A little cell phone etiquette please...

I have a cell phone, as does most of the rest of the modern world. When I go out to eat I put my phone on silent, vibrate, or turn it off. No one wants my ring tones to interrupt their meal and I don't want to hear yours. I understand forgetting once in awhile and that's ok, but tonight I went for a nice quiet calm dinner at Liquid Ginger. Liquid Ginger is so tranquil and makes you feel good...and has amazing food. Instead, I end up with some jack@$$ behind me playing You Tube videos quite loudly on his cell phone all throughout dinner!! Usually it doesn't bother me, but it was REALLY loud and obnoxious!! It sounded like a Gator Basketball game in the usually serene restaurant.

I do not answer my phone in the restaurant. Sometimes if it is important I will, but only if it will be short and I do not have to raise my voice any louder than normal conversation...otherwise I will excuse myself and go outside. My mother talks loudly when she's on the phone and I make her go outside, but now she'll go outside and talk for thirty minutes while I sit there and wait for her to come finish her meal...and it's not even important...just say..."I'm eating and I will call you back."

I just get annoyed when people are rude with their cell phones. This reminds me of an episode of Sex and The City where Samantha was in a restaurant talking as if to someone sitting with her on her cell phone. The restaurant told her she was being rude and could not be on her cell phone in the restaurant because it was disruptive to the other patrons. Meanwhile, there was this horrible child literally climbing the walls and throwing sphagetti on Sam's white suit, but that was completely ok because that was a child.

People are just completely oblivious of other people when they are in public and need to take a class on common courtesy.

My dinner of grilled scallops in a Lemongrass beurre blanc was extraordinary though. :) I LOVE Liquid Ginger! It is probably my favorite Restaurant in Gainesville!!