Cell Phone Etiquette 101

To those of you who use cell phones (EVERYBODY), Listen up!

There are some basic etiquette rules that are being blatantly ignored, and if the trend continues, I will cease communication with the offenders!

Rule #1- Ringbacks:
To those of you who think your favorite song will amuse everyone who calls you, you are wrong. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad if you changed it every now and then... but when the same horrendous tune plays every time I call you, it makes me want to slowly murder you once I get you on the phone! Especially when it is a tune you recorded yourself, and the static is so loud I can't even understand the lyrics!

Rule #2- Voicemails:
This voicemail inclination really baffles me. Has anyone else noticed the progression of the alerts on your phone? First, you see you have "1 Voicemail." 'Grrrrreat,' I think to myself. Then you hear, "HAAAAY, Lauren! It's MOM!!! Call me back, BYE!" So, then, I end my call to the voicemail, and have you ever noticed, that right there, it tells you "1 Missed Call- Mom"? (the EXACT same information). Funny... had there been no voicemail, I still would have known that mom called, and that I needed to call her back.

What's worse than that, is when people leave BAD NEWS on your voicemail! Like, could you be more heartless!? Why would you do that? Couldn't it have waited until I called you back, so I wouldn't be in agony while I tried (in vain) to call you back?!?! "Lauren, Call me back immediately! There has been an accident, it doesn't look good!" Or when my mom leaves bad news, in a cheerful tone: "Hey Lauren, I just got a 1099 form in the mail for you!! (melodiously) It looks like you will have to file an amendment on your taxes! Call me back!"

Rule #3- The 'Reject' Button
This one really gets my blood boiling. It is just RUDE! There is absolutely NO reason that someone should use the 'Reject' button on their cell phone! If you don't want to answer, just hit the silent button on the side. Do NOT (unless you hate them) hit the freaking 'Reject' button! ESPECIALLY if you just called them and left them a message to call you back!

These are the main ones I feel that are continually violated. It is really disheartening to continue to communicate with these offenders!