Hi Paul nice to hear from you and your supportive words. Thanks for the article also. I never pondered the use of cell phones as a form of trysts. But I have a friend that a group of us go away on fishing holiday down in Costa Rico. "Tom" has spent countless hours on the computer emailing or I.M.ing his affairs. It got so bad that we had the computer removed from his room. This past year, it has turned to texting on the cell phone, equally as inconsiderate but even more invasive, as it can be accessed anywhere anytime.
It has been a while since i last saw a blog from you here at IE. I really do missed those enlightened banters of ours!! I find this piece by David Brooks very interesting and it just perfectly ties into the etiquette issues you highlighted in your blog.
David, I figured it would take someone as savvy as you to find such an app. Maybe if the smartphone manufacturers’ made this mandatory reading before the phone could be activated we may get somewhere.
I think the people who buy the Etiquette Avenue, already have a good idea about right from wrong, but might to need to know just how far they can push the envelope before bad manners applies.
Oh, and Emily Post, declares…yes, that would be bad manners.
The thousands of apps in the iTunes App Store can help you do a huge variety of tasks, and now you can add one more: learning etiquette. Designed for businesspeople who need a little help in social situations, Etiquette Avenue tells you far more than which fork to use.
While topics in the app are written in a friendly, helpful style, giving you the exact info you need before tackling a work dinner or other event - there is not a section on how to use your Smartphone etiquette.
So if you use your smartphone during a business dinner to lookup information on how to behave during a business dinner - is that good etiquette?
gowriraman, Welcome to the discussion! There have been numerous studies when it comes to the absolute necessity to keep the family informed and intact with daily meals. I know how important it was growing up, (although I never realized it).
I make every attempt to provide that environment at home, summers are especially tough. My 16 year old is always doing something somewhere but we try to wrangle her in for dinner. And the cell phone and texting is out of the question. Although on occasion, she will die if she does gets some message, so we find ourselves giving in. If you don't they just won't be available for dinner.
Yes, I harken back to when I was a teen and my father would hit the ceiling if the phone so much as rang during dinner.
I see a great discussion going on here. I miss the socializing of family members at the dinner table. Everyone is either tweeting or texting otherwise with others not at the dinner table. People even forget to excuse while getting up to chat on the phone. Office meetings are snatched opportunities for texting to reach out to friends or tweet unknown faces. Several nights I end up eating and finishing dinner alone due to tweeting habits of my family. If only I can set the clock back on this habit!
I totally understand what you mean and I think all of us on this post would get a good laugh out of this video starring Larry David and cell phone etiquette.
Murugan, I tend to agree with your thoughts on differing perceptions concerning etiquette. However, blatant disregaurd for people's privacy and rude behavior should fall in the typical norms of society. There shouldn't be a double standard or a different set of rules with electronic devices.
As you have written, we are now at a point where there’s a rapidly growing infiltration of a mobile devices in our lives and consequently our greater use of them has some kind of an effect on those around us, whether it be a negative one or one of indifference.
Each one of us and even each organization has their own perception on mobile device etiquette.There are organizations where the usage of mobile device during meetings is acceptable.
Determining which set of manners to apply to society or sections of it is a very challenging task.
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