Know Your Cell Phone Users - Part Two
The Courtesy Warrior
The good news about the Courtesy Warrior is that he knows cell phone etiquette very well. He always excuses himself when taking a call, he has a sensible, minimalist ringtone, and doesn't use his phone while driving or operating heavy machinery. The only drawback to the Courtesy Warrior is that he expects you to know the rules of etiquette just as well, and may sigh loudly or otherwise express his displeasure when you violate those rules. Wry comments on your ringtone, stern glances over the dinner table, and other petty admonishments may ensue when Courtesy Warrior is near -- and heaven help you if you forget to turn your phone off in the movie theater.
Pacifier
Where some cell phone users treat their phones as inconveniences or burdens, Pacifier is rarely without his -- like an infant and his pacifier, he hates to ever be without his phone. Unfortunately, no one ever told Pacifier that cell phones are no longer expensive vanity items that invoke breathless exclamations of awe from everyone in sight. In many ways the polar opposite of the Courtesy Warrior, Pacifier always forgoes face-to-face conversation in favor of an incoming call. You might find Pacifier on the train or in line at the coffee shop, "sealing an important deal" before ordering his biscotti. Some Pacifiers are so into their phones that they'll manufacture phony calls to impress passers-by -- leading to much hilarity when their phone rings in the middle of their "conversation." In short, Pacifier is not precisely the poster boy for cell phone etiquette.
Show-Off
Show-Off is a close cousin to Benchmark, without the aggravating obsession with technical minutiae. Where Benchmark knows things about her phone that no one in their right mind should know, Show-Off just knows that her phone is cool, and wants you to know it, too. Pulling out her camera phone to play a game or snap a picture at every possible opportunity, Show-Off is the kind of person who will text you from across the restaurant table with a joyous grin, apparently oblivious to the fact that you're sitting right there. Thankfully, Show-Off's enthusiasm for her phone usually wears off within a few weeks, only to be fully reinvigorated when they get their shiny new Motorola cell phone, and the cycle begins anew.
Do you recognize yourself in any of these archetypes? It doesn't have to be this way. Educate yourself in a few basics of cell phone etiquette, and keep yourself from becoming a statistic.
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Daniel Swensen is a freelance writer who covers websites like Wirefly.
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