Texting in Social Situations

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Grade Ten Media Arts/Communications Technology

Blog Entry #1

As Ms. Parise waited in line at the supermarket to pay for her groceries last week, she noticed that the woman in front of her was texting as her groceries were being rung through.  The woman didn’t pay much attention to the cashier that had attempted to communicate with her.  When given the sum of her shopping, the woman continued to finish her text before offering her debit card to the cashier. 

In talking to Ms. Parise about this, I informed her that I too had encountered such situations.  While I was out on a boat cruise one evening, many people were texting continuously throughout the night.  As a result, many of the guests were not talking with each other, but instead were more concerned with the texts coming in on their cell phones.  In talking with my sister, she told me about a common friend of ours that was recently fired from their job via text!

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In your blog entry, respond to the following questions:

1. What are your thoughts on texting in social situations?

2. Do you find it rude if you’re talking to somebody and they proceed to text continuously on their cell phone?

3.If you had to come up with a list of five etiquette rules for texting, what would they be?