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Oct 14, 2023
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Rick's Daily Tech Tips Update for Saturday, October 14, 2023

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Today’s featured tech tip…

How to gracefully end an unpleasant phone call

Have you ever been on a phone call that you really wanted to end, but you couldn’t think of a polite way to do it?

Yeah, me too.

Well, here’s a little tip you can use the next time someone’s jabbering away and you can’t get a word in edge-wise…

Just place your phone in Airplane Mode.

Activating Airplane Mode will abruptly cut off your phone’s radios, immediately ending the call in a way that mimics the sudden loss of your cellular signal (from the other party’s perspective).

That’s all there is to it. Now you know how to gracefully end an unwanted call in a way that’s a lot more polite than simply hanging up on the person.

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