I should be getting used to it and in some situations it doesn't bother me but I am getting so tired of being in social situations where some of the people present are focussing on their phone rather than on the friends that are present. I just came from a dinner party with several good friends and one of the couples (who are very good friends that we see maybe every two months at most) seem to have their phones out most of the evening. Looking at the weather, texting, checking twitter....it's constant.
How does one handle this? Subtle hints don't seem to work. For instance, at one point in the evening I went to my purse to check my phone for an important message. As I did so, I apologized to everyone for using my phone but it was an important message that I needed to respond to. As soon as I finished it went back in my purse. The couple didn't pick up on my hint and continued to tweet, text etc.
What do you do in situations like this? Or are you guilty of it?
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