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Location: Huntersville/Charlotte, NC and Washington, DC
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I would not participate in this idea and I typically eat alone. I think it is up to one's own self to determine their boundaries when using their or their family's smartphones. I use mine whenever I go out to eat alone cause I don't want strangers bothering me.
Because physical harm is the only harm one can bring on another person right? And yes, it is others' business whether your cell phone use is appropriate. It's certainly your family's if your overuse of your phone is causing them EMOTIONAL HARM, and it's our business, you know, the strangers who live on the same planet as you, when you sit at a stoplight ignoring the green because you're so busy talking/texting on your phone or having such loud conversations in restaurants that you disrupt the enjoyment of other diners' meals. The world does not revolve around you and your phone, whether you pay the bill or not.
Any emotional harm that may or may not be occurring in MY FAMILY is none of your concern.
And the problem with loud conversations in restaurants is a problem with the volume, not whether or not there's a phone involved.
i would not participate in this idea and i typically eat alone. i think it is up to one's own self to determine their boundaries when using their or their family's smartphones. i use mine whenever i go out to eat alone cause i don't want strangers bothering me.
Also i hate smartphone shaming.
exactly.
Smartphone shaming is just another excuse to pass judgement on others and feel superior.
I would not participate in this idea and I typically eat alone. I think it is up to one's own self to determine their boundaries when using their or their family's smartphones. I use mine whenever I go out to eat alone cause I don't want strangers bothering me.
Also I hate smartphone shaming.
Do you have a problem with strangers bothering you when you are at restaurants?
Hahaha did someone really say "phone shaming"? Now I think I can say I've heard/seen that word used with everything - fat,skinny,short,age and now phone. You can't make this stuff up.
Location: Huntersville/Charlotte, NC and Washington, DC
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Originally Posted by 2mares
Do you have a problem with strangers bothering you when you are at restaurants?
Hell yeah! People used to come to my table since I was eating alone and try to start some of the stupidest conversations. I just wanted a meal, not to meet random people. The smartphone is one hell of a deterrent to that.
Hell yeah! People used to come to my table since I was eating alone and try to start some of the stupidest conversations. I just wanted a meal, not to meet random people. The smartphone is one hell of a deterrent to that.
And sadly, that's not even a deterrent sometimes!
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And yes, it is others' business whether your cell phone use is appropriate. It's certainly your family's if your overuse of your phone is causing them EMOTIONAL HARM, and it's our business, you know, the strangers who live on the same planet as you, when you sit at a stoplight ignoring the green because you're so busy talking/texting on your phone or having such loud conversations in restaurants that you disrupt the enjoyment of other diners' meals. The world does not revolve around you and your phone, whether you pay the bill or not.
