I believe that texting is one of the biggest social barriers in today’s society. To me, there is nothing more obnoxious than when I’m hanging out and talking with friends, and without warning they whip out their phone and practically forget I’m there. Sometimes I could be in the middle of a sentence and I hear that bzzz bzzz bzzz and I roll my eyes and wait for them to rejoin the dialogue. I mean am I really that unimportant to you? Taking out a phone and starting to text is like saying that the conversation is too boring for you. You can claim you’re still listening, but your focus is obviously somewhere else. Can I just pick up a magazine, hold it in front of your face and read it while you’re talking, is that okay too? Technology is making it easier to communicate with people around the world, but nearly impossible when you’re three feet away from each other. —Supporter of Mouth-Words
This article appears in Apr 7-13, 2011.
Maybe I’m wrong here but… the “>” sign in your title indicates that you’re saying texting is greater than conversation.
Picky, I know.
In any event, I do agree with this bitch. In more ways than one.
I just walk away.
i’ve called-out one friend in particular, on this exact scenario, and her response was “i can’t help it”…i want to take her blackberry and flush it down the shitter.
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If said mentioned friend “can’t help it” then I certainly wouldn’t be able to help not being available to hang out!! I am guilty of being a very avid texter but NEVER while in the company of hang outs with friends. Their face time is more precious and important than the text that will remain on my phone until I choose to acknowledge it!!
As usual Bro Tim hit the nail right on the head. Just leave them & go about your day…you’re better off.
o.p., i’m with you on this deal. i have seen idiots, sitting at the same fucking table, texting each other. made me want to take their fucking phones and jump on them, after i jumped on the ones using them.
i can see if you are 50 miles away, and busy talking to someone else on the phone, and getting a message waiting. but to stand there, fingers twiddling back and forth, like someone with st. vitus’s dance, well fuck me gently, no way.
makes one wanna bite nails, and i don’t mean on my fingers, either.
definitely a piss off…
once or twice over a few hours isn’t too bad though.
You don’t know if there’s some emergency or something they’re trying to keep up with.
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I agree OP! I have a friend that does this… I rarely get to see him, then when I do it’s like he spends most of the time with his phone. But he is getting better, now that he doesn’t have that certain significant other in his life, haha. But anyway, another thing that annoys me is when people just assume if they see a group of two people, sitting at a dinner table, texting, they assume they’re texting each other. Like seriously, that rarely happens. How the hell do you know that they’re texting each other? Are you peering over both of their shoulders? You just sound like an angry old fart when you say shit like that. I’ll admit, I use a cell phone much more than a 50-60 year old. Is that bad? A lot of the time when I’m out with someone and I wanted to show them something about the topic at hand, I can just whip out my smartphone and show them a video or google something, whatever. I can feel the eyes and hear the scoffs as soon as I whip out that phone. Mind your own business people! If the person you are at dinner with is texting, then say something to them. But if you see someone else at another table with a cell phone, why the hell would you get mad at that? You have no idea what the situation is. Maybe someone they’re going to meet at that restaurant is texting them about how to get there or whatever. If seeing people with a cell phone annoys you that much, just keep the ole horse and buggy at home and listen to the radio while you play with your jacks. Okay I think I referred to a few different decades there, I hope I covered everyone :).
I wouldn’t hesitate to walk away.
Let me get this straight.So when you guys are hanging out with someone, you need their full and undivided attention for the duration of the time your hanging out ? Wow , sounds like my 3 year old…look at me , look at me ! Who cares if your friend takes a second to answer his/her phone or send a quick text, I am sure they have other friends/family they would like to keep in touch with as well. Jesus I can’t believe everyone agreed with this bitch.
It’s one thing to check to see if it’s an important call/message, replying to your friend about their new shoes is another.
Really, I don’t mind if you text while I’m with you, as long as you don’t mind if I read a book instead of paying attention to you.
Don’t those idiots know better than to text my friend while I’m hanging out with him? Doesn’t everyone know we’re at lunch right now? Can’t his mom stop texting him crazy shit? Fuck who cares! I’m doing this on my phone right now during an interview.