So i have decided I will stop going for lunch/dinner with friends or coworkers who check their phones more than 10 times or calls out more than 3 times.
So flipping annoying. One of my friends who is a really cool guy has just recently gotten an iphone. The last 2 times we went out to eat all he does is look at his stupid phone.
They need to make a Curb your Enthusiasm episode about this.
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So i have decided I will stop going for lunch/dinner with friends or coworkers who check their phones more than 10 times or calls out more than 3 times.
So flipping annoying. One of my friends who is a really cool guy has just recently gotten an iphone. The last 2 times we went out to eat all he does is look at his stupid phone.
They need to make a Curb your Enthusiasm episode about this.
So i have decided I will stop going for lunch/dinner with friends or coworkers who check their phones more than 10 times or calls out more than 3 times.
So flipping annoying. One of my friends who is a really cool guy has just recently gotten an iphone. The last 2 times we went out to eat all he does is look at his stupid phone.
They need to make a Curb your Enthusiasm episode about this.
You could email them the video for the cellphone in restaurant scene in CYE and explain that they look like that annoying guy when they're dicking with their phones.
Or bring a giant cellphone with you and make exaggerated motions like they are and say "hey look at me, I am <insert name here> I like to ignore the people around me when I play on my cell phone. Look at me! I can do it too!".
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Take a picture of them on your phone ogling their phone from across the table...then send it to them. If that doesnt get the point across, they are a lost cause.
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Excuse yourself to go to the bathroom, take an atomic crap and snap a picture of it, when you get back to your table subtley send an email with the picture of your poop and the byline, you ruined my lunch by being rude, so I'm about to ruin yours.
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Excuse yourself to go to the bathroom, take an atomic crap and snap a picture of it, when you get back to your table subtley send an email with the picture of your poop and the byline, you ruined my lunch by being rude, so I'm about to ruin yours.
We live in an age now where cellphones/PDA's are a fact of life. People just gotta get used to it.
BS.
The only time I have my phone on at a function, date, event etc, is if I am on call at work. Otherwise it is off. I can certianly make it through an hour or two out of contact.
90% of the time, people are chatting with other friends when they are doing this. What does that say about how they think of you, that "Jessica's period is late, and Justin has went to the Carnival with Katie!" Is more important than you.
If people do this is front of me, I will straight up say it is rude, especially if the dinner is on my dime.
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They are an addiction for many people who think they need them everywhere they go. Truth is you don't need them as much as you think you do.
I do think age has a lot to do with it. I remember when having a cell was a total luxury. Heck I remember when having a second line in the house was pimped out.
Minutes were 50 cents per, on your Motorola DPC 555 flip, and the battery lasted 30 minutes of talk time if you were lucky. You kept the calls quick and to the point. A lot of times you would go to a pay phone to save minutes cost, if the call was going to run long.
Now people are addicted to their smartphones, and to a degree I am too. I used to not be able to crap without a magazine or paper, now I am scrambling to find my iPhone. However, I do still rememebr when socializing was done primarily face to face, and you got all the juicy details the next day, over a Denny's super slam, now people want to know as it happens.
Cellphone Etiquette during Lunch and Dinners
