What is the etiquette with mobile phones these days? Is
there any? Or is it just “do whatever you want whenever you want wherever you
want”?
I don’t
understand why you would invite me anywhere; for a drink, coffee, meal, Netflix
and chill, or a walk, just to be on your phone for the majority of this
rendezvous. I remember when Nokia was monopolizing the cell phone industry, it
was a fun and exciting time for everyone involved, but people knew it was just
plain rude to answer the phone at the table. No one would dare play Snake over
a coffee. But now the game has changed. We can do everything on our phones,
from social media to transferring funds. The freedom to be able to do almost
anything on our phones has confused us all, especially my generation. Now that
it is so easy to access everything no matter where we are, we do, though it is
not a necessity. Facebook borders on what should be one of the most unimportant
things in anyone’s life. But so many people have this compulsion to check it
constantly, almost as if to say to whoever they are with, “My online social
network is more important than my real life social network, i.e. you.”
People
my age and up were probably the last to make it through high school before phones
got too smart for our own good. We used to talk to each other at lunch without
taking a picture of it, and make friends with people we had actually met, and
make phone calls outside of social settings. Now people will, without
hesitation, in company, make and take phone calls (quick or long), send and
receive multiple texts (talking more to the people they are texting than to
you), read articles, watch videos, check social media, read and write emails,
shop online, check sport scores, you name it. I could stay at home by myself
and have a better experience over coffee.
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