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« Reply #15 on: March 22, 2007, 12:38:57 am » |
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Thank you. As much as I like having my mobile phone, people must remember that they lived without it before and it is possible! Some days (like today) I forget to bring mine with me and I feel disappointed, but then I remember that as little as a year ago I didn't have it at all and somehow I survived!  And if god forbid someone needs to get ahold of you and the phone is off, surely they can leave voice mail or find another way if it's extremely urgent. |
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dettu
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« Reply #16 on: March 22, 2007, 03:04:38 pm » |
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LOL--this dinosaur learned on a manual typewriter! Seriously! I just had a nightmare a couple of days ago that I applied for a new job and the bulk of the work involved typing on a manual typewriter.
Our directors are encouraged to use Blackberrys. Mine has one and he does look at it during meetings, even when he's meeting with me. I find it annoying, but I live with a Blackberry user and I know they're unconscious of how much pressure it puts on them to respond instantly to anything that comes in. It's like big brother is watching them and they will be judged if they don't answer. However, they rarely take a call during a meeting, and if they do they leave the room for it.
I always have my phone on, but I have it on vibrate during meetings. I am the primary contact for my young child, who has a food allergy (and is, unfortunately, accident-prone). If my phone is vibrating for something non-urgent, I just ignore it; if it's school or afterschool calling, I excuse myself just as my boss would and get the call finished quickly in the hallway outside the meeting room. I think if I didn't have a child, I would not take my phone to meetings at all.
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Katie G
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« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2007, 04:55:06 pm » |
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I think part of the problem is that cell phones and blackberrys have redefined what's an "emergency" and what isn't.
Ten, fifteen years ago, things that came up outside of normal business hours (whatever they may be) usually could just wait. Now, we've been conditioned to respond to these "summons" immediately -- no matter how inane.
Just this past weekend, my boss was called on his cell at 10PM on a Saturday night by his boss who "had a thought". Nobody's life was at stake and no, this "thought" wasn't going to save the organization from imminent disaster. Big boss just assumed that my boss was available and took advantage of it.
For the record, my boss was out to dinner with friends at the time and did NOT take the call! Good for him, I say!
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