Mobile phones that ring, when you are talking to someone, answer or not?

Lol it depends, when i'm talking to a friend i wouldn't answer it! I'll prob look but don't answer. But if i'm talking to someone i don't wonna talk to i'll say sorry and take up the phone and be glad i escaped =D lol!

Normally I do not do cut off one person to answer another line. Or are you referring to talking to them in person and they answer the phone? Either way I think it is very rude and unconsiderate to cut the person you are talking to either on the phone or in person to answer you mobile phone. There are exceptions, like you were waiting on a call from a doctor or a dentist or it was your child. What drives me insane is I have customers who come into my office and stay on the cell the entire time and expect me to conduct their business with them while they are on the phone. Now, I just sit and wait for them to get off the phone. Or they come in on a cell phone and I am on the phone with another client and they expect me to put my call on hold for them while they are still just chatting away on their cell phone.

Only if you are expecting a very, VERY important call and even then I would have warned the person I was talking to that I WAS expecting the call and might need to take it BEFORE I got involved in a lengthy chat with them. After all, that is why cellphones have voice mail and "missed call" options. It is amazing how many people have become SLAVES to their cell phones. Their cell phones MUST accompany them every where they go and heaven forbid the phone should ring and NOT be immediately answered. Why, the entire WORLD might end if that occurred and civilization would surely come to a screeching halt!

No, I don't think you are being over sensitive at all. If I am expecting a call then I will let that person know and excuse myself and take the call very quickly. If it's just a random call then I let my voicemail take it. It's not often I get calls on my cell phone so usually it's one I probably have to answer (i.e my hubby or my son's school). I get text messages from my family overseas so I read them after we have finished talking.

No I don't do it as I feel rude. I think it is sad these days how people can become so dependent on their phones, it changes the way people interact with each other. So yes I do think it is bad manners to do this. An exception would be I guess if you were waiting for very important call, i.e - about job interview, then I think it would be okay to answer the call.

It is rude. I look at my phone and see if it might be someone of importance. Like my children or husband. It could be an emergency or something with them. Or if its someone I had called earlier and needed to talk to. So it all depends on the situtation. My husband is on call all the time with his job and his phone can ring anytime. I do get upset when he answers it but he has to.

It depends who is ringing me if it is my Children or my Man then I will ask to be excused a minute because I always worry in case there is something wrong but if it is just another Friend I will let it ring But I would not just answer the Phone I would actually say do you mind if I take the call as it is my Children or something like that Hugs

I will sometimes answer it if it is important but I would never interupt the other person mid sentance thats just rude. And never would I leave them on hold for long.

my ringtone is mariah carey's song "touch my body"I always buy my ringtones on my phone, its easier that way. What i usually do is set a ring tone for every group like for example when my mom or my sister or brother calls me i set "family affair" by mary blige ringtone and when my boyfriend calls me "promise" by jagged head will play on my phone.

I personally don't talk to many people on the phone. If I am on the phone, and my cell phone rings, or I hear a beep, I always check the caller ID before answering. If it is someone important, I will ask the person I am talking to to please hold on a moment while I answer it. For all I know it is an emergency. I got the cell phone so that if someone needs me they can get ahold of me, and it just wouldn't be right not to answer it. If the person I am currently talking to doesn't understand that, I really don't care, because I have other important people in my life. You have to think about why those other people are calling, maybe there was an accident, or they need your help with something. It might not always be just to chat.

Hi Rose...I would feel a tad miffed yes!...tis a wee bit rude methinks. But as mine is always set on vibrate as oppposed to ring ,i probably wouldnt hear it anyway! But im sure you werent boring her.... The family always ask why my mobile is set on vibrate ...well its because if it rings in the street i would feel really embarassed..thats daft really .... Do you remember when the mobile phone firt came out???...and they were like bricks!!!!...it took all your strength to carry them!!! But i think im right in saying that they are collectors items now!!! The first one we had...lordy lol...it was huge!!!!

I agree with You. While talking with a friend, cutting and talking to other person, I feel, is just like ignoring You. I never did like that. You should also not do like that. You are not sensitive here. You are a wise person.

Honestly, cell phones can be addicting. I know that I would personally be itching to answer it, but no I do not answer my cellphone unless it is someone that me and the friend i am talking to is waiting on. I hate when people do it to me, and I don't wanna do it to other people. I have had a friend that would do it, and it honestly hurt my feelings and pissed me off all in the same swoop. Sometimes this friend was rude about it, and all but abruptly told me to shut up. I no longer speak to this person, however, heh, because of other things.

I answer my phone basically because the ringing annoys me and if you don't answer the person is likely to ring back a couple of times, which is even more annoying. It is less interrupting to the conversation to just answer, I say "Sorry, I am just going to answer this, I will be two minutes" then ask the person on the phone what they want and say that I can't talk, because I am in the middle of something.

its depend on the situation dear. if the mobile rings, i would like to say sorry to the person who i was talking with and ask his permission to see who is calling in my mobile. if i see there is no urgency to receive the call then i prefer not to answer my mobile, make it silence then back to the person who is along with me on that time. but, if i talked with the person with boring topic, , i would be prefer to answer my mobile and act thats the call was urgent to handle. i think its kind polite way to end the conversation without hurting those person. what do you think dear?

It would depend, I think, how important the call was. If I was expecting an important call, I would probably mention it before the conversation started properly, by saying something like, "I'm expecting an important call, so if the phone rings, please excuse me for a couple of minutes". Then I'll carry on the conversation. If it rings out of the blue, I will look to see who it is, kill the call and call them back when I've finished the conversation. So, no, I wouldn't stop them mid-flow to answer my phone, and I think that whoever did it to you... not once, but twice... was quite rude, and I would be put out too. Brightest Blessings my friend.

Hi there, it normally depends on what we are talking about. If we are just simply chatting about nothing important I then would ask for excuse and answer the calls, especially those from my loved ones or from the office. I am afraid that they might be urgent in case.

I will stop a conversation to look at my phone, politely as possible. It may be an important call, either business, or family related. I will stop, look at the caller id, and then determine if it needs to be answered. If I do need to answer, I make the phone conversation brief. You are right, if you are in company its very rude for a friend to stop a conversation to start another on the phone. I wouldn't give a friend a chance to do it a second time.

NoI will not like it if someone, close to me or not, cuts me off like that. They could have just told me that there was a call and that she'll call me later. If she doesn't want to talk then let her not call, but she has to tell and then cut the line. I always tell the person that I have a call coming. Then would like to know if they'll hold till I can come online or if they cannot then I'll call back to end the conversation. There should be a polite way to talk and to behave isn't it? Some just don't seem to be thinking in that line. They are all in a hurry, just not interested to think about others and manners etc. All the best

At work I hate it when a customer answers a cell phone takes 15 minutes on the phone and leaves you waiting. I have on occasion answered my cell whilst in conversation with others. Once was i was talking to my boyfriend and i had just gotten there off the plane. My mom called to make sure i had made it...She would have panicked if i hadnt answered so i did. Other times is when its a call from the drs office that ive been waiting for to verify an appointment...I'll answer that saying I've been waiting for the call it will take just a minute...In those cases people have been pretty understanding. Most the time I look to see whos calling and continue talking. I return the call AFTER my conversation is done. I NEVER answer the phone or make a call while in a restaurant i just find it sooo rude when others do it.