Cell phones at the table

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Why not just tell table personnel before the game starts that cell phones, text messaging, etc, are not to be used. If one of 'em doesn't like it, tell home management to find a replacement.

Why wait for problems to happen?

Of course, you're right, but sometimes even after one says something, it happens anyway. As I"m sure you know.

[26 Year Gap]

I have had games with a partner, who has been on his cell phone at halftime while he should have been participating in a review of the first half and what should be done in the 2nd. He also had his cell phone on in class and was directed to leave the room because he was having a conversation while the class was taking place. Some people just do not 'get it', and sadly, they never will.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

I have had games with a partner, who has been on his cell phone at halftime while he should have been participating in a review of the first half and what should be done in the 2nd. He also had his cell phone on in class and was directed to leave the room because he was having a conversation while the class was taking place. Some people just do not 'get it', and sadly, they never will.

New a guy once got kicked out of officer candidate school (he was going to be an F-16 pilot) for talking on his cell phone during the last week.

Some people have no self-discipline.

[Junker]

Try to address it before the game starts if at all possible. If it happens during the game ask them to turn it off and get it out of sight or have them replaced. Nice memory Adam, I don't recall that one. I do recall almost having a pastor removed from the table for acting like a fan during a varsity game. I had to have the AD explain that he couldn't complain at the table. Maybe that explains my bad karma at times.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Junker

Try to address it before the game starts if at all possible. If it happens during the game ask them to turn it off and get it out of sight or have them replaced. Nice memory Adam, I don't recall that one. I do recall almost having a pastor removed from the table for acting like a fan during a varsity game. I had to have the AD explain that he couldn't complain at the table. Maybe that explains my bad karma at times.

It was at Lincoln. Girls game was against Roosevelt and boys was against Hoover, kind of an odd double header.
You'd called a Lincoln girl for a foul when she was laying down in the paint and rolled over tripping the girl with the ball. When you approached the girls at the table about their cell phones, they snapped back, "Well, it's not a foul when the player's on the floor." Typical teenager non sequitur.

[Junker]

I'm sure them telling me what a foul was went over well. I remember it now. They were going for sure between games. Good thing someone else came to run it. This will be my first season without significant (by that I mean a large number) JV games (I have 3 to help out some AD's). I don't think I'll miss them.