Gadgets at the table?

[Fnaar]

Miss Goodbody up the road once (memorably) used a gadget ON the table... the vicar still can't look her in the eye, and has developed an aversion to roast beef.

 

[Freds Dad]

We don't allow the kids to use any device when eating at the table and have introduced a rule that if you use your phone, tablet ect then you have to clear the table and load and empty the dishwasher. This seems to stop them.

It's also an unrwritten rule when out for dinner with friends that the first to use their phone pays the drinks bill. A couple have actually stopped coming out with us as they couldn't keep off their phones. They're not missed.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Our 11 year old is rarely seen without a book, it's a struggle prising the bloody thing from her hand.

 

[MisterStan]

Sometimes when we're out for a meal as a family (so me, MrsStan and LittleMissStan) we take the iPad as a distraction for the little one. That means that we can chat away without her getting bored. I also think that this tends to keep children's volume down, meaning that others can enjoy their meals in peace.

When we eat as a family at home (mainly weekends) then most of the time we eat at the table. There's nothing wrong with the odd TV dinner though.

 

[John the Monkey]

There's something sad in seeing a couple in a nice restaurant, both on their devices, ignoring each other. Why bother going out for a meal if you're going to do that?

What about all these people who are ignoring each other, while peering around the restaurant at other diners who happen to be using mobiles etc?

Dreadful!

 

[I like Skol]

What about all these people who are ignoring each other, while peering around the restaurant at other diners who happen to be using mobiles etc?

Dreadful!

What, you mean the people that are being aware of and being part of their surroundings?

 

[summerdays]

What about all these people who are ignoring each other, while peering around the restaurant at other diners who happen to be using mobiles etc?

Dreadful!

You mean you don't chat about the other people in the restaurant

 

[John the Monkey]

What, you mean the people that are being aware of and being part of their surroundings?

Yes, absolutely. Novel readers, the lot of 'em, I'll wager.

You mean you don't chat about the other people in the restaurant

Once I've filled in the twitter crew about it, I suppose I could.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

What about all these people who are ignoring each other, while peering around the restaurant at other diners who happen to be using mobiles etc?

Dreadful!

I've got to do something to pass the time. My wife's on her bloody phone again!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

You mean you don't chat about the other people in the restaurant

would never miss the opportunity!

 

[Lullabelle]

Last week we were sat in a pub and at the next table was a man and his teenage son probably about 12/13. Clearly mum and dad were divorced and the lad was staying with his dad for a while, the lad asked questions and tried really hard to have a dialogue with his dad but dad kept fiddling with his phone and at times barely registered the lad. Poor kid

 

[coffeejo]

I don't eat at the table. Mainly because I don't have one. Nearly always watching a DVD or on t'internet whilst eating. Dog doesn't seem to object...

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I don't eat at the table. Mainly because I don't have one.

Lame excuse.

 

[Firestorm]

Our 11 year old is rarely seen without a book, it's a struggle prising the bloody thing from her hand.

But if the book were a kindle ?

 

[rich p]

Our 11 year old is rarely seen without a book, it's a struggle prising the bloody thing from her hand.

11???
Great that you were still fertile at 49...

...(assuming she's yours)