Mobile Etique is worse...

kennyc · 02-25-2011, 04:18 PM

(Reuters) - Whether is it texting during dinner, talking on a cellphone in a public restroom or using a laptop while driving, most people think mobile etiquette is getting worse, not better.

Ninety one percent of U.S. adults questioned in a new poll by computer innovation company Intel said they have seen people misuse technology, and three quarters think mobile manners have decreased in the past year....

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...71O05020110225

Mortis · 02-26-2011, 07:02 AM

I think if anything its worse here in Asia, I have seen groups or families having dinner and they are all sending texts or playing games on their mobiles. Then you get those people who figure it's better to yell into their phone than to talk in a normal voice. I stopped going to the cinema because I can't stand people talking on the phone during the picture, beyond rude!

wyndslash · 02-26-2011, 07:08 AM

@mortis: awww. here in the philippines we give them the evil eye, and they're usually ashamed enough to shut up or quickly hang up. in japan though, people seemed pretty well-mannered, at least in my experience. it's frowned upon to use the cellphone while in the train.

Mortis · 02-26-2011, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wyndslash

@mortis: awww. here in the philippines we give them the evil eye, and they're usually ashamed enough to shut up or quickly hang up. in japan though, people seemed pretty well-mannered, at least in my experience. it's frowned upon to use the cellphone while in the train.

Here if you so much as mention that they are being rude, for any reason, they will either be very apologetic or go into a rage and demand that you apologize to them because you were being rude. It's the same on the roads

GeoffC · 02-26-2011, 07:16 AM

I often wonder how people took their dogs for a walk, baby out in a pram/pushchair/went shopping - in the days before mobile phones - a good many people lead their lives with a phone clamped to one ear.

One young woman paying for her shopping was simultaneously packing bags/playing coo-coo with baby in trolley/paying with chip&pin all while holding a conversation on her iphone which was firmly clamped between her ear and shoulder (it would not have taken much for the phone to have fallen to the floor - then I wonder what her priorities would have been

)

Dodge · 02-26-2011, 02:46 PM

Civilization is becoming a fast-paced, quick-fix, selfish place. It's less about spending time with others and more about information accumulation. We will be robots via download to the brain

Mortis · 02-27-2011, 12:15 AM

There's a very funny joke about implanted cell phones with fax machines

jgaiser · 02-27-2011, 08:57 AM

At the Pizza joint I cook at, we are constantly getting people coming in the door talking on their phones, trying to read menu and making their orders without ever taking the phone from their ear. We had one counter girl who would just walk away until they put their phone away. Worked *sometimes*.

wyndslash · 02-27-2011, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dodge

Civilization is becoming a fast-paced, quick-fix, selfish place. It's less about spending time with others and more about information accumulation. We will be robots via download to the
brain

One episode of dr. who had the same concept.

sakura-panda · 02-28-2011, 09:32 AM

I recently started paying attention to other tables when we go out to eat -- now that my youngest is 2 years old and demands slightly less of my attention -- and I am amazed at the number of kids that are playing with their Nintendo DS Lite/DSi/DSi XL game consoles! I suddenly realize why my 7 year old keeps asking to take his in, even though I have never let him play with it at the table.

I think my husband would like to use his smartphone at the table -- and sometimes does, at home, when four of the five of us are done eating -- but he keeps it put away because he knows it annoys me. Sometimes, if it is just the two of us, we'll both have our phones out in a restaurant, but we're always doing something together, not separately. (Looking up movie reviews or times or calling up our email for an event schedule to share, for example.) We turn our phones off when we're at a movie.

I have never had a conversation with someone that I couldn't stop with a quick, "I'm in line and it's my turn at the register. I'll call you back in a few minutes." So, I guess I really don't understand why people feel like they have to be and stay on the phone and it does annoy me. I can't imagine what it is like to be a cashier and have to deal with it constantly!

It boggles my mind that people think it is okay to multitask electronic devices when dealing with people that are right in front of them!

Mortis · 02-28-2011, 09:43 AM

I can't for the life of me think of an email that would be so important that I couldn't leave it untill after whatever I am doing. I know if my wife started checking her email at the dinner table I would be very annoyed, I never do it. I guess I am old fashioned, I still refuse to answer the phone when I am eating, taking a shower, reading late in the evening, on the loo or while making passionate love to my wife, I personally can't think of anything that can't wait the few minutes it takes to finish.

I will always call people rather than SMS/TEXT I think texts are ruining the world, I'm not joking. Just today I saw a policewoman on a motorbike sending a text message that ran into the car in front of her, luckily for her we were driving slow and she got away with nothing more than wounded pride and embarrassment. You see people here riding motorcycles on the highway sending text messages, that might not be so bad, but the driver in the cars are doing it too. I guess thats not really rude as the OP intended, but it is stupid.

kennyc · 02-28-2011, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mortis

I can't for the life of me think of an email that would be so important that I couldn't leave it untill after whatever I am doing. I know if my wife started checking her email at the dinner table I would be very annoyed, I never do it. I guess I am old fashioned, I still refuse to answer the phone when I am eating, taking a shower, reading late in the evening, on the loo or while making passionate love to my wife, I personally can't think of anything that can't wait the few minutes it takes to finish.

I will always call people rather than SMS/TEXT I think texts are ruining the world, I'm not joking. Just today I saw a policewoman on a motorbike sending a text message and ran into the car in front of her, luckily for her we were driving slow and she got away with nothing more than wounded pride and embarrassment. You see people here riding motorcycles on the highway sending text messages, that might not be so bad, but the driver in the cars are doing it too. I guess thats not really rude as the OP intended, but it is stupid.

http://kennyc.deviantart.com/#/d1nia17

pholy · 02-28-2011, 02:34 PM

Kenny, your link starts off at your gallery then quickly flips to something that says the mature filter is on. If I click that link, I get to a login registration page.
If I delete the trailing stuff, I can see your gallery (and that's worth the trip, for sure), but I don't see anything that seems to relate to the post you're quoting... Unless it is 'The Ritual' - which seems to be filtered... Help?

Mortis · 02-28-2011, 02:59 PM

double post

Mortis · 02-28-2011, 03:15 PM

Pholy, you have to join to see the picture which by the way is very good.

Kenny, awesome drawing, I hope you had a model for that, or maybe not, might not have gotten anything done

02-25-2011, 04:18 PM	#1
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Mobile Etique is worse... (Reuters) - Whether is it texting during dinner, talking on a cellphone in a public restroom or using a laptop while driving, most people think mobile etiquette is getting worse, not better. Ninety one percent of U.S. adults questioned in a new poll by computer innovation company Intel said they have seen people misuse technology, and three quarters think mobile manners have decreased in the past year.... http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...71O05020110225

02-28-2011, 09:43 AM	#11
Mortis Canucklehead in Malaysia Posts: 1,633 Karma: 3127774 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Device: iPhone, Kindle	I can't for the life of me think of an email that would be so important that I couldn't leave it untill after whatever I am doing. I know if my wife started checking her email at the dinner table I would be very annoyed, I never do it. I guess I am old fashioned, I still refuse to answer the phone when I am eating, taking a shower, reading late in the evening, on the loo or while making passionate love to my wife, I personally can't think of anything that can't wait the few minutes it takes to finish. I will always call people rather than SMS/TEXT I think texts are ruining the world, I'm not joking. Just today I saw a policewoman on a motorbike sending a text message that ran into the car in front of her, luckily for her we were driving slow and she got away with nothing more than wounded pride and embarrassment. You see people here riding motorcycles on the highway sending text messages, that might not be so bad, but the driver in the cars are doing it too. I guess thats not really rude as the OP intended, but it is stupid. Last edited by Mortis; 02-28-2011 at 10:22 AM. Reason: Grammar is suck :)

02-28-2011, 02:59 PM	#14
Mortis Canucklehead in Malaysia Posts: 1,633 Karma: 3127774 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Device: iPhone, Kindle	double post Last edited by Mortis; 02-28-2011 at 03:16 PM. Reason: double post

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02-26-2011, 07:02 AM	#2
Mortis Canucklehead in Malaysia Posts: 1,633 Karma: 3127774 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Device: iPhone, Kindle	I think if anything its worse here in Asia, I have seen groups or families having dinner and they are all sending texts or playing games on their mobiles. Then you get those people who figure it's better to yell into their phone than to talk in a normal voice. I stopped going to the cinema because I can't stand people talking on the phone during the picture, beyond rude!

02-26-2011, 07:08 AM	#3
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	@mortis: awww. here in the philippines we give them the evil eye, and they're usually ashamed enough to shut up or quickly hang up. in japan though, people seemed pretty well-mannered, at least in my experience. it's frowned upon to use the cellphone while in the train.

02-26-2011, 07:16 AM	#5
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	I often wonder how people took their dogs for a walk, baby out in a pram/pushchair/went shopping - in the days before mobile phones - a good many people lead their lives with a phone clamped to one ear. One young woman paying for her shopping was simultaneously packing bags/playing coo-coo with baby in trolley/paying with chip&pin all while holding a conversation on her iphone which was firmly clamped between her ear and shoulder (it would not have taken much for the phone to have fallen to the floor - then I wonder what her priorities would have been )

02-26-2011, 02:46 PM	#6
Dodge Sparks fly off my pages! Posts: 123 Karma: 250002 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Device: Kindle	Civilization is becoming a fast-paced, quick-fix, selfish place. It's less about spending time with others and more about information accumulation. We will be robots via download to the brain

02-27-2011, 12:15 AM	#7
Mortis Canucklehead in Malaysia Posts: 1,633 Karma: 3127774 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Device: iPhone, Kindle	There's a very funny joke about implanted cell phones with fax machines

02-27-2011, 08:57 AM	#8
jgaiser Omnivorous Posts: 3,283 Karma: 27978909 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rural NW Oregon Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 3, KPW1	At the Pizza joint I cook at, we are constantly getting people coming in the door talking on their phones, trying to read menu and making their orders without ever taking the phone from their ear. We had one counter girl who would just walk away until they put their phone away. Worked sometimes.

02-28-2011, 09:32 AM	#10
sakura-panda Guru Posts: 939 Karma: 9558874 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeast Michigan, USA Device: Kindle Oasis; 11" iPad Pro (Books, Kindle, Kobo, MapleRead SE)	I recently started paying attention to other tables when we go out to eat -- now that my youngest is 2 years old and demands slightly less of my attention -- and I am amazed at the number of kids that are playing with their Nintendo DS Lite/DSi/DSi XL game consoles! I suddenly realize why my 7 year old keeps asking to take his in, even though I have never let him play with it at the table. I think my husband would like to use his smartphone at the table -- and sometimes does, at home, when four of the five of us are done eating -- but he keeps it put away because he knows it annoys me. Sometimes, if it is just the two of us, we'll both have our phones out in a restaurant, but we're always doing something together, not separately. (Looking up movie reviews or times or calling up our email for an event schedule to share, for example.) We turn our phones off when we're at a movie. I have never had a conversation with someone that I couldn't stop with a quick, "I'm in line and it's my turn at the register. I'll call you back in a few minutes." So, I guess I really don't understand why people feel like they have to be and stay on the phone and it does annoy me. I can't imagine what it is like to be a cashier and have to deal with it constantly! It boggles my mind that people think it is okay to multitask electronic devices when dealing with people that are right in front of them!

02-28-2011, 02:34 PM	#13
pholy Booklegger Posts: 1,801 Karma: 7999816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Device: BeBook(1 & 2010), PEZ, PRS-505, Kobo BT, PRS-T1, Playbook, Kobo Touch	Kenny, your link starts off at your gallery then quickly flips to something that says the mature filter is on. If I click that link, I get to a login registration page. If I delete the trailing stuff, I can see your gallery (and that's worth the trip, for sure), but I don't see anything that seems to relate to the post you're quoting... Unless it is 'The Ritual' - which seems to be filtered... Help?

02-28-2011, 03:15 PM	#15
Mortis Canucklehead in Malaysia Posts: 1,633 Karma: 3127774 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Device: iPhone, Kindle	Pholy, you have to join to see the picture which by the way is very good. Kenny, awesome drawing, I hope you had a model for that, or maybe not, might not have gotten anything done