When people text in front of you, do you call them out on it? (relationship)
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I don't mean when there's nothing to do or talk about it and they just take out their phone. That seems to be pretty common. I mean when you two are hanging out doing something, having coffee, walking home, doing whatever, and they're just texting, do you call them out on it? I think most people don't mean to be rude. I have only experienced one girl being super rude, texting all the time she was anywhere. We were walking once and instead of saying anything to me she was texting the entire time. I just stopped walking and told her she was being rude. I wanted to just leave her there and walk off on my own. Looking back on it, I probably should have. It wouldn't have mattered because obviously we no longer hang out. I just told another person today he was being rude. I asked him to come to the coffee shop because I needed a break. He first got his food, spoke to me a little, then continued texting. My guess was he just had to finish up a conversation he was in when he was getting coffee. He had texted in front of me before so my immediate reaction was this person is just being rude to me. I called him rude, then he apologized and put his phone away.
Just wondering how you deal with constant texting when you find it a little annoying and when you find it just downright rude.
If someone whips out a phone during dinner, I definitely let them know one way or another. Depending on how well I know the person and the nature of the relationship, my reaction will be anything from looking at the person like this to clearing my throat to saying, "if you'd rather look at that I'll just catch you another time" to saying, "ya know, that's pretty rude." If it's a first or second date, I'll just cut the date short and not bother with the guy again. If he's that rude early on, he's going to be insufferable in his self-absorption in a few months.
I wouldn't say anything. Just wouldn't hang out with them again. If someone needs to be coached on common sense etiquette, I'd honestly rather not deal with them.
I wouldn't say anything. Just wouldn't hang out with them again. If someone needs to be coached on common sense etiquette, I'd honestly rather not deal with them.
^^^ This. Last time I invited a friend out to lunch and a day at the race track, she spent the time texting with friends. No reason to invite a friend to try to catch up on things if they are pre-occupied with texting. It's rude, inconsiderate and the sign of a selfish person. Move on, and don't look back.
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to clearing my throat to saying, "if you'd rather look at that I'll just catch you another time" to saying, "ya know, that's pretty rude." If it's a first or second date, I'll just cut the date short and not bother with the guy again. If he's that rude early on, he's going to be insufferable in his self-absorption in a few months. 
