These people are the new kind of rude. they act like they are so important that they must be in access of their cell phone. I can think of countless examples of rudeness where cell phones are concerned. as for these dummies who start a cell phone conversation in the middle of some kind of order, restaurant. store anywhere the clerk waitress, should have the right to walk away immediatley and say be back when you are done, I will wait on someone else.

Rude, rude, rude, rude, rude!  It's bad enough that they talk on their cell at a restaurant.

I try not to be on my phone while either checking out at a store or talking to a server at a restaurant. One of our clients is a server and her big peeve is people making or answering calls while she is standing at the table waiting to make an order. (I agree with her) I had a woman make a call at the clinic as I was giving her the total...she couldn't make this call 5 minutes later????