Message #61202

[officeguru]

 

I don't take my phone to meeting unless it's near time for school to let out or if kidlet is home sick.  There have been several instances where I've been in a meeting and kidlet has missed the bus or gotten on the bus when she was actually being picked up and then the school, after school, and everyone else (it seems) starts calling my phones to make me aware.  It's a little unnerving to come out of a meeting with 3 urgent messages on my work phone and 12 missed calls on my cell.  In the time it calls to find out what is going on and that kidlet is indeed safe - 'mom' mode kicks in and all sorts of scenerios run though my head!  LOL

But I digress... Even when phones are on vibrate - they can still cause a disruption, I know I can hear my phone when it's on vibrate even when it's sitting in my purse on the floor.  Luckily as an admin, I'm rarely in meetings.

Our biggest 'problem' during meetings is people being on their Blackberry.  We have several that will sit throughout meetings working on their emails, etc.  It seems extremely rude to me.