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post #31 of 42
8/22/07 at 11:46am
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Originally Posted by LabelKing View Post
I find the idea of "texting" stupid so I'd find the idea of "texting" at a restaurant even more egregious.

+1

I caved in and bought a cell phone last month. I've yet to find a good reason to send a text message instead of a phone call.

I've had conversations with people in a group, and some of them seem to drift off and check their Blackberries or whatever like they were zombies; then drift back into the conversation a minute later wondering what we were just talking about.
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post #32 of 42
8/22/07 at 12:23pm
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I find the idea of "texting" stupid so I'd find the idea of "texting" at a restaurant even more egregious.

Call a spade a spade. It's emailing by cell phone. I don't understand this word "texting" used by Americans. It's superfluous as a concept.

This is a godsend for communicating by mobile in a non-urgent and unobtrusive manner.

Naturally, there's an etiquette to it, and it's hardly rocket science for anyone with a modicum of consideration.
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post #33 of 42
8/22/07 at 12:31pm
When I go for dinner somewhere at least semi-nice, I don't even bring my phone to the table.
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post #34 of 42
8/22/07 at 12:56pm
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Originally Posted by contactme_11 View Post
I say absolutely no, in the past we did not need to make/ answer calls during our meals. So why now?

I'm not sure that is the best argument. Times have changed and cell phones provided an instant means of communication in case of emergency. That being said, I am part of the younger generation (have had a cell phone since I was 16) and cannot stand talking on it or people who do during dinner. If you take the time to go to eat with someone, you should be devoted to them. I can understand an emergency phone call (wife, child, etc) but what really peeves me is a friend/colleague just sitting there browsing the web on his blackberry while half-heartedly making conservation at the table.
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post #35 of 42
8/22/07 at 7:38pm
I can't abide the use of cellphones in the company of others in social situations, especially in restaurants. Turning off the ringer (before it actually starts ringing!) and letting voice mail look after everything is, in my opinion, the only polite thing to do.
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post #36 of 42
8/23/07 at 2:04am
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Originally Posted by Nantucket Red View Post
Call a spade a spade. It's emailing by cell phone. I don't understand this word "texting" used by Americans. It's superfluous as a concept.

This is a godsend for communicating by mobile in a non-urgent and unobtrusive manner.

Naturally, there's an etiquette to it, and it's hardly rocket science for anyone with a modicum of consideration.
lol it's not email buddy...unless u got a fancy fone with that email jank texting is SMS short message service
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post #37 of 42
8/23/07 at 6:04am
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Originally Posted by wEstSidE View Post
lol it's not email buddy...unless u got a fancy fone with that email jank texting is SMS short message service

Yes, and email is nothing but a regular letter..... it is just delivered really quickly. Quit writing letters at dinner... pfft!
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post #38 of 42
8/23/07 at 5:37pm
If I am out eating I will just pick up the phone, tell the person on the other line I am busy at the moment and I will call back when I am finished. The end. No texting for me.

I'll be the devil's advocate for texting. When I was at work at the airport and you need to get in touch with someone fast, if you're out on the ramp there's no way on earth you can make a phone call or use your radio, simply because you can't hear anything. In a situation like that we would all use text messaging. Easy form of communication when you're out around the jets.
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post #39 of 42
8/24/07 at 4:32pm
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...When I was at work at the airport ...

Do you no longer work at the airport?? What happened, summer job only?
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post #40 of 42
8/24/07 at 6:51pm
I generally despise cell phones and would never use one at the dinner table. I hate texting too but have to admit to using it when I didn't really feel like talking to the other person but had to communicate with him nonetheless. Cell phones are a necessary evil, food is a necessary pleasure. Why mix the two?

On the other hand, I know a Muslim straight out of Bangladesh who works at a Big 4 accounting firm. He's basically got his phone attached to his ear and is always talking on it; so much so that he runs out of minutes constantly. I've never known anybody (except females) that actually runs out of minutes. He even answers the phone while eating in a restaurant, driving, walking around, etc. At first, I just assumed he was a terrorist communicating with his al-Qaeda handlers, but I think he's just one of those people that love to "stay in touch."
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post #41 of 42
8/26/07 at 12:56am
Thinman, it was an internship that ran out. I'll be volunteering at the Travelers Aid desk starting in the winter or next year sometime, stop on in and say hello if anyone is traveling through Dulles

JB
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post #42 of 42
8/26/07 at 1:08am
Very rude. It instinctively brings forth the twitching of my eye.
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