I find location checking to be more civilized. The question being asked isn't "where are you?", it's somethings else like "should I pop home for lunch?" If my

I find location checking to be more civilized. The question being asked isn't "where are you?", it's somethings else like "should I pop home for lunch?" If my wife is out, then I don't need to interrupt her with a question. If she is home then I'll check. Similarly, if she is driving, I'll wait until she is someplace appropriate for interruptions before making contact. (Or the ever dicey "should I save the last few bites of my ice cream for you?" I've timed the ice cream so if she arrives at the usual time it works out, but if she is delayed then it will melt. No one wants to know they missed ice cream because they were detained.) Realistically "are you home?" and "are you driving?" are the only two predicates I care about, but I can answer that from location. After having location checking, the idea of initiating non-time sensitive communication without checking to see if it is in an appropriate location seems about as rude as asking a question of someone who is in mid sentence on a telephone.