I was in a meeting this morning with roughly 50 people. The meeting was being conducted by the person that runs the entire facility where I am. Being the "outsider" I sat in the back and in the row in front of me was a gentlemen that I have come to know a bit from a work perspective and thus what I am describing here now does not surprise me much, but it still really, really bugs me.
The meeting starts, and about ten minutes in a very loud, very obnoxious cell phone ringtone goes off and it is this gentlemen's phone. The respectful thing to do would be silence it and put it back in your pocket, right? OK. How about let it ring and then turn the ringer off? A third option you say, answer the phone and have a conversation!! This actually happened three times.
Now, I am on my phone a great deal, have to be given my job and my hobby, and I even answer the phone sometimes when some people would think it rude I am sure, but I am certain that I always silence my phone when going into meetings, or leave it in my office. I am also certain that I do the same when going to movies, shows and wherever else it would be rude, or inappropriate, to have the phone on.
Please just turn your phones off, or silence them, and realize that absolutely no one is that important!!
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