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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I make a note on my office answering greeting that
if you have an urgent call I can always be reached by calling my cell phone.
That being said I find myself trying to be very selective as to what calls I'm
going to answer and which ones I don't. For my steady auditorium and
important accounts, which are always needing to speak to for one reason or
other, I have them saved into my phone with their names. If it's them
that's calling, I answer it. If it's a number I don't recognize ,and keeping my
work pace on target is the priority, then the call gets returned when I'm
free. Simple as that.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> However the other day I was banging out
tunings for my college account, going from one practice room to another, the
excuse to stop and talk to a client was welcomed when the cell phone rang.
It gave me an excuse to slow down.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I don't think there is one rule which will
fit each occasion, but on the whole, I have to agree that when you are at
someone's home and on their nickel, you need to give them your full
attention.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Servinsky</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<A title=dnereson@4dv.net href="mailto:dnereson@4dv.net">David Nereson</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">List Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 19, 2006 12:58
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> answer cell phone in customer's
homes?</DIV>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Do you guys
and gals answer your cell phone in customer’s homes?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I just couldn’t bring myself to do
it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They might come running into
the room to see if I’m calling them to the piano to point something out, only
to discover I’m conversing on their nickel (at least, that’s how they might
see it if I’m charging by the hour).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>But if you don’t answer before the 3rd ring these days, instead of
leaving a message, people just call another tuner.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How can you concentrate on a tuning if
you’re answering the phone and making appointments in other people’s
homes?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>--David Nereson, RPT<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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