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Guy_Montag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-14-04 10:02 AM
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Would you answer the phone
while sitting on the :hurts: ?

I got called on my mobile while otherwise engaged & wasn't sure what the protocol is? Should I answer & talk normally, answer & ask them to call back in ten minutes, let them ring off & hope that they left a message.

This was a call from a business, no number came up, so I knew it wasn't a friend.

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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-14-04 10:03 AM
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1. Well,
I've had to call my boss about business, and he's answered it several times in places that had an echo.....
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-14-04 10:04 AM
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2. let it go to voicemail
and call back later.

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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-14-04 10:12 AM
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3. You can take multitasking too far
Just because you can do two things at once, doesn't mean you should. Ignore the phone and continue with your reading.
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many a good man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-14-04 10:18 AM
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4. Only if your phone has a camera
and its your doctor calling inquiring about your stool sample...
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