Inappropriate times/places for texting...

[Mac'nCheese]

During US.

Jesus Christ people put away your phones for five seconds. The second the movie slowed down at all someone was on their ****ing phone.

 

[Mefisto]

During US.

Jesus Christ people put away your phones for five seconds. The second the movie slowed down at all someone was on their ****ing phone.

I didn't see any phones when I saw the film, but plenty of people who couldn't shut up and watch the film. Talking, laughing etc. Blows my mind that many adult people really have no sense of situational awareness.

 

[jazz1]

Well, this is so old school, I remember a time when people would not call you (on your landline) during supper. No, the phone didn't crank 😉

 

[lowendlinux]

Well, this is so old school, I remember a time when people would not call you (on your landline) during supper. No, the phone didn't crank 😉

I still won't and I won't call someone after 8:30

 

[MacNut]

I still won't and I won't call someone after 8:30

So you are the one trying to sell me a medical alert pendant!

 

[lowendlinux]

So you are the one trying to sell me a medical alert pendant!

Did you know it could be 100% covered by medicare, but if you're one of the fee that is not we have a friendly payment plan that's no more than the price of a cup of coffee.

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The reality is that if you call me after 8 my default answer is no so I won't do it to you

 

[jazz1]

I just wish Apple would offer more options with "Do Not Disturb". Such as several groups of times where DND is active. That way you could dial in sever DND during the same day. I think they do location DND. But I'd like to have DND on several times a day. Like over the noon hour and supper time, and of course after bedtime.

 

[MacNut]

I just wish Apple would offer more options with "Do Not Disturb". Such as several groups of times where DND is active. That way you could dial in sever DND during the same day. I think they do location DND. But I'd like to have DND on several times a day. Like over the noon hour and supper time, and of course after bedtime.

I would love DND when hooked up to a Bluetooth speaker or while using Spotify or YouTube. I don’t need alerts when I am listening to music or watching a video.

 

[jazz1]

I would love DND when hooked up to a Bluetooth speaker or while using Spotify or YouTube. I don’t need alerts when I am listening to music or watching a video.

Well with the number of Robo-calls these days that makes a lot of sense.

 

[Tech198]

Saw this one the other day:
Sitting in his car at a busy gas station after filling up. I guess it was an urgent text message he was reading/sending! 😕

What else can you do in a car..I mean your hands are free.. you might as well 'kill some time'.. That way you won't need to it later.

Convenient i say 🙂.. I do the same thing.., I check my email sometimes on iOS after getting stuff at service station

Not exactly urgent, but them i suppose, it doesn't have to be.

 

[Gregg2]

What else can you do in a car..I mean your hands are free.. you might as well 'kill some time'.. That way you won't need to it later.

Convenient i say 🙂.. I do the same thing.., I check my email sometimes on iOS after getting stuff at service station

Not exactly urgent, but them i suppose, it doesn't have to be.

Then I say move your car away from the pump so others have access to it!

 

[jkcerda]

In the car while driving. Gazillion morons do it on the freeway

 

[yaxomoxay]

In the car while driving. Gazillion morons do it on the freeway

Damn rookies. If you do that stuff, you have to be a pro

 

[Gregg2]

Well, that's a cute still shot, but we have no idea if the car is moving or if it is, whether or not it has self-driving capability. 😉

 

[max2]

During a wedding

 

[Roller]

I have a colleague at my hospital, a physician, psychiatrist no less, who apparently is notorious for texting while in session with patients.

I completely understand having to take an important call or message or page during a meeting with a patient, it happens with me relatively frequently, but I’ll wait until the person finishes their thought and ask them for permission to be polite as possible. If it’s not important I’ll ignore the interruption. If I get a page or high priority IM then I’ll have to stop.

Conversely, I can’t stand when patients whip out their phone to text when I’m trying to have a conversation with them. Especially when it’s something like informing them of extremely important side effects to monitor for like Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (a rare but potentially fatal condition where basically your skin falls off). If there’s some crisis by all means excuse yourself, but don’t say nothing and pretend you’re listening to me.

Many healthcare facilities are replacing pagers with phones for text communication, so it's possible that physicians are reading and sometimes responding to work-related messages rather than texting about personal matters. However, when that happens during a patient consultation or other meeting, it's good practice to explain what's happening to avoid misunderstanding.
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Funeral? Mid-coitus? Mid-coitus at a funeral behind the scenes inside the coats closet?

I find it annoying when the deceased texts during their funeral. However, if we were to adopt the burial practices of the ancient Egyptians, a smartphone with an ultra-long-life battery pack and perpetual cellular plan would be provided in the casket.

 

[Easttime]

Yes there are unsafe and highly inappropriate times and places for messaging on phones. On the other hand: my wife and I were visiting her very elderly, frail mother across the continent. We took her to a restaurant. I took out my phone so we could show her photos of her grandchildren, now scattered all over the country. Her face lit up. I asked the waitress for the restaurant’s guest wireless password. She refused and embarrassed me with a loud lecture about using a smartphone during supper. Needless to say, no tip for her.

My wife and I often get our phones out when we meet at restaurants, taking the opportunity to share messages and schedules with each other to coordinate our busy lives. To some observer at another table, taking notes about us for a research project, we might seem to be not communicating, when in fact nothing could be further from the truth.

People have a right to privacy, and many personal, valid reasons for using phones in times and places that might seem odd to others. Our crowded, shrinking world needs more space, kindness and tolerance.

 

[ejb190]

I was working with a client when his phone rang. I was already pressed for time and sighed internally as he reached into his pocket...when he muted the ringer without even pulling the phone out. I was seriously impressed.

 

[A.Goldberg]

Many healthcare facilities are replacing pagers with phones for text communication, so it's possible that physicians are reading and sometimes responding to work-related messages rather than texting about personal matters. However, when that happens during a patient consultation or other meeting, it's good practice to explain what's happening to avoid misunderstanding.
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I find it annoying when the deceased texts during their funeral. However, if we were to adopt the burial practices of the ancient Egyptians, a smartphone with an ultra-long-life battery pack and perpetual cellular plan would be provided in the casket.

Yeah. OnPage seems pretty popular. We aren’t still using pagers for a number of reasons, including the fact our campus has a lot of areas with both cellular and WiFi dead zones. Additionally, pagers have better penetration through buildings and underground and work off a separate network than cell phones so if the cell network fails we have a backup. For example during the Boston Marathon Bombing the cell network became overloaded (or was possibly shut off as a safety precaution incase the bombs were set off with a cell phone). So it’s an extra level of security. I know it’s been debated to switch to an app based on the fact our network spends a ton of money on pager service. We have an encrypted text app though too.

I change my AA pager battery about once a month. The label inside indicates it was made in 2001 haha.

 

[yaxomoxay]

At a cafe right now, reading a book and enjoying hot tea while waiting for my wife.
Two tables with a family each, kids about 5 to 13.
Kids have their head down on their phones. One of them is watching videos with volume full on (I am tempted to throw my tea cup in that direction).
Oh, as I was writing, another kid turned the volume on (sounds like balloons popping).

Edit: holy **** now entire family is on the phone volume to the max.

 

[Tech198]

Then I say move your car away from the pump so others have access to it!

I don't 'drift into techland' while i'm @ the pump 🙂

 

[19SK91]

At a play, a concert, or in the cinema.

Exactly, concerts are the place where you watch through your phone's display while filming so you can block other people's view!

 

[Apple fanboy]

Exactly, concerts are the place where you watch through your phone's display while filming so you can block other people's view!

iPad Pro don’t you mean?