Etiquette Tip of the Week: Phone Tips

A fun post from our friends at the Culture & Manners Institute about phone manners.

Earlier in my career I worked for Sony Music, the Epic and Columbia recording labels.  I started on the front phones and you can just imagine the crack-open-a-can-of-crazy people that call into a music label. 

  "I am a very close friend of Mariah Carey, but I lost her phone number.  Could you give it to me?"

Me: "Sure, it's right here in my rolodex." (Click.)

One day, a man called in saying he was Eddie Money.  I said, "Right."  I put him on hold and said to the woman at the next desk, "Get this, this guy says he's Eddie Money."

She said, "Did he ask for Mike?"

I said with some hesitation, "Yes..."

She said, "That IS EDDIE MONEY."

Air Force JAG Visit: TUESDAY (February 28th)

Representatives from the Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps will be visiting DePaul Law TUESDAY, February 28th to conduct 30 minute informational interviews about the JAG Program. This is a chance to speak one on one with Recruiters about the JAG program (summer and post-graduation opportunities) as well as answer any questions you have about the Program and the application process (or the application itself) for the Summer or Postgraduate Opportunities.

To sign up for a slot please email Elizabeth Boe, Assistant Director of Recruiting, eboe@depaul.edu, with your availability and a copy of your resume or stop by our office in 340 O'Malley. Sign ups are DUE: MONDAY AT 2:00pm