You want to work in this industry? Answer your phone.

I don't care where I am I answer my phone except when watching a movie in a movie theater and then I put the cell on vibrate with blue tooth in my ear so I can get to the lobby and talk.

I bet I answer my cell phone 98% of the time.

Answering your phone is one of the best ways to receive a loan signing assignment or public notary work.

This policy of mine hasn't changed since 2002 when I became a CA Notary/Loan-Signer.

I was teaching a notary class today in CA (Pasadena) and it killed me to turn off the phone during the 6 hour class. I turned the cell on at lunch and got a call and missed 2 others.

Those 2 assignments were gone with the wind.

You will miss assignments if you don't answer your phone, particularly, when you do a day time signing because that is when most signing and title/etc companies call.

Don't stay on the phone for more than 1 minute and don't answer a 2nd phone call at the signing.

Don't answer your phone if it is your family/friends unless it is a dire emergency.

Your cell phone at a loan signing is not to be answered to settle a fight between your kids. Hang up on the kids immediately!