# Not listening to voice mail even when you don't recognize the number

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-listening-to-voice-mail-even-when-you-dont-recognize-the-number/730801>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 12, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-listening-to-voice-mail-even-when-you-dont-recognize-the-number/730801 "2015-09-12T13:51:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-listening-to-voice-mail-even-when-you-dont-recognize-the-number/730801/81 "2017-08-28T14:47:07Z")

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> [@GrumpyBunny](#):
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> Must be a generational or industry thing. I can’t get people to put the damn things down, even during training.
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> I don’t mind someone \*having \*a phone in a meeting, but it should be on silent mode, and I will use various “instructor” tricks to make anyone texting during an instructional meeting stop so they pay attention. They aren’t being paid to plan their evening’s entertainment or talk about the weekend.

Yes, I had a training the other day and it was clear one of the students had her phone positioned so she could glance at it during the class. And by class I mean me and TWO students. This will be the first person to make the same mistakes I warned about during the class, because one eye is on the phone.

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