November 23, 2005
Cell Phone Etiquette
I'm now watching a rerun of Seinfeld (I love WB11 & TBS) and this episode - which is probably a bit under 10 years old now - begins with Jerry reprimanding Elaine for calling a friend, to see how her sick father is doing, from her cell phone. It is rude, Jerry says-implies, because calling someone from your cell phone and not your land line implies that they are not important enough for you to sit down and call them for real, instead you only call them while you're walking around or driving, while doing something else.
Funny how etiquette changes over time. It's still rude to speak to someone while doing something else, but the cell phone issue is now moot and the cell phone has triumphed (do I have any friends who even have land lines? I'm not sure) but now it might be considered rude, for similar reasons to Jerry's, to instant message someone instead of calling them.
What other examples of etiquette changes can you think of, that have changed over the last 10 years?
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