TonyN
Money List Winner
Mobile phones should be on silent or switched off at the range. If you're next or withing listening distance from the bays, then i reckon they shouldn't be used. It's just totally off-putting (no pun intended!). If your call is that important, go outside or into the shop/cafe... It's plain and simple good manners.
When i gave the guy talking on the phone a death stare, he quipped back "What... you want me to stop talking?", like i was the one in the wrong. He knew he was wrong to be talking loudly on his phone but thought he was above any etiquette that may (or may not coming to think of it) exist.
If the range had rules in place that said 'No mobiles on the range' then I would leave it in the car, but ours doesn't so I dont see the problem. The pro is always out in the bays teaching and talking constantly, how is this any different? Are you going to tell him to be quiet?
The sound of the staff filling the ball machine and the tractor up and down infront are louder than the odd conversation on a mobile phone.
The range i use is very relaxed and conversations are a plenty between users. The only people I have ever known to complain, are the ones who couldn't strike a solid shot in slow motion and are generally looking for an excuse.