Device free Thanksgiving and "No phone zones" (1 Viewer)

[eoMMan]

The couple that said they like have boys that are young teens.  Said that is the first time they ever saw them actually engage in conversation instead of playing Angry Birds or Candy Crush all day.  And it was only for a few hours.

Sounds like horrible parents to me. 

 

[Ned]

They can, but forcing people to have a good time your way isn't the way to go.

As for the bolded, So these people claimed to have a good time because they forced their kids into doing something they didn't want to do. They are extremely miserable people or lying.

Making your kids do something they don’t want to makes them miserable people?  

 

[Da Guru]

Sounds like horrible parents to me. 

I agree...should have made them more social at an earlier age.

 

[jvdesigns2002]

Meh.  I personally think an all or nothing cell phone rule should be unnecessary.  If somebody wants to implement a rule like that at a party they are throwing—it should be clearly mentioned to guests days before the event.  I personally had several people over for Thanksgiving and not having my cell phone available would have been very problematic.   One couple that was coming over got lost on their way to my place and I needed to navigate them in with directions.   Another couple that we invited over didn’t make it—so everybody at the event got a bit worried.  I ended up getting a text from the husband of the couple of him and his wife at the hospital.  She went into labor and ended up giving birth later that evening.   It would have sucked to not be able to get these calls/texts.   For me personally—if somebody really felt the need—they should just make clear that they prefer limited use of electronic devices at their event.  

 

[McGarnicle]

I don't care what anyone does. If I'm in the mood to talk to people, I'll talk to the ones who aren't buried in their phones. If I'm surrounded by a bunch of ignorant jackasses like this last Thanksgiving, I'm grateful to have the distraction. My wife was giving me crap about it and I texted her "it's either this or we're leaving."

 

[Da Guru]

Meh.  I personally think an all or nothing cell phone rule should be unnecessary.  If somebody wants to implement a rule like that at a party they are throwing—it should be clearly mentioned to guests days before the event.  I personally had several people over for Thanksgiving and not having my cell phone available would have been very problematic.   One couple that was coming over got lost on their way to my place and I needed to navigate them in with directions.   Another couple that we invited over didn’t make it—so everybody at the event got a bit worried.  I ended up getting a text from the husband of the couple of him and his wife at the hospital.  She went into labor and ended up giving birth later that evening.   It would have sucked to not be able to get these calls/texts.   For me personally—if somebody really felt the need—they should just make clear that they prefer limited use of electronic devices at their event.  

It was mentioned to all guests....my wife just never told me.  Everybody still came and abided by the hosts request.  Honestly it was not that big of a deal not to check the phone for a few hours.

 

[jvdesigns2002]

It was mentioned to all guests....my wife just never told me.  Everybody still came and abided by the hosts request.  Honestly it was not that big of a deal not to check the phone for a few hours.

Thats fine and fair—but how about the situation of somebody getting lost and needing directions to make it to the event?  Not all places are easy to find even with the aid of electronic navigation—and this is exactly what happened at my Thanksgiving event. Had I not had my phone available—its very possible that a few guests would have not been able to make it.  Just seems ridiculous that a host would find it more appropriate to say “no electronic devices” as opposed to merely saying “we’d appreciate limited use of electronic devices”.   Emergencies happen and not having access to a vital form of communication because of a preference that a host of a party has seems pretty reckless and unnecessary.   We’ll just have to agree to disagree on this one.  

 

[msudaisy26]

Making your kids do something they don’t want to makes them miserable people?  

For something this trivial, probably. 

 

[Da Guru]

Thats fine and fair—but how about the situation of somebody getting lost and needing directions to make it to the event?  Not all places are easy to find even with the aid of electronic navigation—and this is exactly what happened at my Thanksgiving event. Had I not had my phone available—its very possible that a few guests would have not been able to make it.  Just seems ridiculous that a host would find it more appropriate to say “no electronic devices” as opposed to merely saying “we’d appreciate limited use of electronic devices”.   Emergencies happen and not having access to a vital form of communication because of a preference that a host of a party has seems pretty reckless and unnecessary.   We’ll just have to agree to disagree on this one.  

Not agreeing or disagreeing. Just posting about a non-device gathering. 

 

[belljr]

How was i supposed to check my block pools if I didn't have my phone

 

[DallasDMac]

Help is here fellas.....