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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks for the perspective.  As I mentioned in my original post, in that particular instance, I used my phone to pull up data for that meeting and it was quite obvious when I was referencing it.  Funny enough, it was a meeting to discuss our social media strategy, so I really was adding value by pulling up our Twitter site to refer to some stuff.  But I do check my phone at other times, so I'll remember that people have other views on that.

As for reading the room, I'm almost always the most senior person in the room.  So yes, they should be following my lead, but I'll also be more mindful of my influence and possible reactions.  Only a few are above me and we all have phones and tablets with us all the time.  Heck, the company paid for most of them (except mine!).  It's the norm for senior staff.

And whomever suggested I get someone else to attend or just show up for the last 15 minutes, these are genius suggestions.  It really is that I'm expected to be away from my computer for the majority of my day, as we are a highly-dysfunctional, inefficient organization; yet I am also expected to be immediately responsive to situations (I oversee an internal service department--there are a lot of fires to be put out).  I don't like it, but that is what is expected in my role.  I think I read and respond to the majority of my emails on my walks back and forth to the restroom.

Also--I'm a mom.  But I would never justify/excuse my phone usage by saying I have mom duties. Even I know better than that![/quote]

You should have prefaced your phone usage with, I'm going to look up out twitter page on my phone and....[/quote]

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