Phones etc and manners

It’s very rude and insulting unless an absolute emergency has cropped up and needs immediate attention.
I once threw my husbands phone into a hedge in the garden - it helped both of us for different reasons!
Also I have one friend who uses phone when we’re out for coffee/lunch even if we’re in mid sentence grrrrr - I just wait pointedly until she’s finished and now 99% of the time she doesn’t do it anymore. I can’t think of anyone else who does this thank goodness.
Family meals at home or in restaurants have had a phone ban on table for years so it’s not an issue any more.
I use my phone a lot but wouldn’t dream of using it when I’m with others.

We have a ‘switch off your phone’ rule at choir practice. One of our younger choir members begins to get quite twitchy, as coffee break approaches. As soon as we break she leaps up, snatches her phone out, and begins to frantically scroll through it. She’s almost like a drug addict overdue for a ‘fix.’ In fact I’m convinced that, to many people, it’s a similar condition.
People have no scruples about phones interfering with what is going on around them. Once, in the middle of our singing in a concert, someone’s phone went off. Everyone had been reminded to switch them off before we began. Nevertheless she pushed her way to the aisle, and walked to the back of the theatre while conversing on the phone. I wish that our conductor had stopped us and said something to the rude woman. Some professional performers have been known to do so.

I don't think men are interested in what women have to say unless it's about sport. They find our mundane talk about everyday life boring. They much prefer the company of their mates.

Sorry your not other

I do take my phone with me when I go out ( don’t go out much any more) in case I need it for some emergency but if I’m with other people it stays firmly in my bag. It’s the height of rudeness to be on other phone when someone is speaking to you

My DH doesn’t even have the excuse of a phone, he walks away when I’m talking to him, leaving me talking to an empty space. I have told him how rude I felt it is and he improves for a while and then relapses. I can’t bring myself to do the same to him because I’m not a rude person but next time I will!

DH does this. He never used to. In fact he never had his phone on or even near him. But he set up a shop on Etsy so gets likes and orders through. So he’s always checking it! I now just stop talking or walk away. The irony is if my phone goes off and I don’t grab at it straightaway he says why don’t you ever Check your phone?

ClareAB exactly.

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and another thing..

the language has changed so much

how many times do you hear "Excuse me" said

Yes rude he's obviously not interested in what you are saying my husband doesn't have a phone but when I talk to him his eyes remain on the tv screen

I see in the media etc. that this is a common complaint against most mobile phone users.

this is the difference between mobile phones and landlines

didn`t we just used to ignore the landline phone ringing, if we were in company? or talking?

mobile phones rule!

Time to leave. If he is more interested in his phone he mustn’t care anymore. That happens. Cut your losses and separate.

annep1

I don't take my phone wirh me any longer when I go out. I feel so free.

I'm going to do this. Great idea....

My ex was always glued to his phone.
It's an addiction, I think.

I just can't understand why people are so distracted by life online, when the real thing is right in front of them...

wirh with

I used to work with someone who was always on her phone.

She had the cheek to hold her palm up to you, in a "shhh! Be quiet!" gesture, if you tried to interrupt her to talk about work.

It is an addiction so they need to want to overcome it, just like any other addiction.
Personally I would have to say something.

I don't take my phone wirh me any longer when I go out. I feel so free.

Everyone I know does this! My best friend, when we are out for the day, checks her phone constantly for messages and sends replies. I am supposed to just sit and wait. She always shares the "fun" with me and reads out the messages or the jokes but it's usually from someone I don't even know. It is SO RUDE but what can we do!

Very rude. It seems the phone is king for many people!

Happened regularly as a teacher at parents nights. I would be giving my report and one of the parents would answer their phone.

It is very rude to check your phone when someone is talking to you.
I have noticed in coffee shops people meeting up and first thing they do is to put their phones on the table in front of them.
I would much rather have a face to face conversation than answer texts.

I remember a few years ago, when Mr P was working away, I invited 2 friends round for a meal on my birthday.

One was the perfect guest, brought flowers and a bottle of wine, the other brought nothing, not that I was expecting anything, but I always take something when invited to dinner/supper.

The one who brought nothing also put her phone on the table and responded to every text and email that she received!

I was less than impressed, they were invited for their company and to share a meal together, hoping that we could have a fun evening, not for me and the other friend to sit there while she texted her new chap in America!