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I am shy and use my phone to escape interactions with others. I hope I am not viewed as "snubbing" someone, or a room.
by Ajay-p 5y ago
I am shy and use my phone to escape interactions with others. I hope I am not viewed as "snubbing" someone, or a room.
- aerovistae 5y agoI mean....I'm sorry, but if I'm trying to spend time with you and you're on your phone to "escape interacting with me"....yes, that's almost the definition of snubbing me, and yes, I'm definitely viewing it that way.
- agumonkey 5y agothe crowd around you will hold all possible interpretation of your behavior depending on their own bias you'll be an entitled douche, a snub, a weirdo, a shy, a geek, but maybe a 'independant mind', a mysterious person, someone who doesnt brag, etc who know what someone is when you run into it for a minute
- jcpst 5y agoYou can go ahead and bury that hope. Unless you want to live in denial, you are definitely snubbing if you are using your phone to escape interactions with others.
- bqmjjx0kac 5y agoI think it depends on whether you are avoiding interactions with friends or with strangers.
- antisthenes 5y agoAt that point why not just leave the room? Presumably there's at least 1 person there that you want to interact with, otherwise why are you there?
- burnished 5y agoAre you otherwise engaged with these people? Or, is it a bit more detached, like you happen to be on the same bus or cafeteria? If you are by yourself and have something to signal that you aren't available for casual conversation (a book, headphones, your phone, etc) I don't think that counts. I think people are firing off at you is because the context is a situation where some one rightfully would expect your attention, like talking to a friend or any other sort of scheduled activity.