Practicing good cell phone etiquette

We all own one, and probably admit that we could not live without them.

They are our cell phones. At times, they can also be a disturbance to those around us.

Nikki Fisher of US Cellular said, “What we’ve noticed is that a cell phone is a life line for our customers. Its become their woobie, their little towel that we used to drag behind ourselves as kids.”

Fisher said, “Although having your cell phone accessible at all times is a way of the world nowadays, people forget that when they are out at a restaurant or the movies, and it rings out loud, it can be disturbing to other people.”

People sometimes forget all manners when they are on their cell phones. It is almost a habit, to answer your phone when it rings, no matter where you are, and that is a pet peeve for many.

Terrell Gibbs from Queens, NY said, “I work at a gas station, and people come into the gas station and they try to talk to you and talk on the phone at the same time, and they expect you to wait for them, and I don’t like that.”

Similar to Murphy’s Law, if you think your phone might ring at an inappropriate time, it probably will. So, keep it on silent, or vibrate, and make all your calls in a private place so as not to disturb people around you.

Odds are, they don’t want to know what you need to pick up for dinner, anyway.

In a 2006 ABC news poll, nearly three quarters of those surveyed have had a person begin using a cell phone or PDA, while in the middle of a conversation with them.