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In response to "friday hax chat q: she has a no-phones at the dinner table rule within her family. is it rude to extend that rule to dinner guests?" by moles

If you annouce it at the start, otherwise it puts them on the spot when it does ring, related, I HATE it when confronted with saying a prayer unexpect

Posted by zeitgeist Jun 17 '11, 11:39

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I don't think it's about the phone ringing and them taking a call. -- nm - mara Jun 17, 11:41 1
- oh, yeah, this is definitely texting/web surfing -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 11:43
this is what i say, announce lightly at the very beginning of dinner 'we've made our dinner table a phone-free zone.' and leave it at that. - Andie Jun 17, 11:40
I just sit quietly and wait. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 11:40 3
- Loosi, as our guest at dinner tonight, YOU must say the blessing/grace (sits back smuggly) -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 11:42 2
  - ugh, never had that happen. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 11:43
  - "no thanks" -- nm - moles Jun 17, 11:43

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