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Originally Posted by rambo47
Personally, I like folks knowing when I'm not at my computer. They're less likely to ask for something I don't have access to at that particular moment. Of course that presupposes they're savvy enough to notice the signature and understand what it means. And I deal with a LOT of dopes!  |
Glad you posted this -- it was almost exactly what I was about to say...
After decades in IT and being pretty far along in my career, I don't consider having a Blackberry a "status item", so I can't imagine using the mobile sig as a way of being ostentatious. Maybe it's a status item for somebody just making their first leap from a plain mobile phone to their first smartphone, but I suspect the bragging rights fall off pretty quickly after that.
I've toyed with the implications of having the mobile sig (or not) from time to time. If it's NOT there, then you can, in theory, always pretend to be at your desk, working. So far, I haven't had the desire to do that.
When I *do* have the mobile sig, as rambo47 suggests, sometimes it can be a way to let people know something to effect of, "I'm away from my desk right now, don't have access to my PC and files, so my response will be limited for now -- but I hope you appreciate that I'm being attentive enough to acknowledge your contact even while I'm out and about taking care of other business". Might sound trite, but in business situations that entail customer relationship management, getting such ideas across can be a boon sometimes.
