Weekly Rant Part I: Put Your Phone Down!
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Picture this: You're standing beside a friend of your's, talking about this awesome new movie you just saw. You explain how awesome the comedy and the action was in the movie, and how much you loved it. The person you're talking to nods and replies, "Yeah, cool." Making it seem like they are 100% listening to your conversation with them, while they are on the phone.But the truth of the matter is, they're too focussed on the picture that Jimmy just uploaded, that they don't care about what you're saying.
This is my all time, biggest, pet peeve! What's more important to the other person? Me, or the screen in front of their face? They could be having a chance to get to know the person their talking with. Truly understand what that person is like. What their personality is like. Nowadays, people are so focussed on their phones that they don't gain the social skills that people in the past did. In the olden days, people would go to each others houses and genuinely 'hang out' and do things together. Now, when I invite people to my house, the first thing they do is whip out their device and start taking selfies/pictures to send to the person they're talking to on Snapchat.
If you're having the same issue happen to you all of the time, here is how I get them to focus on the real life interaction going on in front of them instead of their phone...
I tell them how much I hate it when people do this. This usually ends in 1 of 2 ways. 1. They become awkward and genuinely feel bad about what they just did. 2. They say to me how what they are doing is important.
I full out walk away. The few times that I've done this, the person ends up putting their phone in their pocket and running after me. Explaining to them why I did this, they realize their mistake. A lot of the time after I do this, they tend to never text while talking to me again.
A game that I play when people come to my house (especially a large group of people) I play a game. The game is 'First one to touch their device looses'. Everybody sets their phones or iPods on a table, and the first person to touch their device has to do something that the whole group decides they have to do. People are then forced to have real confrontations with other people.
Conclusion: If you're one of those people that concentrates on your phone instead of the person that you're with, stop. Just stop! Put your attention on the person and truly have fun! Learn something about one another! You'll probably have a lot more fun with the physical person, than the screen in your hands!
Picture this: You're standing beside a friend of your's, talking about this awesome new movie you just saw. You explain how awesome the comedy and the action was in the movie, and how much you loved it. The person you're talking to nods and replies, "Yeah, cool." Making it seem like they are 100% listening to your conversation with them, while they are on the phone.But the truth of the matter is, they're too focussed on the picture that Jimmy just uploaded, that they don't care about what you're saying.
This is my all time, biggest, pet peeve! What's more important to the other person? Me, or the screen in front of their face? They could be having a chance to get to know the person their talking with. Truly understand what that person is like. What their personality is like. Nowadays, people are so focussed on their phones that they don't gain the social skills that people in the past did. In the olden days, people would go to each others houses and genuinely 'hang out' and do things together. Now, when I invite people to my house, the first thing they do is whip out their device and start taking selfies/pictures to send to the person they're talking to on Snapchat.
If you're having the same issue happen to you all of the time, here is how I get them to focus on the real life interaction going on in front of them instead of their phone...
I tell them how much I hate it when people do this. This usually ends in 1 of 2 ways. 1. They become awkward and genuinely feel bad about what they just did. 2. They say to me how what they are doing is important.
I full out walk away. The few times that I've done this, the person ends up putting their phone in their pocket and running after me. Explaining to them why I did this, they realize their mistake. A lot of the time after I do this, they tend to never text while talking to me again.
A game that I play when people come to my house (especially a large group of people) I play a game. The game is 'First one to touch their device looses'. Everybody sets their phones or iPods on a table, and the first person to touch their device has to do something that the whole group decides they have to do. People are then forced to have real confrontations with other people.
Conclusion: If you're one of those people that concentrates on your phone instead of the person that you're with, stop. Just stop! Put your attention on the person and truly have fun! Learn something about one another! You'll probably have a lot more fun with the physical person, than the screen in your hands!
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