Am I wrong for thinking that it is rude to be sendingand reciveing text's messages when you are in the company of others? To me it means that clearly they would rather be in the company of the person or persons whom they are texting. or am I over reacting and in the modern age this should be accepted?
2006-12-29 00:43:17 · 58 answers · asked by Hammer 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Sometimes you have to deal with emergencies at home or work. And when that happens you must attend to it. But the proper etiquette is to excuse yourself saying that something important has come up, walk away, take care of business, and then return and apologize for the interruption.
But to just stand there with other people and text-message while they're talking to you is the height of rudeness.
2006-12-29 00:49:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
There is a difference between business texting and casual texting. I think that its ok to text message someone when its business related because most times the conversations will be brief and the back and forth responses will be minimal. Whereas the more casual texting will entail the laughter and being more absorbed into the phone and paying more attention to the jokes and the fun social stuff than the people that they are with.
When I managed a satellite office for a large company, a group of people from the corporate offices came to visit me to see how I was doing. The whole time I was with them from giving them a tour of my office to going out to lunch, pagers, cell phones, and text messaging devices were beeping and buzzing left and right. The corporate executives were so absolved by their devices that by the time they were scheduled to leave a week later, we probably had a total of 20 minutes of quality conversation.
2006-12-29 02:23:46 · answer #2 · answered by Joe K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think text messages should be treated the same as telephone calls when in company. That is to say, you should excuse yourself before turning to your phone, and if you really do need to reply there and then, apologise, explain that this is urgent and that you will be as quick as you can.
In general, however, it is best not to receive or send text messages when you are in company. It is certainly very rude to engage in a run of back-and-forth texting: if the subject is that important and urgent, you should telephone the other person; you could communicate as much in a 2-minute phone call as in 20 minutes' worth of text messages.
2006-12-29 13:01:41 · answer #3 · answered by Adrian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's rude. A quick response to a message (with an apology) is forgivable, but you should not be carrying on electronic conversations (voice OR text) while you are in the company of real live people.
2006-12-29 12:14:30 · answer #4 · answered by Heidi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's rude - like an interruption. The only messages that might possibly be acceptable would be something really urgent. Then the person should apologise to the people he's with, explain that it's urgent & ask if he can text a quick reply.
2006-12-29 02:12:41 · answer #5 · answered by Caro 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes!!! YES!!!! I do so agree with you!
Its so nice to find its not just me being miserable about things.
I was always told as a child that is RUDE TO WHISPER, and that is what I feel a text message is. And even worse when the person reciprocates to the message in my company, especially if I have to sit and wait to continue my conversation with them!
HOW RUDE IS THAT?!?!?!
2007-01-01 08:18:47 · answer #6 · answered by SUPER-GLITCH 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without a doubt it's RUDE RUDE RUDE !!! I went on holiday to America with a mate and she texted the whole time - during meals, sitting by the pool, shopping - you name it her damned phone kept tring tringing - she'd open the message and laugh ourt loud. I asked what was funny and she said 'Oh sorry can't tell you' then ignore me while she texted back. I honestly wanted to stamp on her phone or throw it in the pool. It really is the height of ignorance xxxx
2006-12-29 00:54:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's rude beyond contempt. So is inviting people to dinner and then taking phone calls from other people. Ok, you have to answer the phone when it rings, but then, unless it is an emergency, excuse yourself and call them back later. This happened to us recently and our friend stayed on the phone for ages just chatting in general, also very loudly, which made conversation with his wife nigh on impossible....and he was the one who invited us over!
2006-12-29 01:13:02 · answer #8 · answered by sarch_uk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't text or take phone calls in the presence of other people, unless it is a matter of life and death, and then I will explain the situation to the person I am will, and keep it as short as possible - no more than a minute.
You are not over reacting - it is very rude.
2006-12-29 00:45:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
I think it's very rude but there is a right and wrong way to do it if you have to send a reply.
You either excuse yourself and go to the toilet for example, or you tell them you've had a text, you appologise but say you need to reply.
I think it gets out of order where people have ongoing conversation via text where they are flying back and forward constantly, and i'm afraid it's women who seem to do that much more than men.
2006-12-29 00:51:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋