On 2021-04-17 7:37 a.m., Gary wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>> I will check my cell phone if it rings while I am out. I may or may not
>> answer, depending on what I am doing.
>
> I had a flip phone for about 7-8 years. I never answered it when driving
> or while talking to someone or just out shopping. Leave a voicemail and
> I'll get back to you soon.
>
> Very rude when talking to someone in person, their phone rings and they
> just have to answer it.* grrrr
>


There are a lot of annoying cell phone behaviours. They would include
carrying on phone conversations while ignoring a real person right there
and talking to someone in person and constantly checking for texts. I
can't tell you how many times I have seen a number of women sit down at
a table and at least one of them gets her phone out and sets it on the
table.


>
>> I have to wonder about people I
>> see walking around in town or in malls with a phone glued to their ear.
>
> For this very reason, I've wondered why the Covid isolation caused so
> many mental problems with so many. You've got your phone and can talk
> all day long. WHY do you need to talk person to person physically?

The lack of choice? They want the option to do something even if they
didn't really want to do it.