How do you phrase that in a way that doesn't offend?
Are you upfront with your policy, or do you only state it if people act like jerks with their phones?
Are you upfront with your policy, or do you only state it if people act like jerks with their phones?
Look, I'm GenX. Take that what you will.
> Are you upfront with your policy.
That am I. People who know me, know I value my time very well.
If someone doesn't know me, I tell them up front. It's down to them whether or not to continue forward or not. I don't mind.
It helps that I am an objectivist at heart. It makes things very very simple. I don't spend my life walking on egg shells.
Bear in mind, although I am a developer. I have spent many years in sales environments, with upper management teams such as working with VP's and CEO's directly.
In such environments you learn very quickly how to say a lot without saying anything.
If you need more information take a look at channels such as [0] and [1]. There are plenty on youtube.
It's like common courtesy and human decency is eroding while at the same time people are caught up in this overly-virtuous mindset of "not offending anyone". The moral catch-22 of the 21st century.