How many people have to die while messing with their phone? (1 Viewer)

[The General]

It's definitely killing Johny Manziel's career. Just saw his latest drinking vid, he can't help himself.

 

[JohnnyU]

It's definitely killing Johny Manziel's career. Just saw his latest drinking vid, he can't help himself.

Drinking is legal so they should quit hounding Johnny Manziel. When he breaks the law then go after him, but until then leave Johnny Football alone.

 

[The General]

It's definitely killing Johny Manziel's career. Just saw his latest drinking vid, he can't help himself.

Drinking is legal so they should quit hounding Johnny Manziel. When he breaks the law then go after him, but until then leave Johnny Football alone.

Not in his situation. He's not nearly good enough to get away with telling his boss to F Off which is what he does when posts his little videos partying every week. He either wants out of Cleveland or is really dumb, maybe both.

 

[DallasDMac]

I'm always curious when people complain about the couple they see at dinner who are "on their phones the entire time". Are you really spending your entire dinner monitoring the cell phone usage of strangers at other tables? If so, isn't your outrage a bit ironic?

Do you commonly wear blinders? Are legally blind? Like to play the "Poke me in the eyes like you are Moe" game? Otherwise, noticing things in my field of vision really isn't that hard for me.

 

[JohnnyU]

I'm always curious when people complain about the couple they see at dinner who are "on their phones the entire time". Are you really spending your entire dinner monitoring the cell phone usage of strangers at other tables? If so, isn't your outrage a bit ironic?

Do you commonly wear blinders? Are legally blind? Like to play the "Poke me in the eyes like you are Moe" game? Otherwise, noticing things in my field of vision really isn't that hard for me.

This past summer my wife and I were having dinner sitting outside and two women sat at the table beside us and both used their phones the entire time we were there. After sitting down both went to their phones, then the waiter came by and ask them what they would like for their drinks, so they ordered and as soon as he left they went right back to their phones. They did a repeat of this when the waiter came to take their main order and all other time was spent on their phones, even while eating. I swear they didn't say two words to each other the whole time we were there. I guess this is the world we live in now and it' really sad to see.

 

[The General]

I'm always curious when people complain about the couple they see at dinner who are "on their phones the entire time". Are you really spending your entire dinner monitoring the cell phone usage of strangers at other tables? If so, isn't your outrage a bit ironic?

Do you commonly wear blinders? Are legally blind? Like to play the "Poke me in the eyes like you are Moe" game? Otherwise, noticing things in my field of vision really isn't that hard for me.

This past summer my wife and I were having dinner sitting outside and two women sat at the table beside us and both used their phones the entire time we were there. After sitting down both went to their phones, then the waiter came by and ask them what they would like for their drinks, so they ordered and as soon as he left they went right back to their phones. They did a repeat of this when the waiter came to take their main order and all other time was spent on their phones, even while eating. I swear they didn't say two words to each other the whole time we were there. I guess this is the world we live in now and it' really sad to see.

Maybe they were texting each other "why is this couple watching us"?

 

[JohnnyU]

I'm always curious when people complain about the couple they see at dinner who are "on their phones the entire time". Are you really spending your entire dinner monitoring the cell phone usage of strangers at other tables? If so, isn't your outrage a bit ironic?

Do you commonly wear blinders? Are legally blind? Like to play the "Poke me in the eyes like you are Moe" game? Otherwise, noticing things in my field of vision really isn't that hard for me.

This past summer my wife and I were having dinner sitting outside and two women sat at the table beside us and both used their phones the entire time we were there. After sitting down both went to their phones, then the waiter came by and ask them what they would like for their drinks, so they ordered and as soon as he left they went right back to their phones. They did a repeat of this when the waiter came to take their main order and all other time was spent on their phones, even while eating. I swear they didn't say two words to each other the whole time we were there. I guess this is the world we live in now and it' really sad to see.

Maybe they were texting each other "why is this couple watching us"?

It looked as if they were just surfing the web, reading email, etc.

 

[cstu]

This past summer my wife and I were having dinner sitting outside and two women sat at the table beside us and both used their phones the entire time we were there. After sitting down both went to their phones, then the waiter came by and ask them what they would like for their drinks, so they ordered and as soon as he left they went right back to their phones. They did a repeat of this when the waiter came to take their main order and all other time was spent on their phones, even while eating. I swear they didn't say two words to each other the whole time we were there. I guess this is the world we live in now and it' really sad to see.

"I want to eat alone and look at my phone but don't want to be looked at like a loser, want to go out to dinner with me?"

 

[cstu]

We need phone shaming to be a thing.

 

[JohnnyU]

This past summer my wife and I were having dinner sitting outside and two women sat at the table beside us and both used their phones the entire time we were there. After sitting down both went to their phones, then the waiter came by and ask them what they would like for their drinks, so they ordered and as soon as he left they went right back to their phones. They did a repeat of this when the waiter came to take their main order and all other time was spent on their phones, even while eating. I swear they didn't say two words to each other the whole time we were there. I guess this is the world we live in now and it' really sad to see.

"I want to eat alone and look at my phone but don't want to be looked at like a loser, want to go out to dinner with me?"

Some people would say we're already a loser if we are eating alone. Ever notice the hostess saying "Is it just you" when seating you at your table? Personally I don't see anything wrong with eating alone, I do it all the time if my wife is working. Hell, I enjoy the alone time, having a good meal and looking at my phone

 

[Mors Venit]

This past summer my wife and I were having dinner sitting outside and two women sat at the table beside us and both used their phones the entire time we were there. After sitting down both went to their phones, then the waiter came by and ask them what they would like for their drinks, so they ordered and as soon as he left they went right back to their phones. They did a repeat of this when the waiter came to take their main order and all other time was spent on their phones, even while eating. I swear they didn't say two words to each other the whole time we were there. I guess this is the world we live in now and it' really sad to see.

"I want to eat alone and look at my phone but don't want to be looked at like a loser, want to go out to dinner with me?"

Some people would say we're already a loser if we are eating alone. Ever notice the hostess saying "Is it just you" when seating you at your table? Personally I don't see anything wrong with eating alone, I do it all the time if my wife is working. Hell, I enjoy the alone time, having a good meal and looking at my phone

How do you handle the staring?

 

[The General]

I'm always curious when people complain about the couple they see at dinner who are "on their phones the entire time". Are you really spending your entire dinner monitoring the cell phone usage of strangers at other tables? If so, isn't your outrage a bit ironic?

Do you commonly wear blinders? Are legally blind? Like to play the "Poke me in the eyes like you are Moe" game? Otherwise, noticing things in my field of vision really isn't that hard for me.

This past summer my wife and I were having dinner sitting outside and two women sat at the table beside us and both used their phones the entire time we were there. After sitting down both went to their phones, then the waiter came by and ask them what they would like for their drinks, so they ordered and as soon as he left they went right back to their phones. They did a repeat of this when the waiter came to take their main order and all other time was spent on their phones, even while eating. I swear they didn't say two words to each other the whole time we were there. I guess this is the world we live in now and it' really sad to see.

Maybe they were texting each other "why is this couple watching us"?

It looked as if they were just surfing the web, reading email, etc.

I was just messing with you. I'm with most people in here that phones shouldn't be out during dinner, when you are talking with people and not showing something on the phone. I'm guilty of it as well but I try to be the last person to bust out the phone.

 

[JohnnyU]

This past summer my wife and I were having dinner sitting outside and two women sat at the table beside us and both used their phones the entire time we were there. After sitting down both went to their phones, then the waiter came by and ask them what they would like for their drinks, so they ordered and as soon as he left they went right back to their phones. They did a repeat of this when the waiter came to take their main order and all other time was spent on their phones, even while eating. I swear they didn't say two words to each other the whole time we were there. I guess this is the world we live in now and it' really sad to see.

"I want to eat alone and look at my phone but don't want to be looked at like a loser, want to go out to dinner with me?"

Some people would say we're already a loser if we are eating alone. Ever notice the hostess saying "Is it just you" when seating you at your table? Personally I don't see anything wrong with eating alone, I do it all the time if my wife is working. Hell, I enjoy the alone time, having a good meal and looking at my phone

How do you handle the staring?

I would think most just notice without staring.

 

[tommyGunZ]

I'm always curious when people complain about the couple they see at dinner who are "on their phones the entire time". Are you really spending your entire dinner monitoring the cell phone usage of strangers at other tables? If so, isn't your outrage a bit ironic?

Do you commonly wear blinders? Are legally blind? Like to play the "Poke me in the eyes like you are Moe" game? Otherwise, noticing things in my field of vision really isn't that hard for me.

For the record, I don't pull my phone out at meals. And while I occasionally notice other folks on their phones, it's not something I actively monitor during my entire meal. I find it very hard to believe that you are being an active participant in your own dinner if you are able to assert afterwards that a couple at a nearby table "didn't say a word" to each other.

If two folks would rather play on their devices than conversate at that particular time, who am I to suggest they are being rude? Perhaps they're on a 30 hour road trip and don't have anything new to talk about? Or maybe they're researching new homes, or cars, or whatever.

 

[Mors Venit]

I'm always curious when people complain about the couple they see at dinner who are "on their phones the entire time". Are you really spending your entire dinner monitoring the cell phone usage of strangers at other tables? If so, isn't your outrage a bit ironic?

Do you commonly wear blinders? Are legally blind? Like to play the "Poke me in the eyes like you are Moe" game? Otherwise, noticing things in my field of vision really isn't that hard for me.

For the record, I don't pull my phone out at meals. And while I occasionally notice other folks on their phones, it's not something I actively monitor during my entire meal. I find it very hard to believe that you are being an active participant in your own dinner if you are able to assert afterwards that a couple at a nearby table "didn't say a word" to each other.

If two folks would rather play on their devices than conversate at that particular time, who am I to suggest they are being rude? Perhaps they're on a 30 hour road trip and don't have anything new to talk about? Or maybe they're researching new homes, or cars, or whatever.

Remind me of the diner scene in pulp fiction.

Cant two people just sit together quietly? Why do we always have to find reasons to talk?

 

[DallasDMac]

If two folks would rather play on their devices than conversate at that particular time, who am I to suggest they are being rude? Perhaps they're on a 30 hour road trip and don't have anything new to talk about? Or maybe they're researching new homes, or cars, or whatever.

For the record, I want to be clear here. I said nothing about two adults totally ignoring each other at the table. If you are an adult and are so OCD you can't stay off your phone long enough to carry on conversation, so be it. Couldn't care less. I specifically mentioned FAMILY dinners where the parents and children are there "together" and no one pays any attention to the other. I think that's a horrible family dynamic and a total parental failure. Especially when the kids are more than likely 12 and under. I can't imagine wasting my family time buried in my phone. I find that pathetic. I fully admit, I never allowed my children to even have their cell phones at the dinner table. And I don't regret that decision even the tiniest bit.

 

[matuski]

It is only going to get worse

Exponentially worse- Jonmx

They are pouring cell phones in the rivers.

 

[Amused to Death]

We seem to have turned into zombies with these phones. The ones that have me SMH are the people buried in their cell phones while walking through a busy parking lot or crossing the street, etc.

I notice a lot more of couples out to eat as well literally not saying a word to each other, both heads down using their cell phone during the entire dinner.

“Nobody listens anymore. I can’t talk to the walls because they’re yelling at me, I can’t talk to my wife; she listens to the walls. I just want someone to hear what I have to say.”

“And in her ears the little Seashells, the thimble radios tamped tight, and an electronic ocean of sound, of music and talk and music and talk coming in, coming in on the shore of her unsleeping mind. The room was indeed empty. Every night the waves came in and bore her off on their great tides of sound, floating her, wide-eyed, toward morning. There had been no night in the last two years that Mildred had not swum that sea, had not gladly gone down in it for the third time”

Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

We were warned.

 

[NREC34]

I'm totally addicted to my phone. I'll admit it.

Not sure how I functioned prior to 2009.

Had to buy newspaper just to have something to read while taking a dump.

 

[Mors Venit]

If two folks would rather play on their devices than conversate at that particular time, who am I to suggest they are being rude? Perhaps they're on a 30 hour road trip and don't have anything new to talk about? Or maybe they're researching new homes, or cars, or whatever.

For the record, I want to be clear here. I said nothing about two adults totally ignoring each other at the table. If you are an adult and are so OCD you can't stay off your phone long enough to carry on conversation, so be it. Couldn't care less. I specifically mentioned FAMILY dinners where the parents and children are there "together" and no one pays any attention to the other. I think that's a horrible family dynamic and a total parental failure. Especially when the kids are more than likely 12 and under. I can't imagine wasting my family time buried in my phone. I find that pathetic. I fully admit, I never allowed my children to even have their cell phones at the dinner table. And I don't regret that decision even the tiniest bit.

This makes a lot of sense.

This is something i will remember.

 

[Mors Venit]

I'm totally addicted to my phone. I'll admit it.

Not sure how I functioned prior to 2009.

Had to buy newspaper just to have something to read while taking a dump.

If only they would market as a bathroom accessory