Modern Etiquette

Technology is moving faster then society can keep up with it. It is changing the way we gather and consume news, how we reamain in contact with friends and family, and many other integral parts of our life. As this new technology enters, we are slow to adapt properly, on many levels.

(Although it is worse to assimiliate new technology without examining the ethical implications, the purpose of this rant is to examine etiquette.)

A few years ago mobile phones entered the pockets, purses, and belt holsters of every person in the United States. Has anyone stopped to teach when and where an individual in the company of others should be having a conversation with someone else? A good place to start is to avoid being like the utterly annoying "inconsiderate cellphone guy", but hopefully that was obvious. Second to that we should really determine what and when it is appropriate to be talking longer then a minute with others present, otherwise it borderlines being rude and-- well-- inconsiderate.