Ever been to a
restaurant, either with friends or your own family nowadays, and when everybody
starts staring at their mobile phones?
Yes? No?
Yes, mostly yes.
Mobile phones
are in fact an important part of modern life. We somehow have to admit this
very fact. However, during mealtime, especially so at the restaurants, there
should be some of etiquette on using mobile phones, if possible.
Firstly maybe
nobody should be allowed to look at a phone during dinner. The phone must be placed
facedown, you can look at it but never touched. Not even a minute to check the
email.
Definitely not
Facebook, especially if you want to 'hipsterly' snap the photo of the food or selfie your ownself and
upload it via your Facebook (or Instagram) to get as many likes.
What about when
going to the toilet? Yes, using your phone is permissible, else like me I still
bring the car magazines.
If during the
dinner conversation to need to check some facts when suddenly you are out of
ideas, then 'googling' Google might be permissible, but not encouraged.
What about
Twitter? Especially you want to find out what actually happened to Spain in the
FIFA World Cup, when it was the former champion which the first to pack their
bags and did not survive the first round. Maybe a yes.
Sources:
New York Times, Wikipedia, Information Technology for Management 6th Edition
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