From table manners to everyday life manners such as saying excuse me have been passed down from generation to generation for the past three hundred or so years. Manners will soon be a part of each person's nature and it will be as fluent as breathing. Now if these manners are centuries old, if you bring a new thing to have manners for, you might not no the manners for that thing. In this case the new thing is cell phones.
Cell phones were only created about 25 years ago so they are fairly new like computers and internet. But have we as the technological generation abused our rights to cell phones simply because we have no manners while we're on them? The simple answer; yes. However, this problem can be easily fixed with a set of ground rules.
GOLDEN RULES FOR CELL PHONE USERS:
1) While with company, refrain from answering a call or texting someone in their presence. Ask if you can be excused.
2) If you decide to answer a call in a public area, try not to speak at the top of your lungs. No one cares what Brian did to Stacy...
3) Keep the text amount to a minimum. Trust me, it will help you save money at the end of the month and you won't go blind from constantly staring at that tiny screen.
4) When in an area where you absolutely need to be working, shut off your cell phone. All it really is is a distraction.
5) Always keep your phone on vibrate. I don't care if you bought the new Poker Face ringtone for 7 $ on your phone, i really don't want to hear it.
Those are the 5 golden rules to cell phone etiquette. PLEASE STICK TO THEM!!!!!
Thank you for your time.
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2 comments:
Haha great rules Eryk.
The best one is probably the one about keeping your phone on vibrate. I hate it when I hear people's stupid ringtones that I hate.
I really enjoyed reading your rules, and I agree with them. The rule about keeping your phone on vibrate should definitely be a golden rule as it happens so much. Your take on cell phone ettiqute was a funny read :]
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