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To think I had every right to ask her to put her phone away?

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lurcherlover · 27/11/2011 20:35

My best friend and I went to see Breaking Dawn last night (please don't judge me on the film choice...). From the outset, the woman sitting immediately in front of me had her phone out every five minutes - I'm not exaggerating - and was texting away. She had it on silent, but it was obviously lit up and it was really, really distracting. About an hour into the film I could take it no more and leaned forward and said "excuse me, can you please put your phone away?" She did, and that was the end of it - or so I thought. As we were walking out at the end she came up to me and said "the reason I had my phone out is I was texting my babysitter as I was worried about my little boy, and you had no right to make me feel bad about that and intimidate me."I retorted that she had no right to ruin a film other people had paid money to see by having her phone out all the way through, and that if she was so worried about her DS she should have either stayed home or gone to an activity where it's acceptable to use your phone. She told me I had been really rude and stormed off. Had I been unreasonable?

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Bogeyface · 28/11/2011 10:21

I see what you are saying Queen but the fact that she had been texting every 5 minutes to the "babysitter" and then didnt text for another hour and a half (not even leaving to call from what the OP said) doesnt indicate to me that she was that concerned about keeping in touch. If she was genuine, and she was happy to have a go in the foyer so could stand up for herself, then I would think she would apologise, explain and say that she would keep the texts to a minimum or leave to call. Or tell the OP to fuck off!

I dont see "Can you put your phone away please, you are distracting me" as intimidating. Annoying and embarrassing if you have been caught out doing something you shouldnt, but not intimidating.

StealthPenguin · 28/11/2011 12:34

She isn't texting the sodding babysitter. I reckon she's full of shit, personally. She was being rude, someone pulled her up on it and then to save face she tried to justify it in the only way she could think of.

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