Texting at the dinner table?

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-20-2001
Texting at the dinner table?
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Thu, 09-17-2009 - 8:07am

What do you think?   Is it good manners to text at the dinner table?


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iVillage Member
Registered: 09-01-2003
Thu, 09-17-2009 - 11:01am
phones should be shut off when dining out or having a dinner with friends....it is just rude!

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iVillage Member
Registered: 01-18-2003
Thu, 09-17-2009 - 2:01pm
I think it's rude to text or talk on the phone when you're at the dinner table!
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iVillage Member
Registered: 02-07-2001
Thu, 09-17-2009 - 2:52pm

If you are dining alone in your own home, do whatever makes you happy. However, if you are with family/friends at home or out, silence the phone and put it out of reach.

This is a sore spot with me and got hubby into a lot of trouble with me on our 30th anniversary back in 2008. Even our kids ignore their phones when we're dining together.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-22-2005
Thu, 09-17-2009 - 4:26pm

My youngest step daughter is guilty of this,very rude.


Von.

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-29-2002
Thu, 09-17-2009 - 6:45pm

I think it's very rude and unacceptable when you are dining with others at a restaurant or anywhere else.

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-01-2004
Fri, 09-18-2009 - 12:15am

Or during a movie, I can see if your friends are a little late, but in the middle of the movie? Come people the movie nor I can be that boring!!!


iVillage Member
Registered: 09-12-2003
Fri, 09-18-2009 - 1:54am
Oh Deb, I can totally relate to that.
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-12-2003
Fri, 09-18-2009 - 1:57am
Can you dh not ask her to
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-12-2003
Fri, 09-18-2009 - 1:58am
totally agree.
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-12-2003
Fri, 09-18-2009 - 2:01am

many people put the buzzer mode (silent ringing) so it doesn't bother the other viewers, but the light from the cell is awful in a dark theater.

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