At the beginning of this quarter I was quite surprised to see a section of information that was in many professor’s syllabi. It was a section on classroom etiquette and it was almost entirely about the use of cell phones in class. It made me realize how bad people’s manners are with respect to cell phone usage. For example, I find it very strange that people use their cell phones during dinner. Growing up, my family would always get together for dinner and we would not be allowed to do anything during that time other than eat and converse. Even now when I come home, I cannot have my cell phone out at the table. This ‘training’ has caused me to find it very strange when people will pull out their cell phones during dinner and sit there and talk to someone else when they are surrounded by a group of friends that they could talk to instead. It also bothers me when I’m having a conversation with somebody and their phone will ring and they will drop our conversation to have this texting conversation with someone else, and then they say, “Sorry about that, what were we talking about again?” I find it funny that they apologize, knowing that it is somewhat bad, and then will continue to do it.
A google search for cell phone etiquette provides some very good information that everyone should follow. I agree with almost all of the points they mention, and I think that most people will, but I know that very few people will actually follow them. Scrolling through the list, I say to myself, “yeah, I don’t do that and I don’t do that and I don’t do that…. I’m pretty good about all this, but I KNOW that some of that is an error in my ‘self-reporting.’ I would really like it if there was a way for someone to follow my usages and see how good my cell phone etiquette actually is. I think MANY people would be surprised by their results. It might actually be a way for people to realize their behavior and do something about their poor etiquette.
See this article for some interesting rules to live by:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/26/cell-phone-etiquette-15-r_n_514927.html
See this article for some interesting rules to live by:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/26/cell-phone-etiquette-15-r_n_514927.html
I must say that your whole blog is very interesting and entertaining to read. The focus on cell phone is a topic that I believe we can all relate to. It is interesting to see how cell phones affect us in our everyday lives. It plays such a big role that can be seen as something that is normal so we don't think anything of it. I can also relate to all your other posts concerning technology.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Isn't bothersome when you are talking with someone and suddenly they get a text and completely ignore you? I find it rude. Even when I spend time with friends that I have not seen in awhile, they would be texting all the time. I feel like phones are more important than me.
ReplyDeleteThe prevalence of cell phones does not seem like a positive innovation when there are deaths from texing and other distractions. Seems like everyone is preoccupied by other things in all of my classes. During conversations. In regards to phone ettiquete, it seems like people are losing interest in personal communication. After watching the video about South Korea, one could state that the people are more concerned with the media than their own lives. The portability if cell phones is a convenience, but I do not think that all of the "side effects" are worth the trade off.
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ReplyDeleteInteresting blog. This has made me realize that I myself belong to the bad etiquette group because I use my cell phone at any time of the day, no matter if I am having a conversation with someone face-to-face or just simply sitting down and having dinner with the family. I have noticed that sometimes my parents and bf get mad because it seems that I rather pay attention to my text messaging than actually continue a conversation with them. I like the link you provided and how there are the "good" and "bad" examples of cell phone etiquette. I think I fall in all the red arrow categories, but I am now thinking that I should start paying more attention to the people around me and less to my cell phone. I don't want people to think they aren't important enough to have my attention or feel disrespected in any way. :)
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