Emojis, ringtones and loudspeakers - The 10 tech habits that mark you out as older 

Found this quite annoying. I and many "older people need to have our phones ringing. Many hospitals ring now re appointments etc but tend not to leave messages probably due to patient confidentiality etc. Not everyone know when their phones are vibrating. Loosen up a little bit, life is too short to be so grumpy and ageist. 😊😊😊

Ageist! So, older people are not 'normal' people? Shame!

Ringtones and alerts never bother me, it's just background noise, I work in an office and everyone's phone makes noise, what annoys me more is the laptops, desktops and landlines pinging and ringing all day, but they need to be heard, you can't miss a call, a message or an email. And you no what annoys me more than anything, people clicking pens or knocking on their desks to a rhythm! So yeah, phones are the least of my worries, and I don't think "oh, what a old fogie with his ringtone" because it's usually the younger people. What about people "face-time-ing" in public or speaking on loud speaker? That's rude, nobody want to hear your conversation. Or what about the young folk not taking off the click sound when they type on their phones, clickity click click click!

I think this is silly I’m starting my 50s, I don’t do alerts or have ring tones or use emojis. I do have iPhone 14 with c adaptor I don’t send comic texts and I always have a power bank. I don’t take personal calls on any transport or restaurant as it’s rude.

Did you mean to sound so self involved. If not, anti anxiety meds are readily available.

you could have had some Gen Z or even Millennials as guest for a real current trends. my clann tell me that if you use proper grammar and punctuation, you're old. And, if you end your text with a period, you're yelling or emphasising what you said.!!

This is absolute nonsense.