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Mobile phones in pubs

  • 14-05-2012 10:59AM
    #1
    Kev_2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 976 ✭✭✭


    Does anybody else here agree that people are on their phones texting, on facebook, ringing people far too much in pubs these days? It's ruining half the fun of being in a pub :mad:


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  • #2
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    Kev_2012 wrote: »
    Does anybody else here agree that people are on their phones texting, on facebook, ringing people far too much in pubs these days? It's ruining half the fun of being in a pub :mad:

    i think people who complain about such frivalous things ruin the fun in this country


  • #3
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    but they have to check in so they can prove that they have a better social life than their other facebook friends...


  • #4
    FatherLen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭FatherLen


    to be honest none of my mates are like that. the only reason one of us would have our phone out for an extended period of time is to show a funny video or something.


  • #5
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Or people that ignore the company they're drinking with to watch strangers using their phones all night.

    So rude.


  • #6
    podgemonster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,231 ✭✭✭podgemonster


    A television is almost worse in my opinion particularily when there isnt even a match on. It's just on and people just star at it for no reason, turn it off!

    Went on holidays with a group of lads a while back and we found a pub doing grub that had free wifi and I sat in silence and they all got out their smart phones and went tweeting etc... i thought it was disgraceful.


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  • #7
    Dj Stiggie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 619 ✭✭✭Dj Stiggie


    I hate when someone you're with at the pub asks if there's free WiFi. Seriously, why didn't you just stay at home?


  • #8
    Steven81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭Steven81


    its great when a table of 4 all use the mobile, great conversation between all


  • #9
    Fromthetrees
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,846 ✭✭✭Fromthetrees


    Extreme aggression is the only answer here OP.


  • #10
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    podgemonster wrote: »

    Went on holidays with a group of lads a while back and we found a pub doing grub that had free wifi and I sat in silence and they all got out their smart phones and went tweeting etc... i thought it was disgraceful.

    It's kinda ironic that you presumably chose to criticize their behavior on an internet forum rather than to them personally.


  • #11
    BostonB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,053 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    Maybe some ones trying to tell you something...that the phone is more interesting?


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  • #12
    ronjo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,941 ✭✭✭ronjo


    Dj Stiggie wrote: »
    I hate when someone you're with at the pub asks if there's free WiFi. Seriously, why didn't you just stay at home?

    Does that honestly happen???


  • #13
    Sykk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,327 ✭✭✭Sykk


    #firstworldproblems


  • #14
    a fat guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 800 ✭✭✭a fat guy


    Who the hell goes on Facebook when they're in the pub?

    I'll only ever text/call someone to get them to come out if I'm in a pub, but that's it.


  • #15
    CruelCoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,463 ✭✭✭CruelCoin


    Kev_2012 wrote: »
    Does anybody else here agree that people are on their phones texting, on facebook, ringing people far too much in pubs these days? It's ruining half the fun of being in a pub :mad:

    Its all part of the atmosphere.

    Bring back the ciggarettes! All i can smell now is BO, bad perfume, and farts.


  • #16
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    smash wrote: »
    but they have to check in so they can prove that they have a better social life than their other facebook friends...

    quite often they are bored waiting for friends to arrive.


  • #17
    Kev_2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 976 ✭✭✭Kev_2012


    Nothingbetter2d wrote: »
    i think people who complain about such frivalous things ruin the fun in this country

    Well when you and a group of friends go to the pub to socialize and have a laugh is ruined by people being silent on the phone when they would be better off being at home, and the fact that going to the pub is a major part of socializing in Ireland, I don't think that it's trivial.

    Don't get me wrong, I am on the internet a lot, but not when I am with friends or anything. It's so anti-social!


  • #18
    podgemonster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,231 ✭✭✭podgemonster


    stovelid wrote: »
    It's kinda ironic that you presumably chose to criticize their behavior on an internet forum rather than to them personally.

    You presumed incorrectly.


  • #19
    Immaculate Pasta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭Immaculate Pasta


    Agreed it is antisocial. These are the twats that have their smartphone next to their drink. The one that gets me even more is people who have their smartphones on the table when they're at a restaurant. It just looks like I'm going to sort of talk to you but if I think somebody has something more interesting to say I'm just going to ignore you and read what they're saying instead.

    Foursquare, checking in on facebook - that can all get tae fuck.

    I never get people who call people or text constantly on nights out either. You're with company, why do you want to talk to other people? I forget I have my phone on me when I'm out drinking. I just don't think to check it.


  • #20
    hairyprincess
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,300 ✭✭✭hairyprincess


    Kev_2012 wrote: »
    Does anybody else here agree that people are on their phones texting, on facebook, ringing people far too much in pubs these days? It's ruining half the fun of being in a pub :mad:

    Is it definitely half? Completely 50/50? Not 60/40? Or 32/68?

    What instrument did you use to measure this? Have you compiled any studies or written any reports to back these spurious claims?


  • #21
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    Immaculate Pasta wrote: »
    I never get people who call people or text constantly on nights out either. You're with company, why do you want to talk to other people? I forget I have my phone on me when I'm out drinking. I just don't think to check it.

    maybe they are drug dealing :rolleyes:


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  • #22
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY AND LISTEN TO MY DISSERTATION ON MY JOB AND LOVE LIFE WAAAAAH


  • #23
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    Kev_2012 wrote: »
    Well when you and a group of friends go to the pub to socialize and have a laugh is ruined by people being silent on the phone when they would be better off being at home, and the fact that going to the pub is a major part of socializing in Ireland, I don't think that it's trivial.

    Don't get me wrong, I am on the internet a lot, but not when I am with friends or anything. It's so anti-social!

    they obviously are bored of you if they decide to go on their phones when ye are out... have you ever asked them directly why they are on the phone rather than listening to your tripe?

    just saying there is always 2 sides to a story.


  • #24
    Paparazzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,395 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    Sykk wrote: »
    #firstworldproblems

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=77455346

    And you don't need a hashtag on boards.ie


  • #25
    Funglegunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭Funglegunk


    I wish I was in the pub right now.


  • #26
    The Snipe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,484 ✭✭✭The Snipe


    My local has free wifi, and I'd often go in and have a few cups of coffee and go on my laptop/phone, and do some work. But if I'm with company, the phone stays in the pocket. Now if only herself would realise that.


  • #27
    JohnMarston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭JohnMarston


    I love sitting in silence in a pub racking my brains thinking of something interesting to say that doesnt involve work or mindless gossip. I'd much rather be engaged watching a movie, playing a game of poker or enjoying a meal where conversation and drinking aren't the only things the group are confined to.
    If the group was lively and engaging you wouldnt have people pulling out their phones to update their facebook with an irrelevant and self-absorbed message


  • #28
    Kev_2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 976 ✭✭✭Kev_2012


    JohnMarston wrote: »
    I love sitting in silence in a pub racking my brains thinking of something interesting to say that doesnt involve work or mindless gossip. I'd much rather be engaged watching a movie, playing a game of poker or enjoying a meal where conversation and drinking aren't the only things the group are confined to.
    If the group was lively and engaging you wouldnt have people pulling out their phones to update their facebook with an irrelevant and self-absorbed message

    The problem is, some people take their phones out the second they sit down in the pub! You actually can't start a conversation with them because of it! I wanna open my own pub, that bans phones, with blackjack and hookers.


  • #29
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    Kev_2012 wrote: »
    The problem is, some people take their phones out the second they sit down in the pub! You actually can't start a conversation with them because of it! I wanna open my own pub, that bans phones, with blackjack and hookers.

    you'd have one very empty pub if you banned blackjack and hookers ;)


  • #30
    connundrum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,563 ✭✭✭connundrum


    If they ban phones in pubs, how would I be able to show off my brand new Nokia 3310?


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  • #31
    missbelle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 494 ✭✭missbelle


    The last night I was out, I had no reception in either pub that I was in - usually check my phone when I go to the bathroom, or some of the group has gone to the bar, but looked at it once in each place and then didn't take it out the rest of the night. At least I couldn't send drunk messages at the end of the night and wake people up :p:D


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