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therraadkinend cclysam voted up dragonfly forty-six's answer
If you are having dinner with family or friends, and your cell phone rings, what do you do? (at someone's home or at a restaurant)

Going into dinner I would turn my ringer off. I would discreetly check it once during dinner. If it was an emergency issue, I would excuse myself and call the person back. An emergency would be, my sitter to tell me a kid is sick, or someone in the hospital or dead. When I'm dining … Read more

therraadkinend cclysam
therraadkinend cclysam voted up Taylor Brookes' answer
If you are having dinner with family or friends, and your cell phone rings, what do you do? (at someone's home or at a restaurant)

It depends on several things.

Firstly, how important is it?

If it's important - e.g. You're expecting a call after a job interview or from your doctor - excuse yourself, explaining that it is important that you take the call and when you return apologise for the interruption and continue the dinner as normal.

If it might be … Read more