Cell phone use is out of control. Mobile phones ring at weddings, funerals, movie theaters, you name it. Everywhere you go: elevators, banks, libraries, airports, you are forced to overhear all sorts of conversations and arguments. Not only that is annoying but disturbing and rude.
Some people answer their cell phone for personal or irrelevant matters in the middle of work, presentations and lessons. Today people are defining new rules in what is personal and what is not. The boundaries between the intimate and public are constantly changing.
A lot of people agree that the worst cell phone habit is having loud conversations in public. Cell phones are great to stay connected and at reach but users sometimes people lose perspective of themselves and of their surroundings.
There should be a cell phone use etiquette such as with emails. While there are some folks who cannot miss a call, for example expectant fathers, almost everyone can turn the vibrate option or silent mode when in a meeting.
Here are some useful advices:
Never answer a cell phone call during a business meeting, presentation or lecture. Maintain a 10 foot zone from anyone when talking. Never talk in elevators, libraries, cemeteries, theaters, waiting rooms, places of worship or in other enclosed public spaces such as buses. Don’t have any emotional conversations in public -please. Don’t use loud and annoying ringtones. You are not a teenager looking for attention anymore. Don’t talk while shopping, driving, standing in line or banking. Use an earpeace in public areas so you can modulate your voice. Inform the person you are calling you are talking on a mobile phone so they can expect disconnections and distractions.