Stewardess Obervation #2

Ladies and gentleman please TURN OFF and stow ALL electronic devices at this time. This includes cell phones, ipods, laptops, gameboys, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries....OK for those of you who fly frequently, you know where I'm going with this. It doesn't seem that complicated but believe it or not it is. When this P.A. is made maybe a handful of people at the very most listen. I don't know why because we don't say "Everyone but the passengers in row 12 and the guy in 23c need to turn off your electronic devices." Or "everyone that doesn't know how to correctly use an ipod, needs to switch t off for takeoff." Some people are sneaky and act like they are turning it off and when the flight attendant walks by they take it out again. Newsflash--we know you have it on, but we get tired of asking people to listen to directions. Sometimes I feel like I'm on a plane load of 2 year olds. I've actually had a flight circle for an hour because the signal from someone's cell phone was reeking havoc on some cockpit equipment. I've also had a guy that kept sneaking his cell phone before takeoff and wouldn't put it away. The pilot came over the pa with this:" Ladies and gentlemen I was going to tell you that we were going to be on time today ,maybe a little early , but now it seems we will be late. It seems the man in 16f thinks he's on a private jet and doesn't want to end his phone call. I'm asking everyone to encourage him to turn his phone off and give it to the flight attendant or we have to go back to the gate to take him off the plane." Guess what? People really "encouraged " him to turn his phone off. Most planes now are sophisticated when it comes to their cockpit equipment and it doesn't bother it at all, but I say at 36,000 feet, why take a chance? The airlines are now toying with the idea that they will equip the planes with the proper equipment so that cell phones work in the air. Personally, I say bad idea. The arguments I think this will cause will be plentiful. Can you imagine sitting next to a person whose phone keeps ringing and is talking loudly because hi signal is fading? What do you think about this idea?