Phone Etiquette For Everyone
Phones are the most common way for people to communicate, most people carry a cell phone even kids and young children. Knowing proper phone etiquette is important and enables us to have some cohesion in our hectic daily life. Applying these phone etiquette shows respect and consideration to our fellow phone users. It establishes boundaries for what we should or should not do. It shows we have good manners and care about behaving right.
Apply These Phone Etiquette Rules and Be Proper
Use phone in appropriate place and appropriate time (not bathroom/public transportation, bus, train, plane, religious institutions, while eating in a restaurant, in a classroom, at the gym, at a party or social event, movies, theatre, waiting room)
Do not call someone at midnight or Sunday when they are at church, use common sense
The idea is to use your phone when it is needed, appropriate, not disturbing anyone, not when people are around, there is no need for an audience when you are talking on the phone (unless work related)
Do not talk about private topics while in public (bus, airport, hospital ….) [image source_type=”attachment_id” source_value=”738″ align=”right” size=”medium”]
Do not talk on the phone for long if you are at someone’s home or if you borrow someone’s phone
Do not talk on the phone while you are doing something else it is disrespectful
At a party or social function try not to use the phone unless it is really necessary
Do not call before 8am or after 8 pm people that you are not close to
Do not call during meals, work, school
If you dial the wrong number do not hang up when you do not recognize the voice excuse yourself and say that you got the wrong number
Do not talk too loud or too low in a whisper speak in a even tone clearly
Do not speak too fast [image source_type=”attachment_id” source_value=”740″ align=”right” size=”small”]
Do not repeat yourself unless the person says they did not hear you
When you call someone be polite present yourself and the purpose of your call
When you are done talking say goodbye before hanging up, it is rude to just hang up, give time to the other person to say goodbye
When dialing someone do not hang up before the phone rang at least three or four times, give time to the other person to answer
Don’t spend hours talking on the phone, people are busy and do not have all day to stay on the phone with you
Answer the phone with a polite hello, for safety reasons never say you are alone and that no one is home
If a person calls and asks you for someone that is not home or unavailable, say “I’m sorry so and so is unavailable at this moment can I take a message” or “can you call back in an hour” or “can you call back tomorrow”
If you need to put someone on hold you say “can you please hold” and wait for the answer than put the person on hold, it is rude to say hold while the person is talking or say hold and put the person on hold without waiting for an answer
Do not use rude words on the phone
Do not scream at people on the other line even when they are aggravating and not helpful
Do not hang up on someone when they are still talking or before a proper goodbye
Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
– Benjamin Franklin