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Pretending to look at your phone

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  • 23-02-2020 11:22pm
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    Premeditated Joke
    Site Banned Posts: 38 ✭


    I'm not sure if this has been discussed before but a conversation needs to be had about this. You know that moment when you enter the break room at work, and everybody has their head in their phone?

    I never made a point in pretending to look at my phone until one day I noticed something. It was a day that I was in the break room with another person, and by coincidence I happened to be on my phone, which would've be rare for me. After a few minutes, I looked up and the other fella apposite me was just chilling out drinking his tea. But apart from drinking his tea he was, as such, unoccupied. Now I'm not saying this made him seem creepy, but let's just say he didn't exactly seem the coolest at the time. It made me think about how I might come across to others when there's not many in the room, and I'm the one who's not on their phone... just sitting there eating.

    What do they all be looking at anyway? Okay maybe they do have things to look at, but what do they do once they've seen all the latest stupid posts from their friends? They keep the end down, that's what. And mean while the person at the other side of the table has also seen all their friends updates after a few minutes too. There might be 20 minutes left of break time, and it will remain as silence because one person thinks the other is busy, and they themselves want to be seen as busy too so that they won't look odd. Isn't this really what going on with most people. Before you could strike up a conversation with someone without looking less cool than them.

    You know how you can tell that they're never interested in what they're looking at? It's because if you start having a average conversation with someone else in the room, the person on their phone will always drop it and join in. Ever notice that? It's funny how the best chats I have at work these days are out on the shop floor. Ironically when I meet the same person in the canteen later, it's often dead quite. Sadly when I'm in the break room, I make sure to get out the phone and pretend to be looking at it while I eat. Sometimes i can think of a few things that I can do on it, but mostly I'm just pretending. And when I'm pretending, the screen keeps going dim because it's not being touched. I think I'll need to practice it!

    Do you pretend to look at your phone? Answer honestly.


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    #2
    Rufeo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 503 ✭✭✭Rufeo


    How do you spend so much time writing all that


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    #3
    Premeditated Joke
    Site Banned Posts: 38 ✭Premeditated Joke


    Rufeo wrote: »
    How do you spend so much time writing all that
    how did you read it so fast?


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    jimbobaloobob
    Registered Users Posts: 5,153 ✭✭✭jimbobaloobob


    Hmmm what?


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    [Deleted User]
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    Sorry, I didn't quite catch that. I was busy feigning indifference.


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    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Premeditated Joke wrote: »
    I'm not sure if this has been discussed before, but you know that moment when you enter the canteen or break room at work, and everybody has their head in their phone?

    I never made a point in pretending to look at my phone until one day I noticed something. It was a day that I was in the break room with another person, and by coincidence I happened to be on my phone, which would've be rare for me. After a few minutes, I looked up and the other fella apposite me was just chilling out drinking his tea. But apart from drinking his tea he was, as such, unoccupied. I'm not saying this made him seem creepy, but let's just say he didn't exactly seem the coolest. It made me think about how I might come across to others when there's not many in the room, and it looks like I'm just sitting there eating.

    It's funny how the best chats I have at work these days are out on the shop floor. Ironically when I meet the same person in the canteen later, it's often dead quite. Sadly when I'm in the break room, I make sure to get out the phone and pretend to be looking at it while I eat. Sometimes i can think of a few things that I can do on it, but mostly I'm just pretending. And when I'm pretending, the screen keeps going dim.

    What do they all be looking at anyway? Okay maybe they do have things to look at, but what do they do once they've seen all the latest stupid posts from their friends? They keep the end down, that's what. And mean while the person at the other side of the table has also seen all their friends updates after a few minutes too. There might be 20 minutes left of break time, and it will remain as silence because one person thinks the other is busy, and they themselves want to be seen as busy too so that they won't look odd. Isn't this really what going on with most people. Before you could strike up a conversation with someone without looking less cool than them.

    You know how you can tell that they're never interested in what they're looking at? It's because if you start having a average conversation with someone else in the room, they always drop the phone and join in. I never liked to doing two things at the once anyway when it came to eating and looking at my phone. I think I don't enjoy my food as much otherwise.

    You really should have kept this for a book. It’d be a best seller. Content like this is too good to give away for free. Delete it and link to your blog and charge for it.


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    elperello
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    Just buy the Irish Times and pretend to read it.
    They'll all think you are an intellectual.


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    beejee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭beejee


    Long since given up the habit of "I have nothing to do for 3 minutes, need to look at phone"

    It's actually close to pleasurable sometimes, eating lunch like a Lord surveying everyone else with their heads bowed down.

    Or on transport, or in a queue, anywhere!

    It's an almost surreal sense of freedom to look at others unable to have a single minutes peace to themselves.


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    Redneck Reject71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 586 ✭✭✭Redneck Reject71


    To be honest, people stare at their phones too much. When in town, I always see people with headphones in and staring at theirs. Oblivious to what's going on around them. That is why I still keep my trusty Nokia 3310,to keep me away from all that temptation,heh.


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    Leg End Reject
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    Is this a standard work place or a sponsored one?
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php




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    #11
    jaxxx
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    TL;DR


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    #12
    beejee
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    jaxxx wrote: »
    TL;DR

    TS;DR


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    Woke Hogan
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    weldoninhio wrote: »
    You really should have kept this for a book. It’d be a best seller. Content like this is too good to give away for free. Delete it and link to your blog and charge for it.

    Don’t give up the day job.


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    branie2
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    I've never done it


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    Premeditated Joke
    Site Banned Posts: 38 ✭Premeditated Joke


    Redneck Reject71 wrote: »
    That is why I still keep my trusty Nokia 3310,to keep me away from all that temptation,heh.
    I don't even find it to be that tempting.


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    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Woke Hogan wrote: »
    Don’t give up the day job.

    Why would I? I’ve bills to pay.


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    dartboardio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭dartboardio


    Everyones stupid, smart comments..

    That is whats wrong with the world right now.

    Yes, I hear you OP. Often walk into the canteen in work and it's like aload of zombies, all pretending to be busy on their phone, to avoid looking awkward staring into space, or avoiding going out of their way to talk to people.


    Pity the world is like this nowadays.. quite sad really


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    cj maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,500 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    dartboardio wrote: »
    Everyones stupid, smart comments..

    That is whats wrong with the world right now.

    Yes, I hear you OP. Often walk into the canteen in work and it's like aload of zombies, all pretending to be busy on their phone, to avoid looking awkward staring into space, or avoiding going out of their way to talk to people.


    Pity the world is like this nowadays.. quite sad really

    It's really not imo.


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    #19
    Premeditated Joke
    Site Banned Posts: 38 ✭Premeditated Joke


    cjmc wrote: »
    It's really not imo.
    Not even a little?


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    Premeditated Joke
    Site Banned Posts: 38 ✭Premeditated Joke


    dartboardio wrote: »
    Often walk into the canteen in work and it's like aload of zombies
    You nailed it.


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    #21
    dartboardio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭dartboardio


    cjmc wrote: »
    It's really not imo.


    Yeah right.


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    #22
    dartboardio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭dartboardio


    Premeditated Joke wrote: »
    You nailed it.

    Hilarious, very cool of you to pretend it's normal for people in every social situation to have their heads buried in their phones to avoid making conversation or similar.


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    #23
    Premeditated Joke
    Site Banned Posts: 38 ✭Premeditated Joke


    jimbobaloobob wrote: »
    Hmmm what?
    Wittiest put down I've ever heard.


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    #24
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    I pretend to be writing something.


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    shadydestroyer
    Site Banned Posts: 26 ✭shadydestroyer


    There's a few people i get on with in work and chat away but then there's some I wouldn't even bother say to hello or attempt to have a conversation with. If they try to talk to me I just nod.

    The high horse types that I just have no time for and the types that work means everything to them and would try throw you under a bus if the opportunity arises and would lick some of the heady guys Arses clean after taking a ****e.

    I have no interest in talking to you so please don't try and make conversation with me cause I have no interest.

    I often grunted and roll eyed at one or two of em as well when they attempted to talk to me.


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    #26
    Premeditated Joke
    Site Banned Posts: 38 ✭Premeditated Joke


    shadydestroyer wrote: »
    but then there's some I wouldn't even bother say to hello or attempt to have a conversation with.
    So do you think they're stuck up or do they think you're stuck up?


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    jimbobaloobob
    Registered Users Posts: 5,153 ✭✭✭jimbobaloobob


    Premeditated Joke wrote: »
    Wittiest put down I've ever heard.

    Wasn’t a put down at all. Why not enjoy your breaks for what they are and not be second guessing what other people are doing.


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    shadydestroyer
    Site Banned Posts: 26 ✭shadydestroyer


    Premeditated Joke wrote: »
    So do you think they're stuck up or do they think you're stuck up?

    No there stuck up, I enjoy the craic, not someone who's up their own hole.


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    Premeditated Joke
    Site Banned Posts: 38 ✭Premeditated Joke


    jimbobaloobob wrote: »
    Wasn’t a put down at all. Why not enjoy your breaks for what they are and not be second guessing what other people are doing.
    Why try and shut down the discussion? What your beef here?


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    Dakota Dan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭Dakota Dan


    dartboardio wrote: »
    Everyones stupid, smart comments..

    That is whats wrong with the world right now.

    Yes, I hear you OP. Often walk into the canteen in work and it's like aload of zombies, all pretending to be busy on their phone, to avoid looking awkward staring into space, or avoiding going out of their way to talk to people.


    Pity the world is like this nowadays.. quite sad really

    The op made a short story long which was their downfall as many posters couldn't arsed reading it.


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    jimbobaloobob
    Registered Users Posts: 5,153 ✭✭✭jimbobaloobob


    Premeditated Joke wrote: »
    Why try and shut down the discussion? What your beef here?

    Again running away with your opinions


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