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Friday, September 19, 2008
Wireless etiquette
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Cartoon by Jim Sizemore, cartoonstock.com
It would be great if we didn’t need to be reminded that “libraries, theaters, museums and houses of worship are no place for a ringing phone.”
But how many times have you been privy to someone’s conversation against your will at a place where cell phones should be silenced or turned off?
With buzzing Blackberries and chirping cell phones threatening to erode what’s left of our collective civility, here to save us from ourselves is AT&T’s Be Sensible campaign.
At a glance, the campaign’s advice, like leaving the table to answer a phone call or speaking quietly when others are around, seems like such common sense that no one would need to hear it.
And yet … we all have a story to tell about a worship service or live performance being interrupted by someone’s ringing or yapping.
What’s yours?
