Silencing your cell phone

Have you ever been in a meeting or at an event when someone's phone (or your own phone) begins to ring? And, it rings, and rings, and rings.....

I was in two different meetings last Wednesday and a total of 3 people's cellphones rang loudly and continued to ring because they couldn't figure how to mute them.  I will be the first to admit that I sometimes forget to mute my phone before a meeting, BUT if my phone rings at the wrong time, I know how to quickly silence it.  And, it isn't difficult.

Question:  Do you know how to quickly mute your phone when it is ringing?
Answer:  On MOST phones, tapping the Sleep/Wake button once instantly mutes the phone when ringing and sends the caller to voicemail.  (The Sleep/Wake button is the one you use to completely shut down your phone - often found by itself on the side, top or back of your phone).

I'd like to encourage you to try this out TODAY by having someone call your number (or use your landline to call your cellphone).  Try it out several times until you are comfortable with it and think you can remember how to do it.

For us seniors, this needs to be an automatic response.....unless we want the younger people in the audience turning and rolling their eyes at us while we fumble with our phones!

And, as always, let me know if you have questions.

We are headed to Pennsylvania soon to celebrate our granddaughter's 5th birthday!  Very.excited!!  So, if I forget to send out a Tech Tip next Tuesday, you'll know it is because I'm having too much fun playing with our two special girls! ;-)