Phones at the dinner table

Trashy

If someone is looking at their phone instead of conversing with you then it is a good sign you aren't interesting enough to converse with.

Sorry man, work on your social skills.


As for other people and their tables, I don't concern myself with that. Not my business.

To me it’s awful parenting. This kid was about 15. Imagine going on your first date when all you have ever done is looked at your phone at restaurants.

You should have told them something before running here to complain

We have a no phone policy at the dinner table and no video games Mon-Thurs.

My in-laws do this with their kids when we go out to eat. The kids know their passcodes and exactly how to maneuver around the iPhone.

On the one hand, it's nice that the kids are quiet (until the battery starts dying), but on the other hand they're severely missing out on social skills and how to act right in public.

But they're not my kids, so it's not my call.

My wife and I try to watch a show together and both be present at dinner. We don’t have children. I don’t know if it’s a generational thing, but I find it rude if someone comes up to me while I’m reading something on my phone or typing on my phone. In my eyes I am engaged in something, usually a conversation with someone else. I don’t care if they aren’t physically in front of me, I am still occupied with that communication.

If I’m talking to someone I show the same respect. I’m not going to whip out my phone when I’m in the middle of a convo w someone. But if I’m not being spoken to and there are people around me, if I want to get on my phone I will.

as long as it keeps the kids quiet and not shrieking and disrupting everyone elses peaceful meal, i dont care if they let their kids watch porn or smoke crack at the table