{"id":5548,"date":"2012-01-12T14:45:51","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T19:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=5548"},"modified":"2017-01-24T18:14:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T23:14:48","slug":"a-great-idea-for-cell-phone-etiquette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2012\/01\/a-great-idea-for-cell-phone-etiquette.html","title":{"rendered":"A Great Idea For Cell Phone Etiquette…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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One of the best I\u2019ve heard, anyway. You know, aside from saying \u201ccould you please turn off your cell phone during dinner? Thanks.\u201d Do tell? Here you go. From the editors at The Week<\/em>,<\/p>\n

How \u2018The Phone Stack\u2019 is Civilizing Dinners out with Friends<\/strong>
\nTired of cell phones interrupting every meal? A clever new game poses a solution.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t you hate it when a nice meal with friends is constantly interrupted by beeping iPhones and Androids? Well, a buzzy new game called \u201cThe Phone Stack\u201d offers an amusing solution. Here\u2019s how it works: (Warning! <\/strong>what follows is rated PG-13.)<\/p>\n

What is \u201cThe Phone Stack\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also known as \u201cDon\u2019t Be A Di*k During Meals With Friends,\u201d the game tries to curb cell phone interruptions when dining out with pals. After everyone orders, they place their phones in the center of the table, face down. They may even stack the gadgets, as the name suggests. Even as the phones buzz and ring throughout the meal, no one is allowed to grab his device. If someone is unable to resist his smartphone\u2019s siren\u2019s song, he\u2019s responsible for picking up the check.<\/p>\n

Who came up with the idea?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A 20-year-old named Stephie, who lives in California, is getting the credit. \u201cI recommend not being such a stickler or hardass on people about the rules and even initiation of the game,\u201d she says on her blog. \u201cBasic premise is to just get people open to the idea of staying active and attentive to one another. But if someone has to take a call; they have to take a call =).\u201d<\/p>\n

And people like \u201cThe Phone Stack\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s \u201cbrilliant,\u201d says Dave McGinn at Canada\u2019s Globe and Mail. And it\u2019s really striking a chord with people. Yeah, it \u201csounds like the ultimate in dining\/phone etiquette,\u201d says Elie Ayrouth at Foodbeast. It might just be one of the \u201ccoolest\u201d pieces \u201cof socially engineered live gaming I have ever heard of.\u201d As you play, you just have to ask yourself, \u201cIs that text message worth the cost of everyone else\u2019s dinner?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Go take their survey on cell phones<\/a> and let them know what you think. Then head over to the Wall Street Journal and check out how a cell phone wrecked havoc with the New York Philharmonic.<\/a> It must have been a slow news day yesterday. Jennifer Maloney shares the horror,<\/p>\n

The final movement of Mahler\u2019s Ninth Symphony is a slow rumination on mortality, with quiet sections played by strings alone.<\/p>\n

During the New York Philharmonic\u2019s performance Tuesday night, it was interrupted by an iPhone.<\/p>\n

The jarring ringtone\u2014the device\u2019s \u201cMarimba\u201d sound, which simulates the mallet instrument\u2014intruded in the middle of the movement, emanating from the first row at Avery Fisher Hall.<\/p>\n

When the phone wasn\u2019t immediately hushed, audience members shook their heads. It continued to chime, and music director Alan Gilbert turned his head sharply to the left, signaling his displeasure.<\/p>\n

Minutes passed. Each time the orchestra reached a quiet section, the phone could be heard above the hushed, reverent notes.<\/p>\n

Finally, Mr. Gilbert could take no more: He stopped the orchestra.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sho\u2019 \u2019nuff! We\u2019ve all been there, huh? \u201cMaybe if I just don\u2019t move a muscle, maybe nobody will know that infernal device belongs to me.\u201d Go read the conclusion<\/a> of the slow news day story on cell phone silliness.<\/p>\n

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