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This is an informal situation that I'm sure a lot of you aren't personally familiar with. We're all crowded together in close proximity by the bar, and yes we're all chatting (some of us even had our phones on the bar, I had mine in my hand). You don't get more informal than that.
How about putting away the phones when you're at the bar and conversing with others? Why is that difficult? Why the need to have it out in a situation such as that or is this way 'things' are done these days?
This is an informal situation that I'm sure a lot of you aren't personally familiar with. We're all crowded together in close proximity by the bar, and yes we're all chatting (some of us even had our phones on the bar, I had mine in my hand). You don't get more informal than that.
I wouldn't say that. You don't know us.
I also wouldn't accept a drink from a man if I didn't want to talk to him and staring at a screen typing to someone who wasn't even there was more important. In fact, when I'm out with people in the flesh, I don't take out my phone at all. It becomes a tool for emergency use only at that point.
Whatever happened to class and manners? This is about as pedestrian as you can get. Neither party here has one iota of either. And then women in this country can't understand why they are being treated so poorly by men. And visa versa. Go figure.
I understand there's a bit of a generational issue going on here. It's pretty common for me to be out with someone who replies to texts. I'm in my 20s. Sometimes if they're texting someone else they'll ask for advice on what to say or text that they're with me and what they're doing. I understand this is difficult for older people.
Seems to me you've made up your mind on this so why bother asking anyone here?
How about putting away the phones when you're at the bar and conversing with others? Why is that difficult? Why the need to have it out in a situation such as that or is this way 'things' are done these days?
Once upon a time, people didn't have cell phones. If someone wanted to reach them, they just had to leave a message for them at home and wait until the person received it. They might even have to wait a few hours, or *gasp* until the next day. OMG, horrors!
How about putting away the phones when you're at the bar and conversing with others? Why is that difficult? Why the need to have it out in a situation such as that or is this way 'things' are done these days?
It must be very frustrating for you all to go out then, because all they are is filled with people whose mannerisms you don't like.
Once upon a time, people didn't have cell phones. If someone wanted to reach them, they just had to leave a message for them at home and wait until the person received it. They might even have to wait a few hours, or *gasp* until the next day. OMG, horrors!
Once upon a time, they didn't even have phones. They used carrier pigeon or traveled long distances. Life was so much simpler then.
I understand there's a bit of a generational issue going on here. It's pretty common for me to be out with someone who replies to texts. I'm in my 20s. Sometimes if they're texting someone else they'll ask for advice on what to say or text that they're with me and what they're doing. I understand this is difficult for older people.
It has NOTHING to do with a "generational" issue but is has everything to do with a RUDE issue.
You were rude simple as that, granted what the guy did is not acceptable but your behavior was not acceptable no matter WHAT GENERATION you come from.
I'm also betting there are plenty of us OLD people out here that have seen, heard, participated in or started much more exciting things than sitting in some stinking crowded bar "having a good time".......heh there is more to life than a bar and a bunch of snot nosed wanna be's who think they know it all, have seen it all, have done it all and think their wet t-shirt prize is the absolute best.
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I know a lot of you are a lot older than me and barely text, but we were all around the same age and it's pretty common to check your phone/respond to messages when out.
Both of you were rude.. He was completley out of line in taking your property and throwing things at you....
Maybe it is a generational thing, but I beleive the cell phone behavior of the teens and 20 something set, to completley drop everything and start texting is very rude also....
tp the point that when we go to dinner with my daughter and her husband I request they leave thier phones in the truck...
It must be very frustrating for you all to go out then, because all they are is filled with people whose mannerisms you don't like.
Well, then it's a good thing I don't 'go out' much these days. That's the advantage of being involved and not looking.
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