PTers, can you please advise me?

[Pinot's Mom]

I too was gonna say I´ve never heard THAT word in the lyrics.. being it´s the theme song of CSI Vegas.. hmm.. perhaps it´s another version..

while some ringtones are funny.. there are places were they are really not appropiate...

Y'all, that "word" IS most definitely in the original lyrics - once. It's been silenced on mainstream radio FOREVER, but it's there. It doesn't belong in the office, and I wish there were people who would eliminate it from their daily usage, because I hate it as well. I still say put it in the hands of HR, or whoever hired the consultant. They need to stand by the rules of your workplace (as well as common courtesy).

[Anikaca77]

Maybe send her an e-mail if you are not sure how to approach her. At my workplace we have 12 employees and they all have company cell phones except the data girl and I. I have my own cell phone which I can have on, I try not to but sometimes I need a phone call to come through there instead of on the main line incase I'm answering it.

Good luck, I agree that, the ringtone should be changed.

[Asiel]

Most companies do not allow use of personal cell phones. If you know your co-worker well enough to have a converstion with her about it you could approach the matter with her while chatting. If not then you could send her an e-mail asking if she could put her phone on vibrate or change her ringtone as you and others find that work offensive and unprofessional in the workplace.

[Cataholic]

I don't know where some of you work. I use my cell phone all the time to both recieve and place calls to other attorneys, the court, my friends, my co-workers, etc. My sister works in a bank, and we call each other, no issue. Frankly, there is such a blend in many people's lives between work time and non work time that if anyone ever said 'don't use your cell phone during business hours', I would laugh. I use my cell phone during business hours, to make and receive business calls. I use my desk phone to make and receive personal calls. It is a phone, a way to get in touch with me. I can easily program people's numbers into my cell phone, I can't do that with work.

Just last week, I used my cell phone, while sitting at my desk, to call another attorney on HIS cell phone, while he was sitting at his desk. Course, during the call, both of us had our office phone ring. LOL.

BUT, having said that, I don't have an offensive message on my VM, and do have certain ring tones programmed for certain people. None of them contain any vulgarity.

I would just say to her, "Did you know that every time your phone rings I hear the "F" word? Probably not very office appropriate."

That is kind of the beginning and end of it, IMO. You aren't her boss, she isn't an employee, and could you possibly sever a relationship that the company might not love you for?

[smokey the elder]

We can use our cell phones at work, but with discretion. We're big boys and girls, after all! Seriously, though, part of the "discretion" includes tasteful ring tones or, better, phone on silent mode.

[wombat2u2004]

I have the BEST ring tone on my phone.

"Hi, this is John. I'm with my wife right now.
So if you leave your name and number,
I'll get back to you as soon as I'm finished."

[Daisy and Delilah]

I hope you get this resolved, Elyse. I'm sorry this person doesn't have the decency to make sure this is never heard in public.

I know the F word is used by so many people these days but not everyone wants to listen to it.

[phesina]

I have the BEST ring tone on my phone.

"Hi, this is John. I'm with my wife right now.
So if you leave your name and number,
I'll get back to you as soon as I'm finished."

Is that on your work phone, Wom?

[momcat]

That is definitely unprofessional and shows no respect for those forced to listen. If your office has staff meetings, like many do, maybe you could ask that it be brought up anonymously, maybe the supervisor or head of your department could make a general statement like "There have been complaints about....." Nobody should have to listen to trash like that! I do hope something will be done about it!

[wombat2u2004]

Is that on your work phone, Wom?

Naw. It was on my home phone for a day.
My wife found out about it, and I was in trouble for the next week...

[Catty1]

My wife found out about it, and I was in trouble for the next week...

Well, you had to change it then...likely you weren't "with" for quite some time.

[CatsMeow]

Hmm, I would tell her it's innapropriate,

[CatsMeow]

Oh it's gone. Good.