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    • N
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      G.

      Re: 2014 survey. That describes my idea of purgatory! I went out recently with two other couples to a restaurant, & I kid you not every person, except me, put their phones on the table before they had even taken off the coats & sat down.
      I don't want a picture of my food! I want to f'king eat it! The waiter is just that, to wait on your table. He/She is not your personal f'king photographer!

      I have nephews & neices whose main vocabulary consists of: "Huh." "What." "Yeah." "Dunno." Which I translate to, "Shut the **** up I'm busy talking to Natalie in Papua New Guinea." No you are not. You're talking to some bearded weirdo two streets away!

      I wish I hadn't started this. I have just ruined my day.

      ps I do not own a smartphone. I have a payg Nokia 6100 that I've had for ever. I only ever turn it on when I'm travelling & need to get hold of the office. Which is rare.

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      • GilesG
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        4 years ago I was in a restaurant in Singapore with Johnny from The Tuck Shop.  After the food was served (brilliant curry BTW), he turned to me with a look of resignation and said "Once upon a time, people said grace, now they photograph their food"….

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        • N
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          @madmonday:

          the solution to the restaurant/meals problem is cut the wait staff & have everyone order & schedule their meals on their devices  😠

          I fear it's coming

          mm. Didn't micro$oft bring out something like that a few years ago. It was a table that had an electronic menu on it, & you dragged the item into a box next to your plate and you hit order. When the bill came you placed your cc next to it and you were charged accordingly. But they are still trying to figure out how to get the grub from the kitchens to the table without waiters/waitresses.

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          • GilesG
            Giles
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            I went to a restaurant in ChinaTown, Yokohama a year ago (again with Johnny) and that is how we ordered (well he did because it was in Kanji…..)

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            • madmondayM
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              my family blesses our food at every meal & then we take out our phones & ignore each other.

              when we are out we don't usually take out our phones until after we order because I'm old & like to torture my kids & wife while I can get them in the same place, hahahaha

              it's funny because it's not a hard & fast rule, just something we do  :-\

              I got a buddy that does restaurant stuff that I'm going to ask about this phone / electronic device phenomenon  . . .

              head high, middle finger higher

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              • GilesG
                Giles
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                Pics here:

                http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=7085.msg409757#msg409757

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • N
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                  @madmonday:

                  I got a buddy that does restaurant stuff that I'm going to ask about this phone / electronic device phenomenon  . . .

                  I completely forgot. I did this last October on a trip to NYC at JFK. But it was done on an ipad.

                  Edit: I have often pondered knocking over a glass of water, accidentally-on-purpose, when there is a smartphone within its radius, and inwardly chortle at the unfolding meltdown of its owner.  😎

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                  • FinksterF
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                    @No.88:

                    … ps I do not own a smartphone. I have a payg Nokia 6100 that I've had for ever. I only ever turn it on when I'm travelling & need to get hold of the office. Which is rare.

                    🙂  Perfect! … same here - Nokia 6300

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                    • DionD
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                      Yep, here another smartphone repudiator. My 6300 is over 7 years on duty, which smartphone can say that?

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                      • GilesG
                        Giles
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                        Time to fess up…..

                        I have an iPhone 6S+ and love it.  It is the cause of much phone envy from @Madame Buttonfly.  Prior to getting this, my phone was used mainly as a phone and wifi hub.  Now I can actually work on the thing and given how much I travel, it has transformed my trips away….

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                        • FinksterF
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                          @den213:

                          Yep, here another smartphone repudiator. My 6300 is over 7 years on duty, which smartphone can say that?

                          A phone is for phone .. period

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                          • N
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                            If people are using their phone for conducting their business affairs, & not running into me in the street or tapping away on it at our dining table, or taking poxy photos of themselves every 5 minutes, I have no issues & they have their place.

                            Yours Curmudgeonly,
                            No.88.

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                            • GilesG
                              Giles
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                              Give me a little credit.  Really think I'd even consider doing that sort of shite

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • N
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                                Hahahahaha!! Touche. (I can see my avatar in the background).

                                Back at yer!

                                NB: My previous post was not directed at you personally. Hence why I edited it, as it could have been read the wrong way. 🙂

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                                • GilesG
                                  Giles
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                                  @No.88:

                                  NB: My previous post was not directed at you personally. Hence why I edited it, as it could have been read the wrong way. 🙂

                                  I did not read it as directed at me.  Fret not…

                                  Nice shirt BTW....

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  • N
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                                    @Giles:

                                    Nice shirt BTW….

                                    I've nicknamed it the 1skew9.

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                                    • GilesG
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                                      We're having a Mercedes Vito delivered next week. Its been named Vanny da Vito

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      • Black OrchidB
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                                        @Giles:

                                        We're having a Mercedes Vito delivered next week. Its been named Vanny da Vito

                                        Love that [emoji38]

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                                        • ChrisC
                                          Chris
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                                          Reading the last couple of pages feels like a whole lot of this

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                                          • madmondayM
                                            madmonday
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                                            what you say?

                                            I can't stop staring at the guy in your avatar, hahahahaha

                                            head high, middle finger higher

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