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Very rarely. Only if it goes off multiple times so I know it's an emergency
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Nope. I'll let them leave a message.
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NOPE! Absolutely not, unless I know it's an emergency. It's always on silent anyway. I will look at it periodically & Mrs Nut knows to text me first.
And incidentally, I can't stand people that are on the phone that are in my group. A few seconds to say I'll call you back ... fine. But a few minutes or even a few holes ... let me play ahead because it's annoying and very distracting. Call me old school, whatever. But we survived doing "business" long before there were cell phones. So for people to say that the "need" to take this call, I myself call BS. You just choose to out of convenience.
My point is then how did we survive in all of these years before cell phones were invented?? Did we buy houses without realtors? Did Drs never save a life because they were off playing golf? Absolutely notPlease read my previous post. Realtors are a prime example. They ignore a call for an hour and it may cost them 5k or more.
But there’s a right and wrong way to go about it, which I tried to detail as much as I could. If you’re meeting a random on the course it would probably be wise to tell them upfront about it and explain that if they want to play ahead, no hard feeling, but since this is my livelihood, I may have to take a few holes off. So long as (in my case, my BIL) stays back so we don’t have to hear his conversation and doesn’t expect us to wait up because he’s stuck on the phone (he doesn’t, he’ll rejoin as soon as he can-and count all holes missed as pars, lol-but that’s another conversation), it’s really a non-issue. I wouldn’t even mind being paired up with someone like that randomly as long as they played by what’s today’s proper etiquette (don’t F up someone else’s round because you’re tied to your phone).
What gets frustrating is someone that has to have a conversation every other hole for no apparent real need and they expect you to wait on them. I get paired with a random like that and they’re getting ditched post haste. Or even a relative. I’d probably warn the relative first and then tell them to ditch their phone or I’m ditching them.
To take money out of the equation, and make it even more meaningful... suppose you are randomly paired with a heart surgeon. He’s off that day but he has a 5 year old needing a transplant. If he gets the call that a donor has been found, do you want him ignoring that call? I sure as hell don’t.
Some things are more important than golf. My family members that are slaves to their phone, there’s a reason. Their family relies on them to put a roof over their head and food on their table. They won’t hold you up. They’ll skip holes if they have to. Yeah it’s not life or death but it can mean making their bills on time that month (although I think they’re past that stage in their career, but still). They’re not having meaningless conversations with their friends, they’re negotiating a deal that could be their entire months salary. I’m fine with anyone in that situation taking a call and making themselves disappear until it’s resolved. Even more ok with the heart surgeon analogy.
But Jim-Bob arguing with his “ol lady” about why he’s out on the course drinking beer and expecting me to wait for him, that ain’t ever happening.
My point is then how did we survive in all of these years before cell phones were invented?? Did we buy houses without realtors? Did Drs never save a life because they were off playing golf? Absolutely not
Cell phones are a convenience plain and simple
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My point is then how did we survive in all of these years before cell phones were invented?? Did we buy houses without realtors? Did Drs never save a life because they were off playing golf? Absolutely not
Cell phones are a convenience plain and simple
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I grew up on a rather nice golf course in the late 90's early 2000's.It’s a different world to be a Realtor or Heart Surgeon now. Prior to cell phones the heart surgeon would inform their office where they were golfing and the course would send someone out to get them.
Prior to cell phones people weren’t so demanding of someone being immediately available. Not returning a call for several hours could cost a Realtor a TON of money. In the past people were content to leave a message (not a voicemail) on an answering machine (gasp!) and get a phone call when they got the phone call. In the past if important contract negotiations were possibly imminent, a Realtor couldn’t go golfing. Now they can. But it’s not their fault that societies expectations of immediate availability has changed. So long as they don’t mess up my round, have at it with skipping a few holes to put a roof over their head.
I let everything go to VM, but will immediately listen to the message to make sure it's nothing urgent.
I don't like carrying on a conversation on the course, it's kinda rude and usually slows down play.
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I grew up on a rather nice golf course in the late 90's early 2000's.
Pagers were a thing back then. A person from the pro shop speeding out was not uncommon until the early 2000's when cellphones were prevalent.
Cell Phones have made it so we can be on the clock from more locations. I know some people that haven't took a vacation day in years because they can take some phone calls and send emails even if they are out of the country. Anything that can be done to keep people golfing I appreciate.