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Experts Say Cell Phone Users Must Relearn Manners.
Byline: Matthew Crowley
Dec. 16--David Dahan remembers how being a cell phone hotshot caused quite a hang-up.
In his early days as a cell phone user, Dahan, now the chief executive officer of Las Vegas insurer Orgill & Singer, said he was aggressive. The phone came everywhere and stayed on, even once when he wished it hadn't.
Dahan remembers being in a staff meeting prefaced with a directive to turn off all cell phones. He hadn't. It rang.
"I was young and stupid," he recalled "And so embarrassed."
Dahan answered, hoping the call would end quickly. It didn't.
"I had call waiting," Dahan said. "So a second call came and I had to interrupt the first person to tend to the second person. So not only was everyone in the meeting waiting on me, I had two callers waiting on me."
Cell phones are a business person's afterthought now, packed into thousands of suit pockets and briefcases. Their tinny rings are a…
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