Stop telephonin' me!

I recently went to lunch with a friend of mine, Mark, who is a high school teacher.  Our conversation eventually led to a discussion of students and cell phones.

"I used to give my cell number to my students," Mark said.  "But now kids have no sense of boundaries.  They call late at night, or they text early on weekends."

Does he have a point?  When we only had land lines, I would never have dared call someone at home earlier than 9 am or later than 10 pm.  With cell phones, is it safe to assume that everyone puts their phones on silent at night?  Is it okay to call at any hour of the day without fear of bothering the call recipient?

Does telephone etiquette exist anymore?

Faculty Meeting Rule #4

If you are going to show up 15 minutes late to faculty meeting, please don't show up with a Starbucks coffee and sandwich in hand.    And then proceed to consume them.  In the front row.

Those of us who were on time mostly haven't had lunch either.  At least eat your food before showing up late.

Faculty Meeting Rule #3

Don't look surprised when your cell phone goes off.

You are a teacher, for fuck's sake; you make your students turn their ringers off for lecture, so do the DUH thing and turn yours off before a meeting.

Faculty Meeting Rule #2

If you insist on knitting during faculty meeting, then understand that a (significant, depending on institution) portion of the rest of the faculty is silently judging you (and, depending on institution, likely the rest of the female faculty).

Those "knitting circle" comments?  Not intended to be a compliment.

Faculty Meeting Rule #1

No matter how many times a senior faculty member insist that it is okay, if you are junior faculty do NOT voice your opinion at faculty meeting.