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Post by Josh on Dec 2, 2009 20:44:01 GMT -8
So, a question.
When it comes to modern language-based communication technology (cell phones, text messages, facebook, twitter), what are your major ettiquette pet peeves?
And do you agree or disagree with others?
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Post by Kirby on Dec 2, 2009 22:38:16 GMT -8
One that comes to mind is Ringtones. I keep my phone on vibrate at all times. I hate hearing any type of ringtone, whether it be horrible music or alert type sound of some kind.
I am also bugged by the fact that facebook/twitter has eliminated the need for small talk among friends, especially old ones. If I run into someone that I went to high school with that also happens to be my facebook friend, i already know how many kids they have, where they went on vacation, what they had for lunch yesterday, etc. There is nothing to talk about...
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Post by sarah on Dec 3, 2009 7:59:40 GMT -8
I hate call waiting! ok, I know that has been around for a long time now but really. You are basically saying, "hmmm, there might be someone more interesting to talk to on the other line....". For the same reason I think it is a bit rude to answer a call or respond to a page while you are talking to someone face to face. That's what voice-mail is for! Now of course certain situations may make it necessary, like a return call from a doctor's office........
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Post by rose on Dec 3, 2009 9:08:24 GMT -8
I'm with you Sarah on the call waiting. I make it a point to not answer the 2nd call coming in unless I'm really waiting for a call or I think it may be an emergency (in real estate, 95% of phone calls are emergencies  ). It's kinda rude and disrespects the person you're already talking to. And kirbstomp, I'm with you on the FB/past friends issue...I just saw a cousin of mine that I hadn't seen in years and I actually told her that I felt like I didn't need to "catch up" with her because we're already FB friends. I felt like such a heel afterwards...how ridiculous. My BIGGEST pet peeve of all...text messages when you feel awkward about the message you need to convey to the other person. Hey, if you're skipping out of something or ditching me - at least have the common decency to call me up and talk to me voice to voice. |
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Post by Josh on Dec 6, 2009 21:52:19 GMT -8
Yep- texting has become too easy an "out"
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Post by christopher on Dec 6, 2009 22:08:54 GMT -8
Jeez, I haven't got past the phone yet. I hate the phone.  What you guys are saying about call waiting, I feel the same about the phone. It's a tyrant, that demands your attention and most people treat it like it's priority number 1.....gotta answer the phone....gotta answer the phone. I rarely answer the phone unless I'm expecting a call. |
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Post by Margot on Dec 6, 2009 22:18:56 GMT -8
At our house our motto is that the phone was put in to serve us. Not visa versa. Many of our calls are answered later and/or (gasp!  ) screened. A definite "amen" to the Call Waiting thing. For some reason it hasn't been bothering me so much of late, but when it first started, I got real tired of being ditched for "better" calls... I resent the whole syntax thing that kicked up when texting was introduced. You know: "How R U?" I was just telling Paul the other day that we have a whole generation of 5th and 6th graders who are scratching their heads when the teacher marks them down for writing "U" instead of "you." Scary. Then, the whole thing about how texting now allows people to have three or four other conversations while they are (supposedly) talking to you face-to-face. The first time our daughter started texting someone while we were sitting down to dinner, was also the last time, What I find most interesting is that, she is, to a great extent, a very sensitive and considerate person. She wouldn't think of cutting someone off in a conversation, or turning her head and starting up a conversation with a second person while someone was talking with her. Yet, she (and her peers,) definitely don't see why texting would be interpreted as the same thing. Maybe that's my biggest peeve of all: that we've actually bought the line that we can give others 100% of our attention while we are multitasking. I'm not saying don't do it sometimes--or that I never do it. But we need to recognize it for what it is. (Dang! I just re-read this post and I think I am becoming my mother....) |
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Post by Josh on Dec 6, 2009 22:22:07 GMT -8
Yeah, I bet it was a real shock to you when the phone was invented, Chris ;D
Margot: yeah, what's up with people texting while you're talking to them, or when they're sitting in a group of people?
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Post by Margot on Dec 6, 2009 22:31:23 GMT -8
It's not pretty, man. Not pretty at all....
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Post by christopher on Dec 7, 2009 10:18:57 GMT -8
Well, I told Alex it was a bad idea and probably the end of the world as we know it, but Mr. Bell was never all that open to constructive criticism. He just loved his toys. To quote Jeff Goldblum: ...your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. |
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Post by Sandy Pines on Dec 14, 2009 15:36:15 GMT -8
Yeah, I bet it was a real shock to you when the phone was invented, Chris ;D Margot: yeah, what's up with people texting while you're talking to them, or when they're sitting in a group of people? A recent problem that I've been seeing is that when there's a group of people, sometimes people text others in the group to talk about someone behind their back that they can't say out loud. It happens all the time at social events that I go to. (I sometimes tend to look at other people's text messages occasionally while they're typing them...I can't help it  Especially when they're being rude about it and making eye contact and body language with people in the group because of the text messages) EDIT: Just to prove that this is a problem, there is a facebook page with currently 2,258,668 fans and growing. Ten or more of my friends seem to be fans of this group as well. :\ www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/Texting-the-person-next-to-you-stuff-you-cant-say-out-loud/184583152009?ref=nf(you'll have to be logged in facebook to view the group) |
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Post by Josh on Dec 14, 2009 18:39:03 GMT -8
I checked out the link. Pretty sad.
Yeah, I see my high school students do that sort of thing a lot.
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). It's kinda rude and disrespects the person you're already talking to.
) screened.
Especially when they're being rude about it and making eye contact and body language with people in the group because of the text messages)