The Ultimate Mobile Phone Etiquette Guide!

The modern rules of phone etiquette have always been unspoken variables – with texting during a face-to-face conversation and chatting at the checkouts among the biggest faux pas. According to us at the App Me In team, casually follow the dos and dont's below - half a dozen each - and you should be more than safe!

Do's

1. Do think about the choice and volume of your ringtone. You don't want to startle people back to life, or play a funky tune inside a melancholic doctor's clinic.
2. Do keep inappropriate conversations about money, relationships and work private. And never under any circumstances give out sensitive bank or credit card details in say, a crowded underground commute, for you'll just be asking for trouble.
3. Do watch where you are walking when texting and emailing, lest you collide with a stringent lamppost or worse, an oncoming vehicle.
4.  Do consider earphone volumes when watching movies on your cellphone whilst on public transport or a quiet area. You don't want fifty people to listen in on your choice of music or a podcast, do you?
5. Lastly, Do turn off your phone in important social situations - weddings, meetings and even at the cinema - that call can always be saved for later when there are way more important things going on around you.

Dont's

1. Don't carry on phone conversations when making a transaction in a shop, bank or restaurant. Pay attention to numbers and fine details - you really don't want to get them wrong especially when dealing with personal finances.
2. Don't use your phone or tablet when eating with family. Not only will you likely end up with a greasy screen - but more importantly - it's rude!
3. Don't check your phone constantly when out with someone. Give them your full attention.
4. Don't forward on 'round robin' messages. Nobody likes them, and don't fuel their ire by making them have to read pointless drab such as that.
5. And finally, Don't leave CAPS LOCK ON when texting or emailing. No one likes being perceived to be shouted at, not you either!

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