Teens Treated Like Pests Fight Back!
The “teen buzz” mosquito ringtone began as a device used for purposes quite different than the ones teens use today for ‘silently’ transmitting text messages and receiving phone calls in class. In fact, if it hadn’t been for the development of this high pitched frequency for mobile phone ringtones, our youth would probably have a much more negative outlook on the noise. The teen buzz mosquito ringtone actually began as a security device to keep teens away from shops and restaurants. Developed by Howard Stapleton, the mosquito ringtone, originally called “Mosquito Teen Repeller” was initially used to repel teens from the problem areas in England. Since adults couldn’t typically hear the buzz, shopkeepers played the buzz to sweep away pesky, loitering teenagers. The Mosquito Teen Repeller caught on and proved a successful tool for shopkeepers as the noise became too annoying for teens to handle.
Now, while the Teen Repeller may have proved helpful to shopkeepers looking for a less crowded storefront, it certainly did not help bridge any gaps between the youth and older generations. This “pest repellent” tended to make teenagers feel like insignificant, contemptible mosquitoes! (as the name so kindly puts it.) After all, teenagers make up a great percentage of the consumer market; it only seems logical that they should be treated with the same kind of respect and courtesy as anyone else. It is no wonder then that teens developed a way to use this very weapon for their own devices. It is not certain who first found a way to use this noise on cell phones, but teenagers definitely ran with the idea, sending text messages to one another and receiving calls in class unbeknownst to their teachers. Whether this usage can be called a rebellion, or a cruel manipulation, I think it’s appropriate to say what goes around comes around!
June 26th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
sound like a great idea to me. I think teachers don’t care if the phone call is incoming, just that it not disrupt the class. So long as the students wait until after class to respond, no probem.
As to the Teen Repellant – I know where I wont spend my money… even some adults hear it and avoid these places. sometimes the device malfunctions (I guess?) because the over 50′s can hear it and find it irritating enough to avoid the place. I know my Dad (56!) complains… we just did not know why these things were in place until now.
July 19th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Maybe if adults treated teens with respect, teens would respect them back. What a novel idea!
July 28th, 2008 at 9:24 am
“..but teenagers definitely ran with the idea, sending text messages to one another and receiving calls in class unbeknownst to their teachers.”
Uh.. shouldn’t they be PAYING ATTENTION in class, instead of taking calls and txt msgs? No wonder they get treated like like pests.
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:08 pm
“Uh.. shouldn’t they be PAYING ATTENTION in class, instead of taking calls and txt msgs? No wonder they get treated like like pests.”
You obviously haven’t been in school for a long time, have you? Anyways, I text in class occasionally. I still pay attention- it’s just more bearable when you share a few messages between yourself and a friend in the middle of a lecture on [yawn] augmented matrices.
Anyways, you shouldn’t stereotype ALL teens into a group of loud, rebellious, pesky kids. I can just see them using this in high-end clothing stores. I hate walking into any high-end store- the clerk always comes right up to me and says something along the lines of “are you looking for something?” in a not-so-friendly-get-outta-here voice. They always treat me like crap just because they assume I’m not going to buy something. My view is that even if someone looks too poor to feed themselves, they should be treated exactly the same as anyone else. It’s just common courtesy. Who knows- they could turn out to be some a billionaire.
November 19th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Ummm… teachers shouldn’t care about textin cuz lots of teenagers do it, and yet never get caught so whats the point. I mean they say not to, but they still do. No way they can stop it. Even if the phone gets taken away, they’ll get it back, they never really learn they’er lesson so they do it again, and keep doing it. I think the ringer is a SMART idea (just so the phone won’t get taken away)!
August 26th, 2011 at 10:12 am
Hey,
I hate to say but this device already causes via Headache, Dizzyness, Stomachpain and among others nausea aggression.
SO HOW STUPID IS IT TO USE IT AS RINGTONE?
HOW STUPID TO USE AS TRAINCOMPANY (as in Germany I belive) as device to drive teens away? Check how and where bad violations against humanright aka beat-ups occure.
I wonder why this device and tone is actually legal when all these bad sideeffects happen.
Crimerates drop but teen violance on a rise….awkward…or wait its the TEENBUZZ to make TEENS BUZZ and beat each other up to death cuz not even the beating will reduce the agression level in their mind since it is GENERATED by this TONE…..
(btw there is a thing called TINITUS and it very very very annoying already and this device like the big brother of this eardisease….
just a thought:
TAKE OFFLINE THIS WEBSITE a website that is COMMERCIAL for a HUMANRIGHTVIOLATING TONE…..sry but u nazis? cuz last ppl I knew violating humanrights in such a longterm been the Nazis…..
best regards….
One advice:
stay out of trouble when some1 you not know trys to make u mad via talking….IGNORE….WALK AWAY it COULD happen he/she be jumping on your head 10 mins later giving u a skullfracture….