OZ Mornings explores the politeness of multitasking while on the phone

Friday morning, Shannell shared with Stephen and Hugh on OZ Mornings that a family member had called her out for doing dishes while talking on the phone, with the sound of the water and plates clinking together being called noisy. It got the team thinking about if it was impolite to multitask while on the phone with someone.

As always, OZFM listeners weighed in with their comments via the OZ Line (709-576-6936) and @947OZFM on social media. One brought up the important point that, as a cashier, it is very frustrating to try and do their job while a person is talking on the phone. Another mentioned that, when talking to a friend of theirs on the phone, they could be doing any task at the same time and it does not matter.

The gang agreed that context is definitely important and that, largely, it depends what you’re doing. Hugh brought up the great question of “what happens when nature calls first?”