ladisney
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Cell phones is another one!! I believe unless it's some kind of emergency like maybe you kid or wife is gonna have a baby any sec. or something. Cell phones should be shut off at the door of a resturaunt or put on vibrate and if it does vibrate leave the area to answer.Wendy and I both personally do that.Common cutosy.
On Easter Sunday one of the guys passing the communion trays had his cell phone go off during that part of the service. He turned bright red and dozens of people hurried to turn off their phones so it didn't happen to them 
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bennybmn
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My phone ran out of batteries in church sunday. I had it on silent, but it made a little jungle anyway! Luckily it was pretty quiet and only a couple people heard it.
There was also a little kid who went "YAY!" after every song, cause she knew it was time to applaud! SOOOO cute. Got a good chuckle from everyone.
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oneijack
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My cell phone sleeps in the glove compartment of my truck most of time. I take it out at lunch time to check for messages. Then I check again before I start drive home.
When it's not in the glove box it sleeps in my panniers.
I wake it up if I stop some place.
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bennybmn
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I got into the habbit of keeping mine on me when it was my only phone (no house phone) after college. Now, with my job, I need it on me all the time too, so it's a habbit. Plus, I am scared of forgetting it at my parents' house somewhere! I leave it in the house sometimes on weekends or whatever, but I feel weird without it!
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The_Dog33
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mine is with me all the time due to my towing co. but not when I am out in a public place where it's inappropriate.
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ladisney
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My cell phone is my primary business number. I literally make my living over my cell phone. I'll put it on vibrate but I almost never turn it off. In church, at a movie theater, a funeral, a nice restaurant for supper probably off, especially in the evening or on weekends. At lunch including most restaurants, shopping, barber shop, etc, especially during business hours that sucker is on. I try to be considerate. I don’t talk loudly, or usually very long, but I am not going to miss a deal that may net me thousands of dollars out of concern that someone may get their panties in a twist over it.
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bennybmn
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Yeah I try not to be obnoxious, I figure that's a good rule of thumb. The overly loud foul mouthed stuff is just wrong tho! One time I was on the ferry to CT. Smallish cabin... There was one guy talking on SPEAKERPHONE (I HATE speakerphone) to his wife, and they were swearing to eachother, not AT eachother, but ya know using the language. Kids around.. who cares?! Same boat, there was another guy who was nice enough to step outside the door onto the deck, but the door was propped open, and he was facing the door and now yelling cause the wind noise was up. So it was louder in the cabin than it would have been had he just kept to himself in a corner...
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The_Dog33
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I think any public eatery even as far down the scale a Bking or McDs it's just the rudest thing you can do is talk on the phone for any reason. I too need mine for business a call can range anywhere for $60 to $3,000 depending on what the deal is, I tow and there are times I get a vehicle that has to be removed from somewhere and I remove it. I then turn around and sell it for a couple grand. I still show enough class to leave the dining area to answer and talk on my cell.The ring would not have been audible , would have been on vibrate too.
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bennybmn
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I think as long as you are not talking louder than you would in a conversation, a quick answer is ok. Might be rude to whomever you are with at the time, but at least you are probably not disturbing the people around you anymore than you would by just talking.
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The_Dog33
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agreed. I was more refering to those people who walk in either already talking on it or get a call shortly after and talk all the way through the meal and leave still talking.
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