25 Rules of Tech Etiquette

YOUR POLLS SUCK WHO CARES OF E MAILS WITH CAPS THE PERSON ON THE OTHER END KNOWS WHAT GOING ON
DONT YOU HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO??/

I tend to disagree with this point. I have been in restaurants, stores, etc. when two people are either eating or shopping together and are loud. I have to listen to these conversations quite often. Does it make it okay since they are not on the phone? If a person on their cell phone is having a quiet conversation, then it's better than listening to the other loud talkers. For the record, I don't use my cell phone in restaurants.

I disagree with it being rude to talk on a cell phone in public. Why is it rude and what is the difference between me talking on my cell phone in public and another talking LIVE to a friend they happen to be with in public?? Somebody tell me the difference? We all have to listen to conversations between folks in public all the time, but it's rude for somebody to have to listen to another talk on the phone in public?? I don't think so...

Most people come to a restaurant with friends, a spouse or a date or perhaps a business meeting and do not want to feel like they have to scream at this person to be heard over the private phone conversation at another table. As a fine dining restaurant manager I have had many occasions where one rude customer on a cell phone has been the cause of people either leaving or asking to move not just to another table but to another room! Hang up the phone or go outside. The same goes for people sitting in waiting rooms at the doctor or dentist office!!!! Best rule of thumb is if you are in a public environment with other people go outside or at least to an area where you are not overheard

Talking on your phone while you are ordering food at the mall is direspectful to the person waiting on you. Put your friend on hold,or order when you arent on your cell! Better yet, step out of line because it actually slows down the process for others behind you.

You are so right about this issue. It seems like every other day that I run into someone "putting on a show" via their cellphone. Yes, it looks ridiculous to me.

Etiquette, what's that???
What you have to understand is, in this day and age I come first and you come last. I can do what I want when I want.
And besides when I have a cell up to my ear or am holding a conversation with the air, I look very cool and very popular.
Or as the old joke goes. It's all mind over mater. I don't mind because you don't mater.
Sad very sad!!?!!

Try doing a 5 minute eyebrow wax on somebody whose checking their text messages and responding and who acts like you have the time to wait to do the service they are there for. Its really passive-aggressive bulls*^@#! There's a time and place for everything, don't waste MY time on while I'm trying to work!

DEFINATELY AMUSING! -- NOT RUDE AT ALL TO USE CAPS -- ONLY INAPPROPRIATE TO PEOPLE LIKE THIS WRITER AND FOLKS WHO THINK LIKE THIS AS WELL -- NOW I MUST GO BACK TO MY CAVE - GOOD DAY!

Just because everyone has a cell phone these days, doesn't mean it's ok to use them everywhere. My husband and I were recently on our first vacation together since we got married a few years ago. We were at a very quiet, romantic Italian restaurant in Las Vegas, trying to have a romantic dinner. About 10 minutes after we were seated, they seated this man eating alone at the table next to ours. Obviously, he was bored eating alone because he proceeded to get out his cell phone and call everyone in his address book for the next half hour. Does anyone notice that most people tend to talk a bit more loudly than normal on the phone? This guy drowned out the casino noise outside the restaurant. Everyone in the restaurant had to hear all the intimate details of his personal life. He was a bit of a rascist & we got to hear all of those comments, too. My husband is from another country and I felt so bad for him having to hear what this guy was saying, I finally asked the matre' d to either move us to another table or bring him an appetizer that I would gladly pay for to give him something else to do with his mouth. It totally spoiled our romantic evening.
Another thing: Why do some people think they are so important that they have to inconvenience other people with their excesive cell phone usage? I can't tell you how many times I have stood in line at grocery stores, Target, WalMart, Starbucks, etc only to have the line stopped by some idiot on their phone who thinks their conersation takes precedence over conducting their business and getting on with it. Once, after standing in line at a WalMart for almost 20 minutes & hearing the person in front of yak away on their cell, I finally lost my patience when the cashier rang up their purchases & stood there waiting for this person to pay, only to have the person turn their back to the cashier and continue their conversation, including taking a call waiting. I lost it and reached out and took the phone out of her hand and told the caller "sorry,. she has to hang up now and pay for her stuff so she can stop holding up the line at Wal Mart. She will call you back." I then hung up the phone and handed it to the very shocked woman and said, "Hang up and shop, lady." I was given a very loud ovation by the people behind us in line. Man, It's not like her conversaton was a matter of life and death, she was gossiping about a co-worker something that could have waited.

sometimes old folks can read the print better. ever think of that