Why do people feel the need to use their cell phone in a plane immediately upon landing?

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westernndguy

I can't speak for those people (and most people who use cell phones in public do so because they think others will look at them and think, "Oh, they're popular -- they're using a cell phone"), but just yesterday when I landed and we were taxi-ing in to the gate, I pulled out my phone and started talking. The reason? My good friend is in the hospital, and I was calling his wife to check his status. I was wanting to know if I needed to prepare myself for the funeral. But I agree with you that the needless chatter on cell phones immediately after landing is certainly tiresome.

shanghai68

1. habit
2. instant reaction
3. anxious to get informed
4. anxious to be informed
5. proud feeling

Gabby

People back home want to know when I land safely...so it's easier to do it when I first land, then I can deal with baggage claim without a phone in my ear!

Eileen C

Possibly it could wait, but maybe a loved one asked them to call when they had safely landed.

here to help

well some people get worried when they arent checked in with. it would depend on the person. but sometimes, when you get in the airport you dont have service with some carriers, so its better to do it when you do have service. and people know the exact time you land, and if you dont call them at that time they freak out and think something bad happened

nieder

sometimes people have loved ones or ppl they care about and want to relieve their nerves. i do the same thing when i'm traveling alone. its nice to let ppl know that you are safe and not have ppl worry about you

.Frequentlyâ™¥Dazzled.

Most of the time they call to let to let those picking them up or ones back home that they made it or they're there. This way the people back home know their same or their ride can meet them somewhere (most often the luggage claim). Especially since you can't use yourphone while landing, or else they call saying their landing.

tech_fanatic

I think that most people just want to let their loved ones know that they arrived safely. If you have family tavel without you, you probably understand how it can be a little uneasy until you know that they are safe.

Yes, they could wait a little longer. But most people are in a rush, the airport is busy, they have transfers to meet up with, baggage to claim, hotels to check into, etc. So they just want to get something done while they are waiting and can't do anything else.

fireciao

I call my wife so she can come pick me up.
Useless for her to wait in the car by the airport.
I do not call unless we are approaching gate, once I calles, just to have the captain tell us our gate was occupied.

shorty82

okkkkk.....

ilessthanthreeyou

maybe some people are flying for business and they need to get in touch with someone they are meeting up with. but ya i think most of the people are lining up rides home, or letting someone know that they have arrived at their destination. but i do find it annoying sometimes.

speedyjr28

ARRIVAL!!!!

AzNgUrL

YEAH.. IT'S FUNNY AND ANNOYING AS HELL.. I TRAVEL LOTS AND ESPECIALLY TO EUROPE .. EVERYTIME THE PLANE LAND THEY CLAPPED AND PULLING OUT THEIR CELL PHONES N START THEIR CALL... AND BLAH BLAH BLAH...

IT'S LIKE THEY COULDN'T WAIT TO GET OFF THE FK AIRCRAFT... OH THEY ALSO RUN OVER U IF U DON'T GET OUT FAST ENOUGH..

J Somethingorother

I view them as idiots. Some probably want to impress other people, some...I have no clue what they are thinking. They act like they are all way important...like a group of brain surgeons. Just too pitiful for words.

avp071

Because ******* are mostly impulsive people whom don't care about the people around them. They are selfish bores with nothing of importance to actually talk about, just idle chatter... They are just BURNIN' UP to flip open that phone and talk about nuthin'. . . Those are the same people you see at the grocery store check out line, yappin away on their celly while the cashier and everyone else around them is giving them the GAS FACE! Yup! same people you see trying to manuever their MONSTER TRUCK through a bad intersection; one hand wrestlingn with the steering wheel and the other with a cell phone next to their ear. great; you got it! same dunces in the movie theatre with the absolutely most idiotic childish cell phone ringtone going off. . . I get the strongest urge to snatch their phone, throw it on the ground and smash it with my heel, and yell out to the smashed up phone "CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW!!" ha ha!! fools. . .

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