IVP - Andy Unedited - Mr. Manners Speaks (or Doesn't)

My fav: turn the pad/pod/doodad off. Or, if one HAS to take a call, let others know that you are expecting it and pre-apologize for the interruption. That would be mega-manners, galactic gallantry, digital decorum. :-)

Amen! We need and desperately require a return to courtesy and consideration of others. Only an emergency (as in a doctor or a parent with a child in dire trouble justifies an A)People understand about things like that, but the c option should even take care of receiving such as that. Kudos to Mr. Le Peau. Is that name another spelling for Poe? As in the River Po in Italy?

Tabitha

Well said. And, yes, Option D is definitely a good one.

Andy

No. Not a distant relative of Edgar Allan, though many have tried to make that connection. Nonetheless, he is one of my favorite writers.

I would suggest, Dr James Willingham, that A is *never* an option. It is rude to your fellow diners and to the person you're talking to. If you are a doctor or parent with child in trouble, you still need to move to somewhere quieter once you've answered your phone so you can pay full attention to what they're saying and not make an important decision based on potentially incomplete or incorrect information.

I believe I did say that the c option would take care of it..., but I do remember when doctors would receive emergency calls in services....I really wasn't trying to counter Mr. Le Peau.

My vote: D. Regarding A, a friend who had a bad habit of A-ing me took a casual call when she and I were supposed to be spending time together. Fed up, I got out my phone, and called my dad so as to embark on my own casual call. She ended her call pretty quickly, apologized (after I ended my call), and hasn't A'd me since.

I agree, and of course husband you know that makes it right, that D is the only option unless as was suggested, you know ahead there is a call you have to take and apologize a head of time. And that is the right answer.

Your adoring wife (:

Mr. Manners says, "It is always proper to agree with your wife."

Yes, definitely the husband must agree with the wife. Mine ranks among the greats :), and agreeing with her is a pleasure :). And from Monsieur Le Peau's readiness to agree, one must conclude so is Madame Le Peau> Happy thought :)!

Yes, husband, Dr James Willingham has that right! :)

And both Le Peaus have a marvellous sense of humor which makes life so much more fun and even joyful. And so is the spice of my life whose name is such: Rosemary