Ignorant Cell Phone Usage (Cell Phone Etiquette)

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Benjamin28

#11
This is a pet peeve of mine as well. If you're having a face to face conversation with someone and suddenly your cell starts playing a demented version of a bad Alicia Keys song, this does not mean that you should immediately pick it up and begin talking while holding up a finger to signal "one second". A great many people need to learn basic manners when it comes to cell phone useage.
 
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BradM

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#12
Cell phone etiquette:

  • Please use the silent function on your ringer. If you cannot feel the vibration, then please get a wireless headset device to hear the ring.
  • If you are hard of hearing, please do not yell into your phone. Please make other reasonable accommodations.
  • Determine if the phone call in your car is worth the driving hazard. Never take an emotionally charged call while driving.
  • Any phone call should be between two people; keep them private. If you accept a call, it is your responsibility to assure privacy and confidentiality.
  • However many minutes you spend on your phone is that many minutes lost with your children, spouse, etc.
  • It is your responsibility to politely let people know there is an important call to take; it should be seldom enough that people believe you.
  • Teach children how to answer phones, how to address issues, and how to be security-savvy with phones.
  • Text messaging should be considered the same as a phone call, as far as etiquette goes.
  • If there is any questions on etiquette or proper course of action- turning it off is the best approach.
 
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Kevin H

#13
Several things about cell phones annoy me - the obnoxious ring-tones many people choose - if you're in a business situation turn it off, or at leats set it to vibrate rather than ring.

The one place I've seen them in use that totally blows my mind is in men's rooms - I've seen people start or continue their call while they're busy at the urinal. I do not understand what could possibly be so important that you can't complete the call before entering, or set the phone to voice mail mode and catch up after leaving the facility.

I'm also amazed at the number of women who enter stores talking, talk all the time they're in the store, leave the store talking and then get in their cars and drive away while still talking.
 

BradM

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Several things about cell phones annoy me - the obnoxious ring-tones many people choose - if you're in a business situation turn it off, or at leats set it to vibrate rather than ring.
Well stated!:applause:


The one place I've seen them in use that totally blows my mind is in men's rooms - I've seen people start or continue their call while they're busy at the urinal. ...
No telling how many Man Codes are being broken when they do this!:lol:

I'm also amazed at the number of women who enter stores talking, talk all the time they're in the store, leave the store talking and then get in their cars and drive away while still talking.
Seriously, as someone who teaches self-defense classes: DON'T DO THAT! When violent offenders have been interviewed in prison, they outline how they pick their targets. They look for women who are disorganized, talking on cell phones, digging for their keys, generally unobservant. They sum them up as better targets than the women with keys in hand, head up, watching, eye contact, etc.

Minimally, parking lots are very dangerous places, for minor fender benders, kids running out in front of cars, etc. Parking lots need your total attention, men and women both.:yes:
 
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56flh

#15
I encounter a different situation with someone answering a cell phone in the middle of our conversation.

My part time job (and hobby) is working in motorcycle sales and nothing irks me more than a potential customer answering a cell phone in the middle of our discussion about a bike. I don't want to listen to their conversation so I usually end up walking away. Being successful in a sale becomes harder when the customer is being distracted.:(
 

Jim Wynne

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#16
It really amazes me when I see people "having" to take or make calls at 7:00AM at the airport. Who are they talking to? Surely it isn't business.
When it's 7:00 a.m. in Chicago, it's 1:00 p.m. in London. Where I work, the first shift starts at 6:00 a.m. There's lots of business going on all over the place at all hours of the day.
What did they do before the cell, hold everything in and then explode?
Before automobiles, people rode horses. We should stop using stuff that make things more convenient?

Blue-tooths are even worse
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I agree. A while back I was in a store and walked by someone who was using a Bluetooth headset, only I couldn't see it because it was on the opposite side of his head from where I was. As I drew abreast of him he said, in a rather perturbed way, "You know my sister's been looking all over for you don't you?" I'm told that I bear a strong resemblance to one of my brothers, and people I don't know often mistake me for him. Thinking that might be the problem, I replied, "I'm not Bob, you know," just as I saw the headset. The man gave me a quizzical look as though he was afraid I might be deranged (why would a stranger approach you and tell you, out of nowhere apparently, that he's not Bob?). He ignored me and went back to his conversation, only he was walking a little faster and turned his head a few times to see where I was.
 
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Randy

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#17
When it's 7:00 a.m. in Chicago, it's 1:00 p.m. in London. Where I work, the first shift starts at 6:00 a.m. There's lots of business going on all over the place at all hours of the day.
Let's see, I work for an organization that has a rather small international operation so I might be familiar with that one. I don't know about you, but I've done conference calls and web based training with folks here in the US, the UK and Australia at the same time.

Before automobiles, people rode horses. We should stop using stuff that make things more convenient?
Nope. But enough already. I'm just as busy as the average guy, but my cell is not my pacifier
To me the cell usage I see is probably more ego than need "Hey look at me, I'm so important I have to leave messages at 5AM"
 
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CliffK

#19
I do try to figure out how my mother-in-law and wife managed before cell phones...they must talk to each other 3 times a day...what happens in a day that you must talk to someone that much each and every day????? I will be married for 5 years this year and it still goes on to this day.
You ain't figured that one out yet? Hmm, who could it be? Not you, could it?:lol:

Don't ask me how I know this!:tg:
 

ScottK

Not out of the crisis
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#20
March 1, 2008 - in New Jersey handheld cell phone use while driving becomes a primary offense. $100 fine.

Up until now it's been a secondary offense, meaning you had to get stopped for something else to get a ticket for it.

Anyone driving through NJ - keep that in mind!
 
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