Hey there fellow coworking peeps, I have an issue I am sure many of you have dealt with and am interested in hearing some of your ways of handling it:
In the days of cell phones with with various ringtones we have a new adventure in establishing etiquette, some establishments ban cell phones all together, others require them to be silent only. In coworking spaces cell phones are a necessity, entrepreneurs must use them to conduct business, so banning them is out of the question. But everyone has a personal threshold for how loud they set their phone and what types of ringtones they choose to use. Personally, I like a ring that sounds like a phone, or is as unobtrusive as possible. I received a complaint from a long time member today about the noise level caused by ring tones and a request to do something about it. I usually handle this kind of thing on a case by case basis. If someone's phone is loud and annoying I take them aside and ask them to turn it down, if they leave it on their desk and it rings incessantly I turn it off. So, my question is: Barring requiring everyone to place their phones on vibrate, what have some of you done to deal with this issue? Your feedback is very much appreciated! Iris Iris Kavanagh | Revolutionary + COO NextSpace Coworking + Innovation, Inc contact | i...@nextspace.us | http://twitter.com/slickiris | 831.420.0710 Local Freelance Camp Organizer/ Worldwide Camp Facilitator Freelance Camp. In Business For Yourself, Not By Yourself. Find one near you…http://www.freelancecamp.org/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
