Cell Phone Etiquette

[CJ]

Tip: Not all people know that if your phone is ringing, push the hang up button and it goes straight to answer machine.

I dont know how many times I have seen people who try to close up their bag to muffle the sound of their phone ringing when all they had to do was push the hang up button to make it shut up.

[wildthing]

put their cell phone on the table

This is often a 'my new model is better than your one' thing. Hell, if you have a diamond encrusted bling phone, why not?

still get a cacophony for text messages

you set up the ring type and volume for txt and voice calls seperately in the menu. For a Sanyo try: settings,sounds,ringer type

[Keys]

What a bunch of prissies.

So, you're all at home having dinner, watching TV, reading the kids some stories or such like. The telephone rings ..... What do you do?

According to the posts I've read - you all leave it to ring or go to the answerphone.

Have you not heard of individual ring tones? My babysitter has her own special ring tone attached to her cell number. She's told to use her cell to contact us and we'll pay extra $ if it's a necessary call.

All other rings have the "silent" button pressed and then ignored.

You're all so busy in your lives and complain if your contact with agents/solicitors/accountants etc. aren't replied to instantly. I suspect there's a bit of hypocrasy being posted here.

[CJ]

According to the posts I've read - you all leave it to ring or go to the answerphone.

Sometimes (dont tell my parents as it is normally them).

Re the rest of your post, that is why I recommend screening calls. Don't necessarily take it then but if you see how it is, you can then reply at the first opportune moment. (ie. excuse yourself for the bathroom and do two things at once (though obviously not at the same time!!)

Or take the call and say you will call back.

It is not about ignoring the phone as they are a wonderfully power tool. It is about using it correctly and respecting those that you are with at the time.

Keys - if you had friends over at your house and your home phone rang, I assume you would excuse yourself, answer it, but tell the person you will call them back once you current guests leave. (If not would what would you do - assume the call would take 5-10min).

[Keys]

Keys - if you had friends over at your house and your home phone rang, I assume you would excuse yourself, answer it, but tell the person you will call them back once you current guests leave. (If not would what would you do - assume the call would take 5-10min).

True friends are rare. I have many acquaintances. True friends will understand if I need to take a call. The others? Well, I don't have many "parties" so to speak.

Depending upon the caller, I'd chat or inform them I'll call them back. But again, it's not likely that the small circle of true friends will want to visit and chat on the phone at the same time.

But then, when your home phone is advertised as a business contact?

[Perry]

But then, when your home phone is advertised as a business contact?

Then . . .

. . . . you might hear from Telecon, who may well
want to change your monthly rental figure - upwards -
for no extra service, of course.

[Keys]

Then . . .

. . . . you might hear from Telecon, who may well
want to change your monthly rental figure - upwards -
for no extra service, of course.

Why would they do that? After all, they already know. Seems you may have your wires a little crossed.

[Perry]

T'aint necessarily so. Depends on the nature
and style of the advertising. I.e a home contact
number on a business car or a classified advert
seems OK. But start putting your home phone
number into adverts of significance and you may
regret it, if it gets [s]potted.

[Keys]

T'aint necessarily so. Depends on the nature
and style of the advertising. I.e. a home contact
number on a business card or a classified advert
seems OK. But start putting your home phone
number into adverts of significance and you may
regret it, if it gets [s]potted.

Been there, not been a problem.

Do you think the Yellow Pages would be an advert of significance?

[Perry]

Oh well, maybe they've relaxed a bit,
over the years? If you've made it work
OK for you - that's great.

[Monkeyboy]

Telecom don't charge extra for Home Business phones.

[Perry]

Wasn't so much 'extra,' as seeking
to charge business/commercial rates
for a homeline. But as you and Keys
indicate, maybe they've softened
their stance, over recent years?

[hawkeye]

At the Bridge Club if your phone rings during play then you receive a penalty and your score for that session is reduced quite considerably.

It tends to focus the mind once you've been penalised. The problem is I quite often forget to turn my phone back on again!!

[donna]

This is an interesting thread - I find I feel worse for seeing someone if they spend the time we have together on the phone (txting, talking). I know this is what 'socialising' is now....sitting around a table with friends - txting other people who are also probably sitting around another table with friends.

I think it's probably a generation thing too. I didn't grow up with a mobile phone so txting in the company of others seems rude and antisocial to me.

I do have friends that have adopted this activity - maybe the whole txting thing is to show the person/people you are with that you are 'popular' or 'important'? To me - it shows an immaturity, and lack of social skills.

Cheers,

Donna

[Marc]

E-etiquette - the art of not annoying people

Ha Perry!

The NZ Herald is watching this site.

Look at this article!

Ever been stuck next to some idiot shouting into their cellphone on the bus, train, or even the movies? We all own a cellphone, and a good majority of us tend to annoyingly have them almost permanently grafted to our ears. Feeling the pain of many a frustrated ear-bashed commuter, I've come up with 10 commandments for using cellphones and email.

Mobile Phone Commandments

1. Thou shalt not subject others to your conversations. When other people cannot escape your conversation, (e.g. you're on a bus, cab, train, or dare I say it, the dinner table), spare them from your cellphone blah blah. If you really must yammer into your phone on public transport, remember that gesticulating wildly as you talk simply makes you look incredibly stupid. Don't do it, instead offer to call back at a more convenient time.

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Cheers

Marc