Dear Miss Manners: When I am with someone in person, I think it is rude to answer the phone (the message being that the caller is more important than our conversation). A friend claims that she only intends to pick up and say she will call them back.
But sometimes there is an exchange, and I am sitting there waiting till she finishes. I always let my calls go to voicemail when I am with a real person. That is what voicemail is for.
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