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this episode of TechnoBuffalo is brought to you by carbonite welcome back to their pursuit of retina shred sister show where rant and rave on anything from the world of technology and sometimes outside of it of this week I want to talk about social etiquette in cellphones and something that happened to me that I'm guessing happened to you this is retinues rants I'm gonna get my rent he's in a bunch let's go ahead and get started last weekend I met up with a few friends there were six of us in total some of us we haven't seen each other in years we always would be really close we met at a restaurant sat down with a ton to catch up on and immediately people started taking out the phone some put them on the table some were checking text messages Facebook whatever it might be checking in on Foursquare while we were sitting there and I looked around and I noticed everybody else is doing the same thing we went to go see a movie and people were walking around and checking their cell phones and it wasn't that I'm especially boring which I know sometimes I can be but cell phones are taking over social interactions and I am as guilty of it as the next guy it wasn't anything I was really aware of until I saw others doing it and it's such a crazy thing for me because I know in my industry talking about phones and Technology I am probably totally perpetuating this thing about always being focused on your phone and I realized anywhere I go I always got my hand in my pocket him I'm looking down you know I'm checking in I'm doing something on my phone I realized there's less and less time for social interaction when I wake up in the morning first thing I do is check my iPad when I go to bed at night last thing I do is check email when I'm out and about I want to check in on Foursquare I'm checking in on Facebook or whatever it might be I always have my phone in my hand and I'm wondering at what point that happened it's gotten so bad for me personally with electronics I sometimes you feel like a phantom vibration in my pocket like my phone is ringing and I'm constantly you know checking it and I can't be alone on that so what can we do to fix it how can we step away from technology for a few minutes early says some sort of social grace so he came up with an idea that I challenged you guys to try X hang out with a bunch of friends everybody stacked their cell phones stack them up face down the first person to check their cell phone picks up the tab wherever you guys are that will make sure that people sit and enjoy each other's company and technology takes a backseat once no one really has got to make phone calls really got to check Twitter they can do it but they got to pick up the bill if we routed a bar you know whoever picks up their phone next picked up the next round drinks take your own variation on this we found that when we did it we didn't touch your cell phones for two or three hours and everything was enjoyable experience to get to talk and get to catch up again hear what's going on with our lives and you know some of us are married some of them have kids they seek you everything that was going on in our lives and I missed that yet I can remember distinct moment going out with my wife going to see a movie and not checking my cell phone not worrying that was gonna ring or vibrators to her just it was a phone it was in my pocket if I had to make a phone call how'd make a phone call if I'd had to make a phone call I wouldn't touch it and I can't really remember exactly when that became more the smartphone became so ensconced as part of my life you know if you can talk to somebody and they're looking down at the cell phone while they're talking to you or Teddy and text message it's rude and I didn't realize that I did it as much as I did until I looked around and saw others doing it so sort of a moment of self realization light bulb over my head kind of thing where I realized I need to change something about how I interact so I challenge you guys to if you fall on the same thing as me if you check your cell phone way more than you should you think about your cell phone if you see an axe it in front of the first thing you think to do is take a picture put on Facebook and not call 9-1-1 then you got a problem let me step aside from my rants for just a minute thank our friends and sponsors at carbonite.com we've been talking about Carbonite for a while carbonate is the online backup to backup all your home or business computers you back your anything up totally online student after worry about losing stuff you never have to worry so for low flat annual fee crabby don't keep your computers backed up no matter how many you have let's start your free trial today no credit cards required go to carbonite.com slash techno and you'll get two free months we decide to buy so try it back up yo buiness am I alone in this am I the only one that feels crazy phantom vibrations I want to hear from you give you up comments down below if you guys agree give this video a thumbs up if you are victim of the same thing I am John rented from TechnoBuffalo now I'll see you in the next video