Cell Phone Etiquette

DO

Be courteous to those around you by speaking in low, conversational tones.

Observe wireless-free quiet areas.

Pull over to the side of the road when receiving or making calls in a car.

Take only urgent calls. Use your caller ID feature to screen incoming calls.

Let voice mail take calls that are not pressing.

DO NOT

Allow your phone to ring in theaters, in restaurants, in museums, in classrooms, at religious services, and at meetings.

Force others near you to listen to you doing business. Do not shout.

Drive and make or receive calls.

Use your cell phone to make silly calls that proper planning could have prevented (for example, checking on what's in the refrigerator after you get to the grocery store).

Place your cell phone on the table in a restaurant.