Imagine you’re enjoying dinner at your favorite cafe, and the pretentious suit seated next to you keeps letting his cell phone ring and ring as you savor the last few spoonfuls of what had been a quiet meal.
Would you kindly ask him to take the call? Would you clear your throat authoritatively? Or would you point directly to the noisy apparatus and let him know just how annoying the disturbance is?
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