Truly amazing!
We has a somewhat similar problem. I am the chair of our county mosquito
control commission. Every summer we hire seasonal workers, usually
college science students, to do field work - surveying for breeding
sites, etc. This year we found that we had to develop and promulgate a
"cell phone policy" and explain to the workers that texting and chatting
on the cellphone was not acceptable during work time. And we had to make
it absolutely clear that doing any of that stuff while driving county
vehicles was grounds for dismissal. The kids were taken aback when this
was discussed - constant yakking and texting are such normal parts of
their lives that it never occurred to them that they weren't supposed to
be doing it while working and that the county pays them to work, not do
idle chatter. (For most of them, the job with the commission is their
first employment experience.) They are permitted to use the cellphones
for emergencies when away from the vehicles or when the truck radios are
out of range - they are often working in very remote areas of the county.
Mike
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
By the way I have had to add a no cell phone announcement to our weekly
bulletin to remind folks to disconnect during worship.
Stewart
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