To be annoyed guests wanting to use our wifi when they visit to go on social media?

[Notsogrimupnorth]

Don't get me wrong, I'm no troglodyte and I love social media but I find it a bit much when a so-called friend comes around for tea and spends half of the time on SM on their phone and then even asks to use wifi as they are struggling to get a signal. I have checked with other friends and apparently I'm not boring so that's not the reason - but seriously is this the social norm now? I find it a bit rude.

oops I mean I hate when kids are lonely, it's very sad
I don't hate lonely kids

Thought for the day; Steve Jobs BANNED his own children from smartphones - citing the reason that children younger than 10 who were exposed to new technologies became dependent on it (as they didn't really know life with out it).

Even then, he recommended no more than 30 minutes for iPads and 2 hours for smartphones per day for children.

So if the founder of Apple and (almost) the inventor of the Smartphone said this, it should make us think on.

From first hand experience; I worked for a mobile phone company for over 10 years (we were actually the first exclusive on the iPhone when it launched). Can tell you the way people reacted without their phones was crazy. I was also registering phones for 4 year olds (naturally dealing with the parent) and although 13 years old was a loose age guide for phone ownership, and the company would never directly sell to anyone below 16 for Prepay (and of course 18 for Postpay) the parents would say "oh it's for my 4yo DC" etc. The mind boggles.

YANBU. It's simple manners to not play on your phone whilst your at someone's house. I've noticed this so many times when people come to mine. They're not engaged in the conversation - just flicking through Facebook whilst nodding!!
Unfortunately though I think a lot of people now think this is acceptable and normal :/

Hi Wheezy. The issue is the "boy" is in his 40s and used to complain about the exact same behaviour 😳

It's sad and rude to request wifi when visiting friends.

Good grief, is that what people do now? I would be furious and not invite them back again. How very rude of them. And if they were in my house, would tell them the Internet is down, use your data if you don't wish to have a conversation with an actual person sitting physically in front of you.

Thought for the day; Steve Jobs BANNED his own children from smartphones

He also treated his cancer with acupuncture and fruit juice...

The poor man was terminally ill - I expect he would have tried anything.

It's got a name now 'nomophobia' - smartphone separation anxiety

I'd be horrified if my teen got on their phones when visiting someone's house, or when we have visiting relatives for a few hours ( some of whom can yak for ages, so I appreciate they may be bored, but it's a useful lesson for later life :-) ).
Others have commented that tv used to be an issue; this reminded me of a couple we'd had dinner with once or twice, who rang and cancelled about 2 hours before they were due to come for dinner(all food bought, and some stuff prepared for meal...), saying the grand Prix was to be on, so they wanted to stay home and watch.
I suggested they could record it, but was told it wouldn't be the same - they didn't really say sorry, it was more like it was unavoidable and in no way their fault!
They were keen to set another date to come instead, but somehow, we just couldn't find any dates we could manage after that..... ;-).