It is quite handy to have cell phones around when you need to call someone or send an urgent message to the office or to your family. These devices are so commonly used that there have been protocol guidelines made to control using the phones in public. Sending text or SMS messages via cellular phones are becoming more common than making a call.
Sending SMS messages through cellular devices has been gaining ground in the last few years and is becoming more fashionable than calling people on the phone. Because so many people do it, they should also take responsible steps to practice better manners when texting on their phones. Texting can also be dangerous when done while driving a car.
If you receive an SMS message while you are behind the wheel, you should ask your passenger to check your message for you and reply to it if you have to. If you are in a car and not driving, you should inform other commuters and the driver that you are replying to an important message. Do it quickly though.
If you are chatting to someone, avoid reading incoming SMS messages or replying to them. If you are expecting an important text, you should excuse yourself, reply to the text and quickly bring your attention back to the person you were talking to. Wait for an appropriate time to read your text and reply to it.
You should consider setting your SMS tones to silent or to a low sounding single beep. Sometimes vibrating mobile cellular phones can be just as irritating as a ringing phone. Set your mobile devices to silent before entering a restaurant or meeting so as not to disturb or distract other people.
If you are in a cinema or theater, Make sure that your phone is turned off or on silent mode. Using your phone to text inside a dark movie theater can distract and irritate mover-goers because your phone will surely light up when a message comes in. The bright light on phones becomes more visible in a dark room.
Being able to communicate via cell phones is very handy and the latest texting craze also calls for proper mobile phone etiquette just like calling. Although you do not talk over your phone when receiving a message or replying to a text, you can still distract other people around you by typing in messages on your device.
Sending SMS messages through cellular devices has been gaining ground in the last few years and is becoming more fashionable than calling people on the phone. Because so many people do it, they should also take responsible steps to practice better manners when texting on their phones. Texting can also be dangerous when done while driving a car.
If you receive an SMS message while you are behind the wheel, you should ask your passenger to check your message for you and reply to it if you have to. If you are in a car and not driving, you should inform other commuters and the driver that you are replying to an important message. Do it quickly though.
If you are chatting to someone, avoid reading incoming SMS messages or replying to them. If you are expecting an important text, you should excuse yourself, reply to the text and quickly bring your attention back to the person you were talking to. Wait for an appropriate time to read your text and reply to it.
You should consider setting your SMS tones to silent or to a low sounding single beep. Sometimes vibrating mobile cellular phones can be just as irritating as a ringing phone. Set your mobile devices to silent before entering a restaurant or meeting so as not to disturb or distract other people.
If you are in a cinema or theater, Make sure that your phone is turned off or on silent mode. Using your phone to text inside a dark movie theater can distract and irritate mover-goers because your phone will surely light up when a message comes in. The bright light on phones becomes more visible in a dark room.
Being able to communicate via cell phones is very handy and the latest texting craze also calls for proper mobile phone etiquette just like calling. Although you do not talk over your phone when receiving a message or replying to a text, you can still distract other people around you by typing in messages on your device.
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