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Hi, my name is Randy Hill and I am just one of thousands of people around the world, tired and frustrated with the lack of consideration that is displayed by a growing "demographic" that I call, "the great unwashed and ill-mannered." People who can't seem to get outside their little world long enough to see the stress that they create on the rest of the population.

I've created this blog and online store as an outlet for this pent-up frustration...and also to have a little devious fun while I'm at it!

Have fun and keep it down while you're in here. Thanks.

[When Randy isn't whining about noisy and rude people, he dreams up designs in his studio at Hill Design Studios. A native Texan, Randy resides in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest with his wife Dawn and four cats]


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Holland has had it with cell phones

By Randy | August 1, 2007

tulipsI don’t normally think of people in Holland as capable of getting cranky. Sure, the wooden shoes can get uncomfortable, but then there are the marijuana bars where they can go let some steam off. Now it seems the Dutch folk are fed up with loud cell phone talking and ring tones.

At least 65% of the Dutch population find loud mobile phone conversations and having to listen to other people’s mobile telephone conversations annoying. These are the two pet peeves of the Dutch regarding the use of mobile phones. These are the findings of a survey entitled: ‘Telecom Monitor 2006’, carried out by Newcom & Consultancy.

Irritation about having to listen unintentionally to other people’s conversations on the mobile has increased compared to 2006. Ring tones are also a cause of irritation for 43% of the Dutch. Thirty-eight percent don’t like it when the phone is picked up while the person answering the phone is simultaneously conducting another call. Ring tones that are far too loud take up the fifth place in the top five of cell phone nuisances (37 percent).

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