If you're on a phone call, and someone else calls, should you stay on the first call, or is it okay call the first caller back?

According to Peggy Post of Good Housekeeping,

It's impolite to end a conversation to take another call, especially more than once. If you have the call-waiting feature on your phone and you feel you must respond to a beep, do so quickly and graciously: "I have to answer this call. May I put you on hold for a second?" Then tell the other caller that you're in the middle of a conversation and arrange a time to get back to her. Return to the original person and finish your chat without rushing off. If you are indeed expecting an important call, let the person on the other end know up front that there's a chance you might have to cut the conversation short.

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This is a great idea! Yes, I agree, it is very impolite.
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by JamiLea on November 9th, 2004
Good answer :)
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by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on January 20th, 2005
Poor answer---in today's society, call waiting is acceptable
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by RJTRIES on March 13th, 2006
Drop call waiting. Make sure that you never put ME on hold, while you take a call from someone else. It is not acceptable. It is impolite.

Of course, there are many peple now-a-days who don;t thnk of the other person's feelings. Perhaps you are one of them. If so, I wouldn't have problem with you as I would have dropped you -- not the call-- long ago.

People rationalize certain bad habits, and certain improprieties "acceptable in today's society" because they are too lazy or ignorant to have good manners.
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by patpatroney on December 25th, 2007

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