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| Monday, May 25, 2009 | by: Jasper |
A friend of mine was recently a bit insulted/disappointed when she started telling what she thought to be an engaging story to a group of friends, and one of them zoned out and pulled out his iPhone. When catching her raised eyebrow he said: "I already know this story." Having dinner with friends is not quite the same if everyone brings (and uses) their iPhone at the table. Found this picture (entitled iPhone insanity) with the following hilarious description on flickr:
Kevin, Keith and Nick using their iPhones, while PJ watches a movie on Brian's iPhone. And I took this with an iPhone. Ridiculous.Always having e-mail, phone, photos, movies and news at your fingertips does seem to stimulate continuous partial attention. And sometimes I find it a little rude (guilty myself as well!). Or maybe it's just that the times are a-changing.
UPDATE:
New York Times article on texting and dinner etiquette: Play With Your Food, Just Don’t Text!
5 reactions:
Great. Now we can multi-task our friends. Are we trading long-term intimacy for short-term entertainment? Does ubiquitous digital communication mean more quantity but less quality in our social lives?
Maybe Kevin was sending an email to Keith while Nick was visiting Kevin's facebook.
Some people love their iPhone, while others wish something like this would happen: http://bit.ly/N60tM
This does not have so much to do with the iPhone as it has to do with rudeness... saying "I already know this story, and so I will ignore you for the duration" is completely and willingly ignoring the meaning of "conversation" and the difference between "having dinner together" and "stuffing your belly while downloading data" - the latter being something that you can perfectly do on your own.
For me sending SMS during social interactions is something that can be done if it is done very discreetly, infrequently and without killing the main event. Unless you want to communicate that you don't give a fuck about the main (presential) event, in which case you are using your cellphone pretty much like people in the past would use opera binoculars or fans or handkerchiefs to signal boredom and the need for extra-local entertainment.
Yes. I have two friends (a married couple) who have an iphone and ipod touch respectively. every social encounter, every dinner or bar I attend with them, we also attend with their devices. Hanging out for coffee with them gets derailed to a conversation about some adorable vid they saw online, how awesome their iphone was to help them navigate someplace, or them twittering about what we're doing. One of them signed up for facebook in front of me while we were out for coffee, and then was asking friends to friend him, including me. It's like Attention Deficit Disorder, in a box. The phenomenon is retarded, ridiculous and yes, rude. The iphone has many uses, but i think these people (and their friends) would enjoy life more if they knew how to put the device away.
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