Is having a phone on vibrate during a meeting worse than having a cell phone go off?
If you are in the building that you work in your phone should be on silent or off during meetings. If there were an emergency you can be reached at the office. If you are at a meeting in someone else's office, still phone on silent, calls can be returned when you are done. I think its rude to have the phone buzzing while having a conversation at the work place or during a business meeting. Phone calls can always be returned later.
It depends on the meeting. There are meetings you can go into where you can tell the group that you have to keep your phone on vibrate or that you're expecting a call. This is if you're meeting with your peers. However, in the case it's a meeting where it's being held by a superior, then it's completely inappropriate for a phone to ring aloud or when it may alert anyone sitting nearby that a phone is ringing, even if it's on vibrate. I have seen it where the person who’s directing has stopped the meeting and asked that person to leave, in front of a room of several hundred people no less. It’s disruptive and inappropriate. I think everyone in general has become too lax with technology these days. Respect to both the authority and time of the person giving the meeting should always be honored.
I don't think either one is terrible, but I have a son in the service so everytime I move I have my phone on me. He actually called me from overseas one time and I would have missed it if it wasn't vibrating. I cried from excitement. If however it is your girlfriend planning the bar you are going out to I suggest that you turn off your phone completely. Neither a buzzing phone or a tune or ringing is polite typically. But if you are clear why you might have it on others might celebrate a particularly wonderful moment with you as I did.
No, I always have my phone on but I know when it's o.k. to actually answer it. I'm a mom and if my mom (who babysits my child) needs to reach me re:my child I will excuse myself and take the call. Otherwise I quickly hit silence,even if it's on vibrate.
During a meeting, a cell phone should not be ringing. Preferably, off. However, if you work in a business that has frequent meetings then, keeping a phone on vibrate should be okay - the person just shouldn't be startled when it goes off, if it is on their person.
Are you talking about a personal cell phone or one supplied by the company? ... That makes a BIG difference too!
Unless you addressed this, in advance, that an emergency situation may be imminent, a personal cell phone should never be on, in a meeting. And, it really shouldn't be on during your workday, either, unless, you have that permission, at your company, with your superiors.
everyone should always have their cell phones on vibrate rather than ringing, but it is funny to see everyone looking for their cell phones when one is ringing :)
