[AT] Waaay OT

[David Bruce]

I'll agree with Charlie on this one.  In the last job I had I carried a
cellphone that was on 24x7.  I always used the vibrate ring for two
reasons - one was that I was frequently in high noise areas and there was
less chance of missing a call with the vibrate and the second was to not
bother others with the audible ring.  Oh, and I also turned it off if I
was in an area where using a phone was restricted.  Kind of like people
driving a car and talking - some common sense should prevail but,
unfortunately, it usually doesn't.

David
NW NC
> The problem is not the phones, it's the folks using them.  Missing a
> phone  call between the hours of 8 am and 7 pm can litterally cost me
> several  hundred dollars in income.  I keep mine on all the time. Even
> in meetings  and places where I'm told not to use it but I have the good
>  sense to put it  on VIBRATE instead of ring.  I don't answer in the
> meeting or restricted  area.  I get up and walk out if I can without
> disturbing others.  If I can't  then I just pay the price.
>
> I also don't leave it on in hospitals or other places where having it on
>  might endanger someone no matter what it costs me.   Even though it
> costs me  money not to have mine on, it is not as critical as it is for
> doctors,  police detectives and other emergency folks.  Cell phones them
> as well as  folks like me to make a living and still have a life.  It's
> a few idiots  chatting with their friends that cause the problems.
> Blame them not the  phones or those of us that have a critical need for
> them.
>
> Charlie
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