Phone zombies

[Lisafuller]

Hard to avoid these days - payments are done by app, work via email app and chat, bill payments, food delivery, all the stuff I use daily. I rarely carry a wallet anymore. I don't use FB on my phone, or any other purely social portal (apart from Signal which I use for random chatter), but because I work remotely my phone is never far from me in case clients send messages.
That said I don't stare at my phone when I am out for a stroll or having dinner out, and I will glare at my relatives when they do. We're all old fogies so this isn't just a young people thing.

Agree, with everything online now it’s pretty impossible to try to go without devices entirely. Still, any steps to wean ourselves off tech is a step in the right direction.

[jalanjalan]

Hard to avoid these days - payments are done by app, work via email app and chat, bill payments, food delivery, all the stuff I use daily. I rarely carry a wallet anymore. I don't use FB on my phone, or any other purely social portal (apart from Signal which I use for random chatter), but because I work remotely my phone is never far from me in case clients send messages.
That said I don't stare at my phone when I am out for a stroll or having dinner out, and I will glare at my relatives when they do. We're all old fogies so this isn't just a young people thing.

Agree, with everything online now it’s pretty impossible to try to go without devices entirely. Still, any steps to wean ourselves off tech is a step in the right direction.

Oh no, I love my gadgets. But there's a time and a place...

[x9200]

Hard to avoid these days - payments are done by app, work via email app and chat, bill payments, food delivery, all the stuff I use daily. I rarely carry a wallet anymore. I don't use FB on my phone, or any other purely social portal (apart from Signal which I use for random chatter), but because I work remotely my phone is never far from me in case clients send messages.
That said I don't stare at my phone when I am out for a stroll or having dinner out, and I will glare at my relatives when they do. We're all old fogies so this isn't just a young people thing.

I mostly use my mobile for communication. All the payments and such I prefer to do it with a pc. Regardless, I still think it is strange to go out with someone and chat with someone else at the same time or browse some pages.

[sundaymorningstaple]

I could have wrote that, x9200. My habits exactly. In fact I'm sitting in front of the PC now. I will use the phone for Whatapp, but becoming more and more rare as it's now installed without the need to keep the phone logged in as well. So, even less reason to look at it. If it's important they will call it the way I see it.

[Lisafuller]

Hard to avoid these days - payments are done by app, work via email app and chat, bill payments, food delivery, all the stuff I use daily. I rarely carry a wallet anymore. I don't use FB on my phone, or any other purely social portal (apart from Signal which I use for random chatter), but because I work remotely my phone is never far from me in case clients send messages.
That said I don't stare at my phone when I am out for a stroll or having dinner out, and I will glare at my relatives when they do. We're all old fogies so this isn't just a young people thing.

Agree, with everything online now it’s pretty impossible to try to go without devices entirely. Still, any steps to wean ourselves off tech is a step in the right direction.

Oh no, I love my gadgets. But there's a time and a place...

Completely agree

[Lisafuller]

Hard to avoid these days - payments are done by app, work via email app and chat, bill payments, food delivery, all the stuff I use daily. I rarely carry a wallet anymore. I don't use FB on my phone, or any other purely social portal (apart from Signal which I use for random chatter), but because I work remotely my phone is never far from me in case clients send messages.
That said I don't stare at my phone when I am out for a stroll or having dinner out, and I will glare at my relatives when they do. We're all old fogies so this isn't just a young people thing.

I mostly use my mobile for communication. All the payments and such I prefer to do it with a pc. Regardless, I still think it is strange to go out with someone and chat with someone else at the same time or browse some pages.

Honestly, it’s not just strange, it’s rude! If I even had my elbows on the table as a child, my mother would’ve let me have it, the older generation was very particular about etiquette, seems to be lost on kids nowadays.

Did you hear about the restaurant that’s imposing a $10 penalty on any parent that doesn’t rein in their crying children?

[Lisafuller]

I could have wrote that, x9200. My habits exactly. In fact I'm sitting in front of the PC now. I will use the phone for Whatapp, but becoming more and more rare as it's now installed without the need to keep the phone logged in as well. So, even less reason to look at it. If it's important they will call it the way I see it.

Unfortunately, I don’t have that option, ever since Covid, my company has taken a hybrid approach, so it’s important for me to be online on weekdays, sometimes even after hours.

[x9200]

Hard to avoid these days - payments are done by app, work via email app and chat, bill payments, food delivery, all the stuff I use daily. I rarely carry a wallet anymore. I don't use FB on my phone, or any other purely social portal (apart from Signal which I use for random chatter), but because I work remotely my phone is never far from me in case clients send messages.
That said I don't stare at my phone when I am out for a stroll or having dinner out, and I will glare at my relatives when they do. We're all old fogies so this isn't just a young people thing.

I mostly use my mobile for communication. All the payments and such I prefer to do it with a pc. Regardless, I still think it is strange to go out with someone and chat with someone else at the same time or browse some pages.

Honestly, it’s not just strange, it’s rude! If I even had my elbows on the table as a child, my mother would’ve let me have it, the older generation was very particular about etiquette, seems to be lost on kids nowadays.

Did you hear about the restaurant that’s imposing a $10 penalty on any parent that doesn’t rein in their crying children?

I completely agree, it's plain rude.

Nope, I didn't hear, but I think I there is already a bunch of restaurants not allowing children for that reason.

[Lisafuller]

I mostly use my mobile for communication. All the payments and such I prefer to do it with a pc. Regardless, I still think it is strange to go out with someone and chat with someone else at the same time or browse some pages.

Honestly, it’s not just strange, it’s rude! If I even had my elbows on the table as a child, my mother would’ve let me have it, the older generation was very particular about etiquette, seems to be lost on kids nowadays.

Did you hear about the restaurant that’s imposing a $10 penalty on any parent that doesn’t rein in their crying children?

I completely agree, it's plain rude.

Nope, I didn't hear, but I think I there is already a bunch of restaurants not allowing children for that reason.

Seriously? I had no idea, when I heard about the restaurant charging penalties for crying kids I got such a kick out of it, more places should adopt such a rule.

[Addadude]

Whining mama doesn't get much sympathy in Dublin!

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/i ... 30651.html

[sundaymorningstaple]

Personally I don't see anything wrong with it. Especially, when it is publicly posted on their website. Don't nightclubs that also serve food and alcohol also keep kids out (carding at the door in a lot of instances). (I don't use height as a metric here). So if a restaurant serves alcohol, shouldn't they also have the same rights?

[Lisafuller]

Whining mama doesn't get much sympathy in Dublin!

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/i ... 30651.html

Will need to put Dublin on my list of must travel places I see!

[Lisafuller]

Personally I don't see anything wrong with it. Especially, when it is publicly posted on their website. Don't nightclubs that also serve food and alcohol also keep kids out (carding at the door in a lot of instances). (I don't use height as a metric here). So if a restaurant serves alcohol, shouldn't they also have the same rights?

Yup, honestly I think more “adult” establishments should start implementing similar policies. There’s nothing worse than sitting down to a nice dinner when a child starts having a meltdown.