Entry-level employees and their iphones

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do what I do. Carry a large glass of water and when they run into, spill it on the phone.

Now, THIS is a good idea.

I'd skip this one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was the same thing when the bluetooth headsets came out. Took folks a while to realize that you didn't need to wear the headset 24/7.These same people, without the smart phone, would be just as likely to be passing notes or doodling during the meeting. It's just more obvious.

Yes! I remember people wearing their headsets everywhere and talking into them constantly! It was annoying beyound belief. At least with people texting on their smartphones you're spared from overhearing their pathetic conversations.

[Anonymous]

Wasnt the op saying enty levels shouldn't be on their phones but the rest of us are justified because we're not entry level. how presumptious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wasnt the op saying enty levels shouldn't be on their phones but the rest of us are justified because we're not entry level. how presumptious.

Not how I read the OP at all. She didn't say higher ups are justified in being preoccupied with their phones. She said it's more likely that higher ups would be receiving important, work-related emails that require prompt response than that entry-level people would be getting such emails, yet the higher ups aren't checking their phones in meetings but the entry-level people are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guess what, meeting are for the most part useless and are from the era of the 1970s. realtime social callaboration are the tools of the future. Maybe you should implement a wiki or interntal facebook like sharing messaging system for your company.

This. Case and point.

[Anonymous]

This summer i gave a ride to a 21 year old who was babysitting my friends' kids (she was on the clock). We were in the car together for 30 mins and she texted the ENTIRE time. It struck me that her generation were the forefront of texting and had no adult guidance in realizing limits and how to be polite and social within the confines of real world and texting. My teens are learning limits of that-ie the realperson comes first, and when and where to text ( phone put away at the table, wheninconversation with others etc..
I think the "entry level" comment is probably targeted atthis age/generation, and the lackof etiquette they were taught in this area.

[Anonymous]

OP, don't complain, that just discredits your point of view. When you're in a meeting and this happens, then ask something that requires that person's response. Chances are, they'll miss the question. Each time it happens, it will make them look increasingly irresponsible. At some point, either their supervisor will get involved, or their humiliation will reach the point where they'll need to modify their behavior. At the end of the day, it seems to me that the core of your complaint is not technology, but the fact that folks use that technology in a manner that's not appropriate for a place of business.

[Anonymous]

Guess what, meeting are for the most part useless and are from the era of the 1970s. realtime social callaboration are the tools of the future. Maybe you should implement a wiki or interntal facebook like sharing messaging system for your company.

This. Case and point.

Someone who doesn't know that the expression is "case IN point" and is not appropriate in this context (perhaps "game, set and match" would be better?) should not be making fun of anyone else's spelling, grammar and/or usage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This summer i gave a ride to a 21 year old who was babysitting my friends' kids (she was on the clock). We were in the car together for 30 mins and she texted the ENTIRE time. It struck me that her generation were the forefront of texting and had no adult guidance in realizing limits and how to be polite and social within the confines of real world and texting. My teens are learning limits of that-ie the realperson comes first, and when and where to text ( phone put away at the table, wheninconversation with others etc..
I think the "entry level" comment is probably targeted atthis age/generation, and the lackof etiquette they were taught in this area.

Agree. It's akin to whipping out a small TV in other people's presence. (Everyone would find THAT rude and strange, right?) Why don't people get that? Because they are too caught up in in their iphones?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, don't complain, that just discredits your point of view. When you're in a meeting and this happens, then ask something that requires that person's response. Chances are, they'll miss the question. Each time it happens, it will make them look increasingly irresponsible. At some point, either their supervisor will get involved, or their humiliation will reach the point where they'll need to modify their behavior. At the end of the day, it seems to me that the core of your complaint is not technology, but the fact that folks use that technology in a manner that's not appropriate for a place of business.

It's okay. As they get older and their career and personal relationships go nowhere, they will either wake up and get it or just continue to flounder for the rest of their lives. Most people won't be coddled forever and they won't be excused because they are "young". They will become old and will be seen as that stupid weird old guy. There is a day of reckoning for everyone.

[Anonymous]

I'm a senior manager and don't even have an iPhone. It's a huge generational gap.

[Anonymous]

Anyone 30 and under are hooked on the smart phone. I tutor 12 yr old kids that are addicted. I wouldn't think twice about a 25 yr old entry level employee having one.

[Anonymous]

It is illegal but you can buy jammers. Seen it in action. It is very funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is illegal but you can buy jammers. Seen it in action. It is very funny.

Would this get you in trouble if there were an emergency and they couldn't get the necessary info or make a call?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is illegal but you can buy jammers. Seen it in action. It is very funny.

Would this get you in trouble if there were an emergency and they couldn't get the necessary info or make a call?

Oops, forget this. See that you said it's illegal.