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Review the etiquette rules suggested in the text. Respond to each one.
First, have you ever been bothered by cell phone? Yes, I have been bothered by a cell phone once. I went out to lunch and sat down in a restaurant (it is always quiet in the back room) and began studying for one of my classes. When a gentleman sat down on the table next to me and off went his cell phone. Now it would not have really bothered me if what he was talking about was work related. However, he spoke in a very loud voice (to me he sounded like he wanted to brag, so the whole world could hear) and he was bragging about his portfolio. I then, turned to him and said, “Excuse me, but will you take your conversation outside. Thank you.” On the other hand, I am not too bothered by people’s answering machines or beepers.
Next, what do you feel about call waiting? I can’t stand this feature. My mom puts me on hold every time I am talking to her, as she takes a call from my sisters.
Is it rude to put people on hold to take another call? Yes, I definitely think it is absolutely rude for someone to put you on hold only to take another call. Whenever someone does this to me, I tell them to call me back when they are finished with their call. I will not hang on while they talk to someone else, as I called or they called me first.
Hi Paris--
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your response to this etiquette question. Cell phones tend to bug me especially where I work. I work at the bank and customers are constantly on their cell phones showing no respect to the tellers when conducting their business. It's also annoying when I'm in a nice restaurant and someone is blabbing away on their cell phone while chomping loudly on their dinner...how rude and annoying is that?
Call waiting tends to annoying me mainly because I feel that I'm not as important as the other person I am on hold for. However, when taking another call and putting someone on hold is not rude in my sense because that person is simply just trying to be polite and accommodate every ones wants.
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ReplyDeleteIt can be a pain to be put on hold, but I believe that it also comes in handy. In situations where there may be an emergency call waiting would be a good thing. I would say that a good rule to go by would be to never leave a person on hold for more than a minute or so, but there are some that prefer not to wait that long. I don't mind it, and when I am having a good conversation with someone, then I usually will stay on hold a little longer.
I like your post and I too have been bothered by people using their cell phones at inappropriate times. I could care less if people are using their cell phones around me, unless I'm in a quiet restaurant or a designated study place. I have been in the library so many times and had people gabbing away on their cell phones right next to me. It's really ridiculous that they would assume that that's okay. I talk on my cell phone all the time, but I always try to make sure I am not intruding on someone's quiet time.
ReplyDeleteHello Paris! It has been said that most people agree that talking on cell phones in a public place is rude, yet most people have done it. Why do you think that is? What compels the general population to deem something as rude, yet partake in that behavior?
ReplyDeleteWhat would people 30-40 years ago say about constant cell phone usage? What perspective do you think people 30 or 40 years from now would have about cell phone usage?