How to Have Polite and Respectful Cell Phone Manners: 4 Steps

How to Have Polite and Respectful Cell Phone Manners: 4 Steps

Most people today use cell phones, but many people may not realize that having good manners also applies to cell phones. The last thing you want to be is that guy in the restaurant screaming about his unsightly groin rash. These manners will definitely come in handy!

Steps

1. Cell phones can be extremely addictive because of all of their unlimited capabilities.

2. Very often, when people are together, they spend more time on their cell phones than they do with each other, and when doing business, cell phones can go off nonstop and make clients and even medical patients very angry.

3. If you're an extremely busy person who relies on your cell phone, turn off your cell phone when you're spending time with other people and when you have to do anything that doesn't enable you to talk on your cell phone - including sleep! If people get angry, tell them straight out that you need breathing space and you can't be on your cell phone 24-7.

4. You have to set limits by telling your children that good manners apply to cell phones just like with regular phones, and ground them if they don't listen to you.

Tips

• You can threaten to stop doing business with anyone, and even a doctor, who refuses to turn off their cell phones when they're working with you.
• In some cases, you may have to tell people to turn off their cell phones so you don't feel like you're being ignored. If they get angry, tell them that bad manners also applies to cell phones.
• If your cell phone doesn't ring a lot, and you're with other people, try not to be on your cell phone for longer than 5 minutes.

Warnings

• If you want to go someplace that doesn't allow cell phones, leave your cell phone at home.