Notes from an Etiquettista: Modern Urban Etiquette for the Purse Dial
A purse dial (aka butt dial) is an inadvertent cell phone call initiated by pressure to the keypad in a purse or pocket, resulting in a call being placed to the last number dialed or anybody from the contact list.
Unless you’re a sack of potatoes, it takes you less than 10 seconds to identify one of these calls. Take another 5 seconds to make sure it isn’t a bone fide emergency call, then resist the temptation to listen in to somebody else’s unguarded conversation and end the call.
Easier said than done but by far the wisest and most polite move. Think about it….. eavesdropping is never a good thing.