List only your surname and initials in the telephone book.
If you have a touch phone, program emergency numbers into the speed dial.
Have a phone extension in your bedroom.
When using an answering machine avoid recording messages which state "there
is no one home right now" or that intimate you live on your own.
Check the caller's identity before revealing your name or number.
If you receive an obscene telephone call, remain calm. You may choose to hang
up or blow a shrill whistle into the mouthpiece. If the calls continue notify
the Police or your phone company.
When going out always carry correct change or a phone card for a phone call.
You may need to call a taxi, friend, family member or Security if you are stranded.
Be alert, when using a public telephone. When you have dialled, turn your back
to the phone and speak looking outwards.
If someone tries to get into the phone booth, sit down and brace yourself
against the door if one is fitted.
If threatened phone 000, a free call to the Police.
