Yesterday, after spending some hours working outside at the vineyard I'm associated with I went inside to see how things were going in the tasting room.

The main bar is a rectangular affair that will accommodate about 40 people on four sides. It was packed. I was chatting with a couple I know, both of whom had their phones out and they were scrolling or texting or doing something with them the whole time we talked. At one point I looked up at the bar and at first couldn't believe what I was seeing. At that precise moment EVERY PERSON at the bar had a phone in hand and was doing something with it, but NOBODY appeared to be actually making a phone call. It was almost surreal. In a group of several dozen people, all at least a bit relaxed from tasting wine, there was virtually no human to human interaction taking place.
If I'd had a phone, I'd have taken a picture of it.

I wonder how many of these people would claim they think using a phone in social situations is rude?

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