万花筒 2008-07-08&-07-09 手机礼貌月

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You often hear safety rules about how not to use your cell phone. What about etiquette¹ rules for restaurants or other places?

 

Actually it just happened, I was in the bathroom when some guy in the next urinal was taking a call.

 

This guy suffers on the subway. Just the other day, this lady was talking to her doctor about some ailment² she had and I was flaring³ back up.

 

Sprint's Etiquette Spokeswoman Jacqueline Whitmore declared a National Cell Phone Courtesy Month because it was time to drill in some basics.

 

She says even her masseuse once took a call.

 

This went on for 5 minutes while she was massaging⁴ my one shoulder with her one hand.

 

Rules for the annual event include: keep calls private, avoid "cell yell" and let some calls go to voicemail.

 

We show people the rules.

 

It’s all kind of common sense, you would think. She was put to the test. I don't answer, if I know that I'm doing something. It’s ringing right now, isn't it? It is. It's ringing right now. I just ignored it, cuz I'm doing something.

 

Courtesy Month's founder⁵ says most people do the right thing like this guy who lowered his phone before ordering, but plenty don't.

They are here, they're always, they'll never look at you and they’re always right here.

Will Courtesy Month catch on?

 

I think maybe you should start with a day like a no-smoking day, something like that. An Annual National Cell Phone Courtesy Day will be better.

There you go.

 

That would at least be a step in a country that now has more than 250 million wireless⁶ subscribers.

 

Josh Levs, CNN, Atlanta.