You avoid answering the phone when collectors call?
Do
you avoid answering the phone at all costs?
It was an effective way to
avoid answering the phone, and it did set expectations, but it wasn't very nice.
Yet, I find it impossible to
avoid answering the phone on the way home.
Alexis just wrote a great post on why lawyers should
avoid answering the phone.
Not exact matches
While there are some unspoken rules — turn your
phone off in class and
avoid using your
phone in a group of people — when is it okay to
answer your
phone, and when are you committing a social faux pas?
It's easy to just stop accepting your mother in law's
phone calls or
avoid answering the door when she comes for an unexpected visit but such actions are not fair to you, your baby, or your husband.
Turning the
phone off and letting the
answering machine pick up calls is another way to
avoid interruptions.
I
avoid looking at my
phone until 7 a.m., when I
answer the wave of emails I received since midnight and dash off some questions to my colleagues about meetings for the day.
Avoid Automation — I strongly recommend that you don't
answer your
phones with a recording or your emails with a generic autoresponder (unless you're on vacation).
While you should give serious thought to whether you ought to be the one to
answer your
phone, don't
avoid the
phone entirely.
Sam Glover: First we've got a brief sponsored interview with Ruby Receptionist about words to
avoid when you're
answering your own
phone.
Most applicants can save money and
avoid the mandatory waiting period by
answering brief health questions over the
phone.
If you don't have a cell
phone, then put down your home
phone number and make sure you have an
answering machine with a professional message and
avoid using family messages during your job hunt.