You Got Some ‘Splaining To Do About Latinos Who Carry Walkie-Talkies
11 December 2007, 10:30 AM. By Daniel Mauser
Yesterday’s trend piece about the correlation between poor, male Latinos and cell phones reminded us about another poor, male Latino tech-trend we’ve been meaning to bring up. That of the walki-talkie cell phone. What gives, people? Is it really so hard to hold a phone to your ear that you need to share your conversation with everyone on the street? What would be the benefits of this? An overinflated sense of self-importance? Never having to give up your fantasy of becoming a civil servant? Let us know. Over.
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Never having to give up your fantasy of becoming a World War II reenactor?
Dudes, you’re not battling in Guadalcanal, you’re in the Met Food. I don’t want to hear your baby mama’s shriek over the phone speaker distortion while I’m trying to buy paper towels. Fucking can it!
Oh My God!!! That is so damn true!!!! I was in Ross yesterday and this irritating woman was soooo loud, “QUE PASO? ESTOY EN ROSS! No shame in her game…
Thats soooo San Diego right there..all the fresas communicating back and forth to Tijuana from the malls..
Walkie talki, direct connect phones are much cheaper to use and is so retro…cmon on maing!
They’re harder to track than cell phone lines. How else is the mercancia going to arrive where needed?
in my experience, these are nextel phones that a lot of “businesses” use particularly contractors and construction (my pops company uses these). these walkie talkie convis are free.. kind of like free mobile to mobile.
I had one and couldn’t wait for the pinche year contract to end, phone calls are a rip off, and only self idolizing pendejos I knew had a radio including me. I don’t need or want to be constantly connected and overheard. I don’t know why people don’t use the speaker off mode feature on their radios. I heard people not silencing their speakers because holding the radio next to their macetas gave them brain tumors. Like something is not right with that noodle already! “Cambio y fuera!”
@mare
yes…they should make people have contractor licenses to get these damn phones. get a *real* phone people! Trying to talk to your tijuanero friends? Call them. Can’t afford to? Don’t.
Lourdes!
–LC
Ai yes, the “treeee treeeee” is the biggest bane of my life, besides those teenage boys who wear skinny jeans, but still think all jeans have to hang under their butts so that when they walk around, I have to see their entire nalgas and boxers hanging out. it makes the high heeled timberlands of 2003 seem gorgeous by comparison.
I am so glad I havent’ seen this trend in the far-flung reaches of Oregon. Of course, now I’ve just jinxed everything.
LOL!!!!! i have been griping about this for years. In the words of our fellow TJ popis popluation….”no sean Nacos” and get a real phone!
Whenever my phone gets chirped, I look around and pretend it’s not mine and scowl at the most mexican-ish looking person. I have SO much shame in my game