Before cell phones, (yup, I'm that old), I was sitting in my office talking to someone and the phone rang. I ignored it. The guy asked if I was going to answer that call, and I told him, "If it is important, they'll leave a message or call back. You've taken the time to come to my office to discuss an important issue, and you have priority, not the phone. Besides which, it's pretty rude to pick up the phone, as though our conversation was not that important." I've always held that the here and now of social relations is what is important, not the intrusion of a phone call. I've had people pick up on a phone call and talk endlessly, when I had taken the time to go to their office for information. One of those people had puzzles on their desk for visitors to play with while he talked on the phone. 
I've actually told him to call me when he has the time, and went back to my office to do some real work. A question for those people who have to be on the phone all the time, like when I'm out riding my bike for exercise. A lot of people are out walking or riding, and they have a phone to their ear. So, what the hell did you do before that phone was available? Wait half an hour or so to answer the message on you home phone? What would that hurt? It's better than falling in a hole because you were staring at your little phone screen!
I've actually told him to call me when he has the time, and went back to my office to do some real work. A question for those people who have to be on the phone all the time, like when I'm out riding my bike for exercise. A lot of people are out walking or riding, and they have a phone to their ear. So, what the hell did you do before that phone was available? Wait half an hour or so to answer the message on you home phone? What would that hurt? It's better than falling in a hole because you were staring at your little phone screen!
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
