http://chrismerriman.com/mobiles-banned-in-israeli-cabinet-meetings/ Something To Do... Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:28:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://chrismerriman.com/mobiles-banned-in-israeli-cabinet-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-511 Chris Merriman Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:34:06 +0000 http://chrismerriman.com/?p=1464#comment-511 In normal life, I certainly agree. Unless there is a security issue, I prefer to put mine on silent. If there is an emergency, I know someone has called/texted because my pocket is vibrating. That said, I think it is still rude to text back to someone, if theirs was a simple social 'how r u doing' type message, if you are in the company of someone who is making the effort to communicate with you in the real world. In normal life, I certainly agree. Unless there is a security issue, I prefer to put mine on silent. If there is an emergency, I know someone has called/texted because my pocket is vibrating. That said, I think it is still rude to text back to someone, if theirs was a simple social ‘how r u doing’ type message, if you are in the company of someone who is making the effort to communicate with you in the real world.

]]> http://chrismerriman.com/mobiles-banned-in-israeli-cabinet-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-510 GregM Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:23:35 +0000 http://chrismerriman.com/?p=1464#comment-510 I teach a public speaking class, and one thing that annoys me to no end is when a student is giving a speech and someone's cell phone goes off. When I worked in the Senate, it always cracked me up when a senator's phone would go off. There are some places where cell phones just don't belong. I teach a public speaking class, and one thing that annoys me to no end is when a student is giving a speech and someone’s cell phone goes off. When I worked in the Senate, it always cracked me up when a senator’s phone would go off. There are some places where cell phones just don’t belong.

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