Top 10 Cell Phone Rules

TOP TEN CELL PHONE ETIQUETTE RULES PEOPLE STILL BREAK

This is a mobile commando's article about the unwritten rules about cell phone use. The social rules people break are:
1. Talking too loudly
2. Holding inappropriate conversations in public
3. Rudely interrupting conversations
4. Checking your phone at the movies
5. Texting while driving
6. Texting while talking
7. Texting small talk
8. Loud and annoying ring tones
9. Disturbing live performances
10. Location, location, location

What is especially interesting about this article is not the article itself, but the comments people have made about it. For instance, one person writes:

"Yes for number 10! As someone who works at a coffee shop, I cannot express how rude it is when someone refuses to drop the phone for the 10 seconds it takes to make an order and makes me wait for them to finish talking..."

There is a lot of discussion like this. Clearly, there is general consensus about cell phone etiquette. This relates to what we have talked about in class about social norms.