Cell Phone Etiquette

Multi-select: When is it okay to answer your cell phone?

• anywhere if it is an emergency

• in the middle of a conversation with someone

• at home when you are by yourself

• when you don't recognize the number calling you

Multi-select: When should you NOT answer the phone?

• when your mom calls

• when you don't recognize the number calling you

• when you are driving

• in class

Multi-select: If you call someone and they don't pick up, you should...

• leave a voicemail

• call them again right away

• text them repeatedly until they respond

• send a text to follow up and let them know why you were calling

How many times in a row should you text someone?

• 7 times

• 8 times

• no more than 2 times

• 10 times

If I want to take a picture of someone, I should...

• just take it

• ask if it's okay first

• take it sneakily

• yell at them until they let me

Multi-select: When is it not appropriate to send a text?

• when you are in class

• when someone has asked you not to text them

• when you are at home

• when you are driving

If your phone rings while you are in class, you should...

• answer it

• let it keep ringing

• apologize and put your phone on silent

• blame it on one of your classmates

Multi-select: If I pick up the phone in a public place, I should...

• yell loudly at the person I am speaking to

• talk in a quiet voice so I am not disrupting others

• use appropriate language for being in public regardless of who is calling me

• continue to be aware of what is going on around me

Is it okay to listen to music out loud, watch videos/TikTok without headphones, or have people on speakerphone/FaceTime when you are in a public place?

• yes

• no

If I am listening to music through my headphones while walking around, what do I need to do?

• turn the volume up so loud that other people can hear it

• take extra care to make sure I am still aware of what is happening around me

• dance down the street

• ask everyone I see if they have heard this song