Mobile users will never learn proper mobile phone etiquette no matter how matter times they are being informed. Mobile phones ring at meetings, seminars, cinemas, funerals, job interviews…u name it…no event is immune to it. Everywhere I go, mobile users are blurting out loud intimate and creepy conversations that we are forced to hear. Despite constant reminder, we are either ignorant or we just couldn’t be bothered by such rules.
Recently I was at a seminar in a prestigious new hotel in downtown KL and as usual, the speaker reminded the audience to switch off their mobiles or at least put to silent mode. As soon as he finished speaking, one mobile phone went off with its loud tone. The owner is so stupid cos not only did he let his mobile rang, he answered the call right there and then….somemore he was sitting in the front table…with the speaker just inches away. The kwai lou speaker continued his presentation but obviously he was a little disturbed by another voice speaking at the same time so he politely told the guy to end his calls. Hah…baru pandan muka! Does it kill the guy to just get up and take the call outside?
I guess Malaysians have real short term memory because during the event, ringtones were still going off. Aiyo…which part of "please turn your mobile off or to silent mode" do these people don’t understand.
2 weeks ago I was at a briefing event organised by one of the governent ministry in Putrajaya. Ring tones could be heard going off from one end to the end of the room numerous times during this one hour presentation. Loud ringtones somemore. C’mon…no common sense to turn to silent mode for just 1 ho ur? Or at least tone down the volume? What is so urgent that their mobile phones cant be put into silent mode? Or is this a competition to see who has the most updated MP3 ringtones?
Even the gym isn't spared. There were a couple of ocassions where someone actually brought his/her mobile into the yoga room. The phones actually rang...right in the midst of meditation time. WTF! If you are expecting any urgent calls, then don't join the class. I even noticed one guy answering his call right in the middle of a Combat class....
Where are our manners? We don’t need to be a brain scientist to realise that it is rude for ringtones to be screaming when we are in a meeting or any formal events. All it takes is pure common sense; which I find most Malaysians very much lacking.
Mobile users need to learn the basic of phone etiquette...
- Never take a personal mobile call during a meeting. If it’s really a matter of life and death, excuse yourself and take the call outside. Nothing is more annoying that mobile phones going off right in the middle of discussions. Not only that, it is damn rude.
- Never let your mobile go off during a seminar, product launches, conference. There are other people besides yourself in the room and these people are interested to hear what the speakers have to say, not what you have to say on the phone.
- Don’t use loud annoying ringtones….EVER! It is not cool to have a heavy metal ringtone ringing when you are trying to concentrate
- If you need to move abt in the office, bring your hp along. Don’t leave it on the table. You risk it getting stolen…worse still, the ringtones will only annoy your fellow colleagues. If you must leave it on your table, tone down the ringing volume so as not to drive others crazy with its constant ringing.
- If you are having a meal with someone, make your calls brief and to the point. Do not leave your friend sitting there looking like an idiot while you are busy chatting on the phone.
- If you are at a cinema, do not let your mobile ring in the middle of the show. We are trying to watch the movie. You are only disturning the concentration of other movie goers. Hey, we pay RM10 ok…we have every right to watch a movie without being disturbed by mobile phones or by you speaking on the phone.
- IF you are in an elevator, do not shout into the phone as if the other person on the phone is deaf. We all know that signals are poor when in an elevator. BTW, you should know too. Therefore, either tell the caller you will return call or just wait until you reach your desired floor before resuming the conversation.
- Do not have emotional conversations in public….EVER!
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