'HELLO? Can’t talk right now!' And I thought mobile rudeness was just a fad...
The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy I have total sympathy for the Sainsbury’s checkout worker who refused to serve a customer in Belfast because they were yacking away on a mobile phone. The customer complained to Sainsbury’s management, who apologised, and basically gave everyone carte blanche to treat their staff like dirt. When I did my big mobile phone sketches in Trigger Happy TV 12 years ago, I thought that I was just having a pop at a passing symptom, something that would smooth itself out.
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