65. The Etiquette of Talking to Your Phone
When my book The Jerk with the Cell Phone (Marlowe & Company) was published nearly a decade ago, etiquette guidelines for talking to your phone were not relevant. The world has changed a lot in that time, and guidelines are now needed to help people talk politely to their phones in public.
I asked Apple’s Siri for her opinion. My question was this: “What are the etiquette suggestions for talking to your phone?” Alas, she didn’t have an answer and referred me to the Internet.
Here are my suggestions for talking to your phone politely:
• Be considerate of others. This is the main etiquette suggestion to keep in mind, and of course, it is applicable to all types of phones. When you are in public, you are ...
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