Cell Phone Followup

The response on the You and Your Cell Phone article was overwhelmingly in favor of the sentiments I expressed. In fact, there were no dissenters are all. Clearly, you all believe the cell phone nuisance factor has gotten completely out of hand. There were a number of ideas, some of which would probably flag the NSA’s computers. While I can sorta understand the feelings, I believe there is a more effective way to handle it - not only that, it might even work!

The best of several suggestions was that we should all complain directly to the people in charge of the space, rather than to the callers themselves. The phone users have nothing to lose, and may react as if threatened. If, however, we ask to have the management speak to them and inform them that they are annoying other patrons, it puts the issue in a whole new dimension. The offending party is made aware of the problem (Duh!) without confrontation, and the management is put on notice that the other customers aren’t going to put up with having their meal, or whatever, disrupted.

Let’s all do that, shall we? If everyone who agrees that this behavior is unacceptable will get on the bandwagon and do this simple thing, I’ll bet we can whip this. Public opinion is a powerful tool, and we all have it in our pocket.

[tags]cell phone etiquette,cell phone manners,common courtesy,cell phone nuisance factor[/tags]