Does the woman in this photo look happy? Does this relationship have all the markings of being doomed in the future?
Put That Smartphone DOWN !!!!
In social settings, and most particularly in business settings, not giving your full attention to the other person to "take a call" to "check a photo emailed" to "reply to a text" all means YOU are not AS IMPORTANT at that moment in time. Of course it is a TERRIBLE HABIT, but having been in that woman's shoes feeling that way for incessantly long minutes on end I highly REMIND YOU to stop this. Often there are exceptions with emergency calls, or the baby sitter or children of course. But 90% of the time you CAN return the message when you are done with your meeting, lunch, social setting. At some parties they have a BASKET to drop cell phones labeled into. There is vibrate or FLIGHT /Airplane mode you can put the status of your phone into.
You DO NOT HAVE TO check your email every five minutes when with someone you care about. This is ALL about being disrespectful and not courteous. Are you a disrespectful person or just plain DUMB? I am thinking friends and colleagues and people who SAY they like me but the phone is FIRST are just being DUMB.
Etiquette 101 people here. Don't irritate others like this at their core. It is a HORRIBLE feeling to be ignored, sometimes I think it is WORSE than hate of another.
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