Keeping your phone face down on the table can keep you more present and less distracted. "Why are you on your phone right now ...

I was interested to read a recent essay on phone etiquette, which basically boiled down to two primary rules: 1. Don’t make phone calls. 2. Don’t answer phone calls. We have, in essence, created a ...

As someone who makes and takes phone calls as a big part of my job, I’ve recently noticed a trend in phone etiquette that’s messing with my entire sense of reality. It’s not that it bothers me exactly ...

Do you remember the days when everyone had a landline at home? Those hardwired phones are now becoming relics of the past. The mobile phone reigns supreme in our pockets and palms, always ready to ...

Media consumption via our smartphones is something so normalized that it has permeated every corner of our society, whether we like it or not. Whipping out your phone even in the middle of a classroom ...

It may be nothing to write home about, but today's etiquette regarding cellphone use is getting a thoroughly modern makeover — and a lot of attention. "In casual or personal situations, it's often ...

Hello? HELLO? Can you hear me? Can you hear me now? We’re going deep on the topic of the telephone in hopes that you win a free basket of wings at your local trivia night. Here’s something I learned ...

It was recently brought to my attention that it's no longer considered good etiquette to call someone and leave a message. Apparently, the correct thing to do these days is text someone to see if they ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: A friend of ours constantly passes his cellphone around our dinner table to share photos. My husband is immunocompromised, and so we are careful of germ exposure. We don’t want to ...

Call me the Miss Manners of Mobility if you want, but I believe in cell phone etiquette. What is etiquette, anyway? It's really nothing more than a set of rules we all agree to follow in order to be ...

Business etiquette rules can be tricky. They’re far less cut-and-dry than, say, laws, and yet some are often taken just as ...