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**bWxNFI3c** · 07-27-2011, 09:07 PM

The "divot box" is a great idea and I've done it that way for quite a while but I think that golf courses / ranges really do need to promote that more and to make people aware of the practice. To some it seems like common sense but others may not think of it or know of it and I think it's the range's responsibility to promote it.

But to me, the most annoying thing at driving ranges are people talking on cell phones.
There are two reasons why this bugs me and the first is that most people seem to feel as if they have to shout into the phone in order to be heard and the other is that because they're shouting, I'm forced to hear a disjointed, one-sided conversation and there's definitely something surreal about that.

Many times someone will receive a call and no one hears a phone ring (because it's on vibrate) and the silence is suddenly broken by a loud voice from nearby saying, "Hey how ya' doin'?"

This naturally causes people to turn towards the voice because it sounds as if someone may have recognized them and is saying hi.
But then you see the phone parked in their ear.

At that point, it's like:

"I'm at the driving range"...
"not too bad"...
"Seven thirty?"...
"No I told him eight"...
"Yesterday"...
"No I haven't"...
"When?"...
"What, is he crazy, I cant do that"...
"What?"...
"No she's working"...

And so it goes until they're finished.

But the people who really crack me up are the ones with that stupid thing sticking out of their ear who are having a phone conversation - WHILE THEY'RE HITTING GOLF BALLS.
From my perspective, it looks as if they're some crazy person talking to themselves and that surely some men in white coats will be here to collect them later and take them back to their room.

I mean, a driving range session is what... an hour or so?
These folks can't "disconnect" from the world for one lousy hour?
And if the call is so important, why do they have to stand near everyone else shouting to some disembodied voice? Why can't they just walk away to someplace where they won't be bothering anyone?

I can handle real conversations between real people, I can handle the shot-by-shot self critiquing, I can even handle the "Happy Gilmore" crowd who are just there to see if they can hit the ball over the net.

But the cell phone people drive me crazy.

07-27-2011, 09:07 PM	#29
bWxNFI3c Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 539 Senior Member	The "divot box" is a great idea and I've done it that way for quite a while but I think that golf courses / ranges really do need to promote that more and to make people aware of the practice. To some it seems like common sense but others may not think of it or know of it and I think it's the range's responsibility to promote it. But to me, the most annoying thing at driving ranges are people talking on cell phones. There are two reasons why this bugs me and the first is that most people seem to feel as if they have to shout into the phone in order to be heard and the other is that because they're shouting, I'm forced to hear a disjointed, one-sided conversation and there's definitely something surreal about that. Many times someone will receive a call and no one hears a phone ring (because it's on vibrate) and the silence is suddenly broken by a loud voice from nearby saying, "Hey how ya' doin'?" This naturally causes people to turn towards the voice because it sounds as if someone may have recognized them and is saying hi. But then you see the phone parked in their ear. At that point, it's like: "I'm at the driving range"... "not too bad"... "Seven thirty?"... "No I told him eight"... "Yesterday"... "No I haven't"... "When?"... "What, is he crazy, I cant do that"... "What?"... "No she's working"... And so it goes until they're finished. But the people who really crack me up are the ones with that stupid thing sticking out of their ear who are having a phone conversation - WHILE THEY'RE HITTING GOLF BALLS. From my perspective, it looks as if they're some crazy person talking to themselves and that surely some men in white coats will be here to collect them later and take them back to their room. I mean, a driving range session is what... an hour or so? These folks can't "disconnect" from the world for one lousy hour? And if the call is so important, why do they have to stand near everyone else shouting to some disembodied voice? Why can't they just walk away to someplace where they won't be bothering anyone? I can handle real conversations between real people, I can handle the shot-by-shot self critiquing, I can even handle the "Happy Gilmore" crowd who are just there to see if they can hit the ball over the net. But the cell phone people drive me crazy.
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