Cell phone etiquette at work

[TXlib]

Either:

(a) keep your cell phone on your person at all times, or

(b) if you leave your cell phone at your desk while you're away for extended periods of time, put the damn thing on silent mode. Nobody wants to listen to a loud, tinny rendition of "la Cucaracha" non-stop all day. If you're a habitual offender, don't piss and moan when you finally return to your desk to find your cell phone has taken a swim in your cup of coffee.

Also:

If you must take a personal call, especially one that is embarrassing, emotional, or otherwise distracting/disturbing to others, please take it OUTSIDE. You have a mobile phone, dammit! And don't give me the stink eye because I find your loud discussion of your lab results more interesting than my current task at hand! If you don't want me hearing it, go the hell elsewhere!

[AngryAmish]

1. New rule

Never talk on the damn thing at work.

[Lavender Brown]

2. I have to put mine on silent mode at work

My ringtone is "Space Oddity" - it tends to startle people. :D

[Samurai_Writer]

6. My ring tone is...

"Intergalactic Planetary" by the Beastie Boys. Drives people nuts. Good thing I hardly ever get any calls. But I do get about 1000 text messages. No ring for that, though.

[LynneSin]

10. Mine is "Fat Bottom Girls" by Queen

:D

[pagerbear]

18. Heck, my ring tone startles ME!

Mainly because it's loud. It's a bit of a Brandenburg Concerto.

[SheilaT]

3. I believe that all cell phone

conversations are completely public discourses, which means I feel free to join in at any point, even if I don't already know either of the participants.

[crispini]

4. SNORK!

ok you owe me a new keyboard! :7

[SheilaT]

8. So sorry!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

12. That's fabulous.

I love that idea.
Duckie

[miss_kitty]

15. hahahahaha! this summer, during our hot weather

i was indoors talking to a friend of mine, it was 11:30-midnight, and my conversation kept getting overpowered by some asshole neighbour who'd obviously stepped outside to have a deep, loud conversation with a buddy of his going through a relationship trauma (guy talk), so he would not disturb his SO.

when i finished talking to my friend, i just went outside and stood there and interjected a couple of "really"s and "do ya think?"s. he finally went inside....

[Skittles]

5. here is advice to all you f****ing cell phone users

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOUR G.D. CONVERSATIONS. Not at work, not in line at the store, not in restaurants, NOT ANYWHERE. F***ing EXCUSE YOURSELF and TAKE IT OUT OF EARSHOT.

[mtnester]

7. We had a problem here once....lazy bastards calling on their cells

asking for someone who was also working, so I would have to page that person over the PA and tell them they had a call on Line 1 (or whatever line it was) because the original caller was too lazy to walk through the building to find that person. Once I caught on (same day) I went ballistic for the first time ever. Got in trouble that day (the only time ever in my life), then apologized to all day the next cause the supervisors discovered the whole story and ripped ass to the right offenders.

Cell phones at work suck. Cell phones at restaurants, movies, the mall, the grocery and the Doctor's office (ER OK, I understand that)dentist office, nail salon, hair salon...I swear some people have that thing attached to their ear and talk on it ALL DAY, non-stop.

[miss_kitty]

14. "ER OK, I understand that)"

ER NOT OK.

cell phones fuck up monitoring equipment

[LynneSin]

9. I should print this out and hand it out to folks at my work place

:grr:

especially the cackler who has Mozart's 40 on her ring

:grr:

[partygirl]

11. I never answer it (or let ir ring out loud) at work.

I let everything go to voice mail and then when I have a break I check my voice mail and return calls.

It is extrememly unprofessional and rude to have your phone going off all the time and interrupting you (unless there is an emergency).

[miss_kitty]

13. "the stink eye"

i love it...i will adopt it...

[Kat45]

16. Every time I take the bus, everyone's talking on their cells.

Teenage girls are big offenders, but plenty of adults of both genders offend as well. And on the bus, you can't avoid hearing the calls. It also seems that wherever I go, I see numerous people talking on their cells while they're walking down the street. It's absurd!

[TXlib]

17. It's really disconcerting with hands-free cell phones

especially the wireless BlueTooth ones. You really can't tell who's talking to their spouse, and who's talking to an imaginary friend.

Behaviour that 10 years ago would have earned you a heavy dose of Haldol/Thorazine cocktail is now accepted.