He started the interview by asking about my resume (normal), then about 30 seconds into his questions, his phone rang and he took a personal phone call from a friend.

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The judge likened surfing the Internet at work to reading the newspaper or making a personal phone call, and Choudhri's attorney, Martin Druyan, says the web browsing never affected his client's performance.

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As soon as we saw the first Tweet from Mr. Smith, we contacted him personally to apologize for his experience and to address his concerns on both Twitter and with a personal phone call.

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You would have to bring your own personal antenna to make a phone call from Wembley in the 1980s.

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Always reach out with a personal email, or better, a phone call, to contacts you have at a company where you want to work.

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If one of those customers telephones a friend to say, "I really liked the new Batman movie, " that customer would likely assume that the information contained in the phone call is his or her personal business.

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Then send a personal note to that person, and follow it up with a phone call requesting an in-person meeting.

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Finally, a personal note: if anyone does this to me you can assume this is the last friendly phone call or other connection we will share.

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Imagine ads that ask to call you on your phone, or push a game or a contest to your personal computer.

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