Cell Phone Etiquette

I realized that there are actually some people out there that are unaware of how much a cell phone and a "private conversation" between them and the other end of the call are affecting other people.  So now I bring you: the do's and don'ts of cell phones in retail.

Do:

• End your conversation before you check out in line.
• Call someone if you have a problem locating them while in the same store.
• Have all giftcard or registry barcodes or names scannable or readable and ready before approaching an employee with a question about said giftcard/registry.
• Call or text it if you lose it in the store.
• Have an emergency or I.C.E. (In Case of Emergency) number listed.
• Have fun ringtones that I can dance/sing to since I have to listen to it go off anyway.
• Use it as a calculator instead of asking me what 30% off would be.
• Engrave your phone with your name. (genius idea!)

Don't:

• Check out in my line and ignore me while talking on your phone.
• Ask me questions and then pick up your phone while I'm answering you.
• Throw your battery "accidentally" under a soda cooler and make me fetch it for you.
• Slide your phone down the aisle to see how far it will go on the newly waxed floors and wait for me to slip and fall on it.
• Let your children play with it and then yell at them when they press buttons.
• Have a heated discussion on the phone and ask me questions about who I think is right or wrong.
• Use your phone as a measuring tape.
• Put your phone on a random shelf and forget where you left it.
• Talk on the phone via a bluetooth device while looking straight at me and ask a question.
• Have a lock on your phone ('cause if you lose it, we can't answer it when you call.)

And finally....

• Don't drop your phone in the toilet (after you used it) and ask us to get it out for you.