25 Rules of Tech Etiquette

I'll answer the phone infront of someone if I darn well want to. Who are these people to say other wise? Experts are nothing more than a bunch of people who really have no clue themselves.

To Mr. Chase,
I was reading your 25 rules. I was highly offended by your
writing technique in some of them. I was espcially offended by your
catagorization and name-calling. Seems to me you are breaking the #1 rule of etiquette(tech or not) which is:Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Laws of Tech Etiquette

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The United States Government’s Practice of “Extraordinary Rendition” Represents a Consistent Pattern of Gross and Reliably Attested Violations of Human Rights and Therefore warrants Consideration BY the United Nations Commission on Human Rights under the 1503 procedure. I. The United States government is bound by at least three international obligations not to engage in the practice of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. A. The United States government is bound by the terms of the Convention Against Torture (hereinafter “Torture Convention”), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (hereinafter ICCPR), and the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions. B. The United States’ international treaty obligations forbid the use of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment in the strongest terms. II. The United States government remains bound by these obligations regardless of where torture is carried out, the citizenship of the torturees/torturers, or claims of ignorance as to the treatment of suspects in U.S. custody. A. The U.S. treaty obligations forbidding torture apply to the interrogation of non-U.S. citizens turned over to other governments for interrogation outside the U.S. B. Willful blindness to the torture of suspected terrorists once they leave either U.S. soil or U.S. custody can be no defense to any of that government’s obligations pursuant to international agreement. III. The current United States practice of “extraordinary rendition” violates all of the aforementioned international obligations not to engage in the practice of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. A. Reports of the techniques used in extraordinary renditions rise to the level or torture as defined under the Torture Convention. B. In light of the United States government’s knowledge of the tortuous practices of governments to which it extraordinarily renders suspects, the United States government has the requisite “substantial grounds for believing” that surrendered suspects will be tortured under the Torture Convention.

"Vote Quimby" :D As Mayor Quimby in the Simpsons would say... Honestly who thinks this stuff up? This reminds me of the big "Global Warming" deal... I'm a maintenance tech and every time a big snow fall hits here in Long Island, while I'm out breaking my back, I think of "Global Warming." The time people have on their hands... honestly..

I lost all respect for the writer with the rudeness of the ringer comment and this is only the 2nd page of the whole thing. Pretty bad. I was on a transplant list and got a cell phone for that reason alone so it was paramount to always answer that phone. I never talked on it for unimportant calls but how can he assume that any call made around him is unimportant?

Offices across the USA have been answering phones in your face for decades, while you, in person, stand there and wait. No wonder it seems common practice to do, with government and businesses setting this bad example.
Thankfully, many now put the call on-hold, and they get back to you, who have taken time and effort to come there to their office to do business in person. Appreciation of others would follow this loving consideration. And it would apply to all 25 circunstances.