Cell phone etiquette

Hey guys!!! Sorry that it has been so long but I haven't really had much to talk to even vent about lately that I thought would be interesting enough to you. So I apologize for being away so long but today I did have a bit of an experience that refreshed my mind of this blog of mine and gave me something to write about and also inform you guys on.

I'm going to call this a little course in cell phone etiquette :) yea that sounds about right! I don't know how many times I have approached a table, do my whole greeting splurge and realize I was completely ignored because the customer was on their cell phone the whole time. Talk about RUDE!!!!!! I find that to be so disrespectful and I don't understand how anyone would think that's ok to do. What bothers me even more is whenever the person decides to get off the phone and they act like no one has ever been over to the table to greet them.....hello!!!!! If you weren't so absorbed into whatever convo you were having, you would've heard me introduce myself and tell you I would return, but NO! Now it's my fault because you weren't paying attention to me in the first place. Sooooo sorry ( I'm sooooo NOT sorry!!!!).

I understand that sometimes you have to take a call, but at least acknowledge the server when they are talking to you. The least you can even do is make some kind of hand gesture letting them know to give you a few minutes until you get off the phone. Show a bit of common courtesy!!! I don't see that as being hard to do. You can even let the person on the phone know your at a restaurant and you will call them back in a few minutes. I mean, I didn't drag you into the restaurant, you are the one that walked in while on your phone on the first place.

I'm not saying that I have never done this myself (then again I am more of a texter) but I have the common courtesy to at least let the person at the other end (of the phone) hold on until I am done talking to my server. It's not so hard to do people. Our lives are so wrapped around technology that our common sense and common courtesy has gone out the window. I think it is about time to get it back!

Thanks for hearing me out and I hope those of you that do this horrible habit have learned a little something. Remember be nice and respectful to those who serve you and always remember to tip!

Until next time!!!!!