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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Cell phone etiquette
What rules do you try and follow with regards to talking on the phone - in public, at dinner, with friends, etc? Texting or other stuff that doesn't involve actually talking?
Re: Cell phone etiquette
In public, I try not to talk on the phone period. I don't particularly care if other people do, I just don't like to talk on the phone anyway and the only time I do just to chat is in the car. And 95% of the time it's with my mom or my sister and I don't want the general public hearing the stuff we yammer on about.
I try to be aware of the texting or other dicking around on my phone when I'm with anyone. At dinner or happy hour, I try to keep my phone off the table so I don't get distracted. Sometimes I forget and leave it on the table, but that's the general rule I try to go by. I'll check it a few times for the time or a short text from H, but try not to respond back until I'm out or at least away from the table.
One thing I need to work on is giving H the same respect during dinner... The rules fly out the window when we're at home. Oops.
I try to keep phone conversations in public short and remember to keep my voice down. Usually I'm talking to my mom so there's no telling what the conversation could be about. Strangers don't need to hear that.
If I'm out with friends/family and I get a call I usually don't answer unless it's a call I'm expecting. I'll respond to quick text but like LB I try not to get to distracted. If it's just me and H out then we're usually both in our phones. We need to work on that.
I forgot to add that I don't think it's rude to check emails or texts while checking out at a store as long as it doesn't affect your checking out efficiency and you aren't straight up rude to the cashier. I worked retail and I did not care if people made conversation with me. Just smile an acknowledgement and pay with a card and not cash or a check and we were good to go.
I will text/email if I'm a passenger in the car, but to me the driver is focused on driving, so that's not a big deal. And I would never do it to the extent that if the driver talked to me, I wouldn't be able to have a conversation.
Now that I finally have a smart phone, I try REALLY hard not to become the person I always b!tched about. It stays in my pocket or purse. If DH isn't around and I have reason to suspect he might text me (like when we went to Mellow and I told him to let me know if he wanted me to bring something home for him), then I will check it briefly. I do check it for the time. But I never text/email for funsies when out with friends or DH. It drives me BONKERS.