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Old Feb 05, 2020, 07:55 AM
Anonymous35014
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Originally Posted by Wild Coyote View Post
Hey Blue! I'm so glad you are getting through it all just fine! I often hear of people dropping phones in toilets.

Often, these days, a phone is quite needed, or so it seems. I often leave mine home, especially if there is a phone in the group. Only one needed should there be an emergency.

I am getting increasingly impatient with people reading their phones and texting at meals.
Much of this teaches people to be absent from their immediate environment
It's increasingly difficult to find people genuinely working on being Present for themselves and/or in their relationships with others.

I heard a lady telling a story about her "lunch group," who are old friends all getting together once a month for lunch. The first gathering was horrible. Everyone was on their phones. texting, etc.
At the beginning of the second meeting, Cindy asked the whole group to place their phones in the middle of the table. She'd then explained that the first person to pick up their phone, before the lunch gathering had officially ended, had to pay the tab for the group! I am not sure as to how this had worked out for them, I thought it an interesting approach!

I've also heard of hostesses taking both coats and phones at the door! Imagine that!
I think both strategies get their point across and help to raise consciousness around the chronic obsession with phones/devices.

"Be where you are!"
Yeah, I get annoyed when I'm trying to talk to people and they're using their phones. My mom doesn't usually use her phone when eating, but my sister and dad do... A LOT. The annoying thing about my sister, though, is that she plays around on her phone and starts taking pics of everybody so that she can post on Instagram and Facebook to "prove" that she went out for dinner. (You know how it is with millennials... If it's not on Facebook or Instagram, it didn't happen!) Or she'll start sharing stuff from her phone w/ other people.

I hope Cindy's approach worked! Though, I'm sure there are some people who plain don't give a sh_t and won't pay no matter what.
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