On 5/19/2013 8:35 PM, jmcquown wrote:

>> On 19/05/2013 8:06 PM, Cheryl wrote:
>>> On 5/19/2013 5:52 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>
>>> I just don't understand why anyone gets annoyed by texting or holding
>>> flatware "wrong".
>>
>> Why would people not be upset with a dining companion being more
>> interested in texting than in their company. IMO it ranks up there with
>> pulling out a newspaper or a magazine and tuning out your companion.
>> It's rude.
>>
> When I replied I was thinking about people at nearby tables, not the
> person I was dining *with*. Now THAT would annoy me.
>
Same here, I wasn't thinking you meant people you're with. But then I
have a niece whose nose is always in her cell phone so I'm used to it.
Others, too, to a lesser extent than her as well. Still doesn't bother me.

> I don't care how anyone holds their flatware. I never seen adults grip
> forks or spoons in their fists like little kids do, which referred to.
>
> Jill


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