mountainsoft
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Typical situation... I ask my wife if she wants to watch a movie, she says "sure". I turn on the TV, get a movie playing, then she proceeds to browse Facebook on her phone or plays games on the tablet. Even when the gadget isn't beeping and chirping, it's distracting to catch the screen out of the corner of my eye and see her waving her fingers around. It drives me crazy!
I thought we were doing something together, but she's obviously occupied with other things. Worse yet if I laugh at something in the movie, she'll look up and say "what happened"? I think to myself "if you were watching you would know", but I pause the movie and answer politely before rewinding a bit.
Am I just an old school fuddy duddy, or is this just rude? I mean, if you go to a movie theater they tell you to silence your cell phone and refrain from texting. Why is it different at home?
My daughter is the same way, she's always got her cell phone with her. Worse yet, right in the middle of a movie she'll just start talking about her day or something she has planned. It never fails that she'll start talking during the news when the one story I've been waiting on is playing.
Is it really that difficult to unplug from the gadgets for just two hours? Sheesh! I remember when "watching a movie" really meant watching a movie... Is nothing sacred anymore?
I thought we were doing something together, but she's obviously occupied with other things. Worse yet if I laugh at something in the movie, she'll look up and say "what happened"? I think to myself "if you were watching you would know", but I pause the movie and answer politely before rewinding a bit.
Am I just an old school fuddy duddy, or is this just rude? I mean, if you go to a movie theater they tell you to silence your cell phone and refrain from texting. Why is it different at home?
My daughter is the same way, she's always got her cell phone with her. Worse yet, right in the middle of a movie she'll just start talking about her day or something she has planned. It never fails that she'll start talking during the news when the one story I've been waiting on is playing.
Is it really that difficult to unplug from the gadgets for just two hours? Sheesh! I remember when "watching a movie" really meant watching a movie... Is nothing sacred anymore?