the phone stack / thanks niall!
We usually take a pretty hard line against phones at dinner, but a new trick just popped up that gives us hope for the future. It’s called a phone stack, and it’s a buzzing, flashing reminder of every phone-etiquette rule the world seems to have forgotten.
It works like this: as you arrive, each person places their phone facedown in the center of the table. (If you’re feeling theatrical, you can go for a stack like this one, but it’s not required.) As the meal goes on, you’ll hear various texts and emails arriving… and you’ll do absolutely nothing. You’ll face temptation—maybe even a few involuntary reaches toward the middle of the table—but you’ll be bound by the single, all-important rule of the phone stack. Whoever picks up their phone is footing the bill.
BRILLIANT IDEA. There is nothing more annoying than someone on their phone while you’re trying to carry on a conversation over dinner. You can disconnect for a whole hour and devote your attention to the person (or people) in front of you who have actually gone through the trouble to see you in person. No one is that important to need to answer emails during dinner. If you think you are, get over yourself.
(via jennilee)
