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PUBLIC STRIKES BACK AT CELL PHONE RUDENESS.(LIVING)

The atmosphere was cozy inside the elegant club, where a jazz singer was crooning love ballads.

Suddenly a cell phone rang out.

To the dismay of performer Ken Slavin, the patron not only answered the phone - but shushed the singer so he could take the call.

On a West Coast Bay ferry, where ''Cell Phone Free Zone'' signs are often ignored, a woman was gossiping loudly on her phone.

''Hey lady,'' a fellow rider piped up. ''I think I speak for the rest of the passengers here when I say that we don't care to hear about the intrigues of your office, so please either finish your call or go outside.''

The woman stormed out, to applause.

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