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"   According to Debrett&amp;#039;s \u2013 the super-posh etiquette gurus \u2013 three quarters of us think phones, laptops and social media are making us ruder. In a world where many of us spend more time gazing into our hand-held devices than taking in the world around us or talking to our friends face-to-face, it&amp;#039;s no wonder that standards are slipping. Avoid being one of the herd with our guide to the top ten rules of e-tiquette. 1. If a friend has received bad news, the best way to contact her is in person or by calling her. Texting to say, &amp;#039;Sorry to hear your mum died, LOL!&amp;#039; isn&amp;#039;t good form, nor is tweeting, &amp;#039;Thinking of u hun. xox&amp;#039; 2. It used to be considered rude not to look a shop-keeper in the eye while being served. Now it&amp;#039;s apparently OK to be talking to your friend about the acrobatic sex you had last night while paying for jeans in Topshop. Put your phone away. 3. When your friend is mid-way through pouring out her heartbreak is not the right time to check how many likes your sunset pic got on Instagram. 4. It&amp;#039;s very handy that you can text your friend if you&amp;#039;re late, but that&amp;#039;s not an excuse to regularly leave her sitting on her own in bars. Before mobile phones, you&amp;#039;d give someone half an hour then leave \u2013 don&amp;#039;t use technology to act like your time is more important than everyone else&amp;#039;s. 5. The train isn&amp;#039;t the place to watch porn on your laptop. And no-one wants to hear your conversation with your nan about her gout or your Miley album through your cheap headphones, either. 6. You might be far more likely to sext a guy than write him a love letter \u2013 but sometimes the traditional ways of communicating are the best. A hand-written, heartfelt letter will mean a lot more to him than an email. And he&amp;#039;s less likely to forward it to all his mates. 7. If you&amp;#039;re walking and texting, try glancing up every few minutes so you don&amp;#039;t crash into people in the street. As well as being very annoying, you&amp;#039;re quite likely to get run over.  8. An email can be dashed off in seconds \u2013 but kept forever. If you&amp;#039;re thinking of sending someone a message while your blood&amp;#039;s boiling, save it to drafts and re-read it the next day. It&amp;#039;ll still be relevant tomorrow, but if you don&amp;#039;t cool down before you hit send, you might regret it... 9. If you&amp;#039;re texting anyone of importance \u2013 your boss or probation officer, for example \u2013 don&amp;#039;t use shorthand. &amp;#039;CU L8R&amp;#039; isn&amp;#039;t going to win you any brownie points. And if you&amp;#039;re calling in sick, use the phone. 10. Don&amp;#039;t answer your phone during sex. Seriously. Follow Rosie on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Mullies DOWNLOAD YOUR LATEST ISSUE OF COSMO HERETV PROGRAMMES WE&amp;#039;RE OBSESSED WITH10 BEST WEIGHT LOSS APPS "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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