Telecommunications Etiquette Dos and Don'ts -- Use a silent, pulsing pager during concerts, plays, or movies instead of a beeping pager or chirping cellular phone -- Return calls promptly -- Send E-mail rather than call if the message is not time sensitive -- Identify yourself in all forms of telecommunication -- Get to the point quickly -- Know what you're going to say before the beep ..And Don'ts -- Eat while talking on the phone -- Send faxes of more than 10 pages without asking permission -- Call people listed on your caller ID who did not leave you a message -- Interrupt a face-to-face interaction to talk on a cellular phone -- Type E-mail in all caps -- Have an assistant place calls DATA: BUSINESS WEEK

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