disappointing... i thought it jammed them down their throats

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"Can you hear me now?"  Unsuspecting cellphone users may find themselves saying that more often now that cellphone jammers — illegal gizmos that interfere with signals and cut off reception — are selling like hotcakes on the streets of New York.

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The problem is when your conversation is so loud that you share it with half the train car. And then it turns into a protracted chat.

Or half of any other public place in which the user is oblivious to how loud they're talking.

I usually respond by joining in the user's conversation myself, chiming in on everything the person with the phone says. If they get annoyed and complain, that's too bad; I'M not the one who brought a private conversation into a public forum.

If they're quiet, I could care less if they're talking; THAT's civility on both sides. But if someone's going to bray like a donkey ahead of me in the supermarket line, why should I be the only one who's annoyed?