Reliance on smartphone...

podperson

Completely agree with Netwizard. I find it so annoying when I go out to meet people and they all have their phones out on the table, messing around with them, checking fb to see if there's been any updates in the last 10 seconds, updating their own status cause shock horror if people don't know where they are every second of the day! *sigh*

I have a very basic phone. It does calls, texts and it has an alarm clock on it. That's all it does and quite frankly that's all I need from it. I have a computer for the internet which I probably go on too much as it is. If I'm out and about is there really going to be anything so desperately important being posted/emailed that it can't wait until I get back?

I do have a laptop and if I'm going away I will often take it as I do a lot of self employed work and it's useful to be able to get on with things on long train journeys etc. But if I'm meeting people or doing something then it stays at home!

sweetme

No. I couldn't do without on tap Internet or my phone. I use it for my music, my pictures, I've got a couple of books on it that I read on my commute to work or if I'm stuck waiting somewhere. I have Facebook but don't update my status very often, maybe once or twice a week. I'm more of a lurker on there. I browse MSE sitting at my kitchen table too

I do, however, put my phone away if I am in company, and OP, I'd never put my emails before my kids going somewhere, doing something or wanting my attention.

BugglyB

For the sake of my relationship I regularly have 'phone down' time, for example while watching a film or in the pub. Apparently he occasionally likes to have my undivided attention

I also stopped checking facebook during sex for the same reason.

onlyroz

I do find it useful to have 24/7 internet access. E.g. earlier this week I was running late to work because I'd hit a road diversion, and I was able to stop and send my boss a quick email. Also, if you need to find out something when you're out-and-about (e.g. where's the nearest shop that sells so-and-so, or when does X restaurant open) then having a smartphone is incredibly useful.

However, I don't feel the need to constantly update Facebook with pointless status updates, and I cringe when I see other people updating with pointless things like "goin out wiv da gurlz" followed by a stream of photos in ever more drunken poses. Or the even more pointless "feeling so down today", which is a blatent request for sympathy.

lyrolee

Netwizard wrote: »

Did you report it? If she works in care, all the more reason to pay attention to what she is doing rather than her phone.

I dont know about everyone else, but phones in our office are not allowed to be used unless its an emergency or your expecting a very important phone call. However, working in an office full of younger girls, this rule is ignored totally, despite numerous emails asking us to stop and despite the work computers having unrestricted internet access.

I dont have any problems people replying to a quick text or making a phone call. The main reason I have my gripe, is like someone mentioned above. Its rude and I feel like I am being ignored. The phone takes preference over my company

Herself was bezzy mates with the boss! I don't work there anymore thank goodness.

[Deleted User]

It is certainly a age thing, we were on holiday recently and staying in a hotel that was mostly over 60 and I did remark how nice it was to not even see a phone, one night we went for evening entertainment and there were group of young travel agents in and the phones were out and being used in great numbers, also the amount of times we have been in cafes and two younger people come in and spend all there time on the phone and not a word is said between them. My view is relationships will not last as long if they keep this up. Get over it

Hermia

shrimper1 wrote: »

...spend all there time on the phone and not a word is said between them. My view is relationships will not last as long if they keep this up. Get over it

Don't you think those sorts of people have always been around though? I have been in so many restaurants/hotels over the years and seen families or couples sitting there eating in bored silence throughout the entire meal (I am sure Bill Bryson writes about this in Notes from a Small Island). They stare into the middle distance and barely grunt at each other. I think playing on a smartphone is just the modern version of starting out of the window or endlessly reading the menu/back of the cereal packet!

alias*alibi

I do rely on my phone a bit too much I must admit and DH used to moan at me until he got on Facebook and now he's glued to his.

I did joke once when me; DD and DH were all looking at iPhones and iPods at the sometime maybe I ought to FaceTime them in order for us to have a 3 way conversation :-)

thehappybutterfly

bouncydog1 wrote: »

Use of phones in the company of others is downright rude IMO! Sure people should check their phones if they are expecting something important, but it is totally out of order to have an eye on them all the time!

agree 100% with this. It really p's me off when my friends come and visit and they then spend the next two hours pretending to listen while surreptiously checking their phone. I threatened to take them off them at the door the next time they came up. :mad:

Orlando_Virgin

I think that smartphones are absolutely destroying conversation these days. My ex-girlfriend and all my mates are constantly on them refreshing their facebook every 5 minutes to see who has liked photos, what they've written etc.

Every conversation starts with "did you see such and such's status" or "have you tagged me in those pictures?" it's like the world revolves around it. If they're not on that they are comparing high scores on temple run or candy crush saga, or taking selfies of each other on their phones.

It's absolutely ridiculous, the majority of peoples' social lives is sadly now 90% revolving around social networking sites.