Re: chainging phone etiquette

*Touché !* :))

On 20 May 2015 at 08:13, Arun Mehta <[email protected]> wrote:

> Please, please, please, can we keep recent unpleasant list history out of
> this discussion?
>
> I was very surprised when people whose opinions I value, talked about how
> awful it is, to call someone at home. They urged that a particular
> conversation I was about to have happen via email, not on the phone (please
> reread first para ;)
>
> I thought to myself, when things cool down, I must discuss this with them.
> Too soon? Perhaps you might want to reread the first para, then.
>
> 1. Calling people at home. What a quaint idea. Many parts of the world,
> and even many people with a choice, don't have land lines. Me, if the hour
> is not too late nor too early, I just call the mobile, ask if this is a
> good time. Does it matter, where the other person is, when I do this?
>
> 2. How does mobile phone etiquette differ from land line etiquette?
>
> 3. When the hour is too late, is it ok to text the person?
>
> 4. Some people's phones have loud notification sounds. No less offensive
> than the phone ringing. Does that come under etiquette too?
>
> 5. Where is it not ok to be texting?
>
> 6. People with big displays, even with the phone on vibrate, can bug you
> in the cinema simply by virtue of that shiny light. Any etiquette here?
>
> 7. What does etiquette have to say about letting the phone ring, actively
> refusing to take the call, not returning a missed call?
>
> Have you questions to add to this list?
>
> Now lets come to the part about mail versus phone conversation. I disagee
> on so many levels.
>
> Many people have been tripped up, many years later, by something taken out
> of context from an email. I am a firm believer that unless you are willing
> to defend a statement in court against a lawyer bent on twisting
> everything, you should not put it down in writing.
>
> Besides, mail is so much poorer as a communicator of emotion. If the
> exchange involves emotion, you should at least phone.
>
> Some of us are better at using words than others. Email gives them an
> unfair advantage. Half of India is illiterate, remember, and the bulk of
> those who believe themselves to be literate, aren't.
>
> Arun Mehta
>
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