In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:


> > Miche wrote:
> >>
> >> On the contrary. If I'm in a doctor's waiting room with my
> >> daughter, I may need it to tell my husband where we are.

> If it's an emergency that's one thing. A routine doctor's visit shouldn't
> necessitate a phone call. Oh, and the other thing, at least at my doctor's
> office, there are signs everywhere requesting all cell phones be turned off
> because they can interfere with the medical equipment being used.

I thought that also, but I don't believe it is true. Some people will
pick up their cell phones anytime they ring, even if they are in the
middle of a conversation with their doctor. And then they have a long
conversation, while the doctor waits impatiently. No, shutting off the
cell appears to be for the purpose of not causing a patient backup while
people yack on the phone.

In many of the medical offices I've been to, the signs requesting that
cell phones be turned off are on the doors leading to the exam rooms,
not in the waiting room.