip looks "ghey". That is definitely a high school attitude. Those who call people dorks for wearing a cell phone belt-clip are either still in highschool or still have the maturity of a high-school kid. And if you're still in high school, remember, be nice to the geeks, someday you'll be working for them.
It's all about functionality and for many people, having a belt-clip is much more functional than sticking the phone in your pocket.
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Shanti
Originally posted by: spidey07
So does every other "professional" I have met
hmmm, my experience is only the very young and ghey professionals wear a clip. Once you get older you just don't see people wearing them because, well, it looks stupid and says "look at me! I have a cell phone!"
No, my whole point is that mature people aren't making any statement by wearing a belt clip. As you get older, you become less concerned with stupid shallow things like whether a belt-clip looks "ghey". That is definitely a high school attitude. Those who call people dorks for wearing a cell phone belt-clip are either still in highschool or still have the maturity of a high-school kid. And if you're still in high school, remember, be nice to the geeks, someday you'll be working for them.
It's all about functionality and for many people, having a belt-clip is much more functional than sticking the phone in your pocket.
Bingo
Originally posted by: Soybomb
What am I supposed to do, clip it to an ear, scrotum or other danging flesh?
Any guy who carries a "bag" can't call another guy gay for using a belt clip. Whats next, a fanny pack?a lot of bags have little pockets for a cell phone, which is really convenient.
Originally posted by: Shanti
Originally posted by: spidey07
So does every other "professional" I have met
hmmm, my experience is only the very young and ghey professionals wear a clip. Once you get older you just don't see people wearing them because, well, it looks stupid and says "look at me! I have a cell phone!"
No, my whole point is that mature people aren't making any statement by wearing a belt clip. As you get older, you become less concerned with stupid shallow things like whether a belt-clip looks "ghey". That is definitely a high school attitude. Those who call people dorks for wearing a cell phone belt-clip are either still in highschool or still have the maturity of a high-school kid. And if you're still in high school, remember, be nice to the geeks, someday you'll be working for them.
It's all about functionality and for many people, having a belt-clip is much more functional than sticking the phone in your pocket.
Originally posted by: Crappopotamus
Originally posted by: Soybomb
What am I supposed to do, clip it to an ear, scrotum or other danging flesh?
Any guy who carries a "bag" can't call another guy gay for using a belt clip. Whats next, a fanny pack?a lot of bags have little pockets for a cell phone, which is really convenient.
by bag i mean schoolbag. backpack.
Originally posted by: Shanti
Originally posted by: spidey07
So does every other "professional" I have met
hmmm, my experience is only the very young and ghey professionals wear a clip. Once you get older you just don't see people wearing them because, well, it looks stupid and says "look at me! I have a cell phone!"
No, my whole point is that mature people aren't making any statement by wearing a belt clip. As you get older, you become less concerned with stupid shallow things like whether a belt-clip looks "ghey". That is definitely a high school attitude. Those who call people dorks for wearing a cell phone belt-clip are either still in highschool or still have the maturity of a high-school kid. And if you're still in high school, remember, be nice to the geeks, someday you'll be working for them.
It's all about functionality and for many people, having a belt-clip is much more functional than sticking the phone in your pocket.
pfft. oh your more "mature". gah youre just bitter youre old, geeky and uncool. btw i am a hs "geek" i suppose. being mature or being a geek doesnt mean you have to be ghey looking.
Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Do you think it's ghey to have a belt clip?
I think it looks ghey.
Originally posted by: hdeck
homo
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: hdeck
homo
LOL, isn't it gay men who are the most fashion conscience???
If you think wearing a cell phone is a fashion no-no, who's the homo?
Originally posted by: Jzero
Plus, I don't want to have to stand up in the middle of a meeting with my managers to pull a phone out of my pocket.
What kind of pants do you wear that you can't get your phone out of your pocket without standing up?
Better still, what kind of "professional" would answer a cellphone in the middle of a meeting with his managers?
Well, I keep mine in my pocket. I don't want to show my phone off. I don't want someone to try and grab it. I don't want it to catch on things.
Originally posted by: Crappopotamus
pfft. oh your more "mature". gah youre just bitter youre old, geeky and uncool. btw i am a hs "geek" i suppose. being mature or being a geek doesnt mean you have to be ghey looking.
No, I'm not particularly cool. But I don't care. I have embraced by geekiness. And I'm making 4 times as much money as some of the "cool" people I went to HS with who are working at Pizza places and partying with their "cool" friends.
And no, I'm not bitter. In fact, I'm pretty damn happy with life right now. Got my CS degree 2 years ago. I've got a great job. A great wife. Three great kids. Just bought my first house. Life is damn good right now.
And like it or not, you will feel differently about many things when you are older. I'm 31 and I'm just now starting to get over that teenage feeling that my parents, and adults in general are all idiots who don't know any more than I do.
Originally posted by: Soybomb
What am I supposed to do, clip it to an ear, scrotum or other danging flesh?
Any guy who carries a "bag" can't call another guy gay for using a belt clip. Whats next, a fanny pack?a lot of bags have little pockets for a cell phone, which is really convenient.
Originally posted by: spidey07
Sorry, its still gay and reaks of no class.
Yep, gay. Yep, nerdy. Yep that's the way it is.
The pocket protector analogy works perfectly and that is how you are viewed if you have a clip on.
best practice dicates you excuse yourself from the meeting and taking the call or return it. NOT answering the phone. I have kicked people out of my meetings for answering the phone.
Originally posted by: oLLie
Originally posted by: Soybomb
What am I supposed to do, clip it to an ear, scrotum or other danging flesh?
Any guy who carries a "bag" can't call another guy gay for using a belt clip. Whats next, a fanny pack?a lot of bags have little pockets for a cell phone, which is really convenient.
Oh sh!t, fanny packs went out? :Q
Originally posted by: dman
What happened to the poll?