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Guest Post by Krizia from eatsmartagesmart
Krizia joins us from her health and nutrition blog called eatsmartagesmart with her take on modern life and our fascination with cell phones. Krizia, I hate to tell you, but it’s only going to get worse. – Cheryl Ragsdale
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Stop Checking Your Phone Every 2 Minutes!
phone checking while playing chess
Ok, I’ll admit to not being a fan of texting. It takes me forever to type a message because I text like a three year old. Perhaps, I’ve not taken up texting all that much because I spend half of my life typing for either features that appear on my site or responding to hundreds of emails a day.
If I need to text that much information to a friend from my mobile phone, I’d rather dial the number and leave a message.
I know I’m part of a small majority of people, but texting is just not my thing.
Another reason why I’m not a big fan of texting is because I find that people are glued to their phones and will check their phone or smart phone every two minutes to see if anyone sent them a message.
Maybe I could understand if these people were at the head of important companies or if they were high-powered trial lawyers or a researcher working on a new vaccine to save the world or a surgeon waiting on results for a patient.
I could definitely understand if the information was time-sensitive or life-threatening, but most times people are texting about mundane chatter.
Bad Manners
I'm texting for help with my chess strategy - be with you in a jiffy
What drives me truly crazy is how the mobile phone and smart phone are now injecting bad manners in our society.
How many times have I been at a business meeting or having coffee with a business associate just to see them look down at their phone every 30 seconds to see if they have a new message?
How many times has someone said: “just wait a minute, I’m going to answer this quickly … it will be two seconds?”.
When they’re done with the message, they usually have lost their train of thought and have no clue what we were talking about. You cannot imagine how this irritates me to no end.
People are now bringing their phones to the dinner table and texting while eating or while talking to their partner or their children.
It’s gotten so out of hand that some spouses are demanding that the other spouse have 60 minutes a day (at the dinner time) that is text-free!
I doubt that most messages that are texted at the dinner table cannot wait 60 minutes.
Distractions
I knew this one female show host who had said that she refused to get a smart phone (even if the station had begged her) because she didn’t want her show manager to reach her at all times of the day to ask questions that could be addressed during the Monday morning meetings. She wanted that break … that freedom. I’m very much like she is … I don’t want to be available 24/7.
I’d like to say it’s a generational thing and it’s a problem limited to Generation Y and Generation Z, but nope, Baby Boomers and GenerationXers are as bad and it’s not a gender-based problem since many women are addicted to texting as well.
I think a lot of people in
I can just picture the dinner time at most homes: the TV is blaring in the background, the kids are acting up because peas are vegetables and they don’t like peas and one partner is mindlessly texting and disconnecting from everything around him/her.
Since people tend to eat more when they are not conscious about what they are eating while double tasking, could texting become another reason to prevent people from enjoying the simple act of eating?
I personally think that texting while having a conversation with someone, having coffee or during a meal at the restaurant or at the dinner table is extremely rude and devalues the importance you give to that person sitting across from you.
Am I the only one or do you also think that
texting at the dinner table is rude?
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Krizia (aka MissK) is an international author of an acclaimed food guide. She’s also a former self-taught personal chef who helped people make smart lunch choices by preparing healthy meals to replace the unhealthy choices they were making. Krizia’s approach to healthy eating is about keeping it simple, approachable and REAL!
eatsmartagesmart was voted as one of the Top 200 Healthy Eating Blogs on the Internet (out of more than 3,000 health bloggers) by Wellsphere.com.
You can visit Krizia on eatsmartagesmart
photo credits: men playing chess ThatGirlisFunny’s personal collection, man texting whilst driving
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Texting at the dinner table is definitely rude! What (apart from perhaps contact with the daycare provider!) could possibly be so important? How did we survive again when people couldn’t contact us EVERY minute of the day?!!!!
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We didn’t know that we had it so good. I remember having to find a pay phone to call someone. We had to stand in line and wait for other people to finish their conversations! Can you believe it? Were we more patient back then?
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I am torn on this subject. On one hand, yeah, I hate it when I’m out with someone or in a meeting and people are texting, but my daycare provider communitcates by text. So while my kids are there my phone is glued to me in case I am needed. But at the dinner table, no way. Not cool.
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Hey Kelly Jo,
You do what you gotta do to be there for your kids. I know Krizia would never object to that type of message checking. We all have a threshold that screams “too much” when we’re trying to have a conversation and the other person is listening “distracted”.
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Oh I’m with you on this. On all of it.
Since when is it okay to ignore the person you’re with to talk to someone else?
I make a point of either silencing my phone or turning off the ringer and saying, “Sorry about that. I’ll call them back later.”
Because chances are, no one is texting an emergency. If it’s an emergency, a sane, logical person would call you.
I support the crap out of this righteous indignation!
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Grilled Cheese,
Interesting name…I have a sandwich for you. It’s a multi-layer cheese with bacon piece of heaven. Some veggies come with it to silence those nosy good nutrition people. It’s about halfway down the page…
http://thatgirlisfunny.com/2010/01/10-surprisingly-easy-ways-to-stay-young-from-the-inside-out/
And I promise NOT to look at my cell-ie AT all for at least 5 no 10 no really I can do this – 15 minutes while you’re eating your sammie. Lol! But seriously, you’re gonna luv this sandwich. Yummy! Do people say your name differently when they’re hungry? Just wondering…hahahaha!