To me it seems reasonable to request that personal texting be
restricted to breaks, just like personal phone calls.  I would note
that young people can text at astounding rates, just like they can gab
on the phone at length.  Here is a blip:

"If it seems like American teens are texting all the time, it’s
probably because on average they’re sending or receiving 3,339 texts a
month. That’s more than six per every hour they’re awake – an 8
percent jump from last year. Using recent data from monthly cell phone
bills of more than 60,000 mobile subscribers as well as survey data
from over 3,000 teens, The Nielsen Company analyzed mobile usage data
among teens in the United States for the second quarter of 2010 (April
2010 – June 2010). No one texts more than teens (age 13-17),
especially teen females, who send and receive an average of 4,050
texts per month. Teen males also outpace other male age groups,
sending and receiving an average of 2,539 texts. Young adults (age
18-24) come in a distant second, exchanging 1,630 texts per month (a
comparatively meager three texts per hour)."
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/u-s-teen-mobile-report-calling-yesterday-texting-today-using-apps-tomorrow/

Travis

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Cindy Boyer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> This question came in from a former colleague who has now moved from museums into the business world:
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> “Hi.
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> I'm writing to friends who are either in business/schools or have family/friends working someplace....
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> and asking if their company/school has a policy about cell phones - especially texting.
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> We have people in their 20s working for us - when they are not texting.
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> It's a real problem.  We tried monitoring it and I finally told everyone in the building to turn them off during working hours.
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> Not fair for the adults who use them for emergency calls.
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> But.. their families can use one of the 8 lines on our land line system.  Back to before cell phones.
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> I'm not very popular with some people.”
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> I am not sure in what capacity the 20 somethings are working. I have heard of companies with policies prohibiting texting while driving, but now I am also wondering if others are seeing this as a problem, or if they wonder what my former colleague’s issue is with cell phones and texting.
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> Cindy Boyer
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> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Keni Sturgeon
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> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Speaker's Contract samples?
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