Telephone Etiquette Assembly Hailed by Miss Hospitality

DIALTONE DEPOT— Juniors learned to let the phone ring twice, state one’s name clearly, and never crunch carrots mid-conversation. Miss Hospitality (Ms. Partridge, three years running) demonstrated the cord-curl like a ribbon on a birthday package.

Principal Coyote closed with a pledge: neighbors deserve the sound of your smile even when they cannot see it. The switchboard operator wept once, professionally.

Homework: write thank-you notes for wrong numbers—politeness is portable.