Restaurant cell phone distractions still irritate diners

I am siding with the restaurants and if people don't like the rules, find another place to eat.

People in Japan are generally polite and take their conversation outside. What irritates me is when the same polite person come back in, sits down, lights up a cigarette and blows smoke my way while I'm still eating.

If you're more interested in your phone than the people you're having dinner with, then you're sad. But, I really don't care if people have their phones out. I mean facebook would be so boring without all the pics of people's food! Ugh.

If I'm on a date at a restaurant and a girl answers her phone and gets into a protracted conversation with someone she obviously knows and rabbits on endlessly while ignoring me, I excuse myself from the table and leave.

Surprise!

She just bought dinner.

When people I'm talking with face to face answer their phones and start yapping at the person on the other end, I leave.

But I don't have a problem with people I'm not with using their phones as long as they don't talk loudly.

I don't have a problem with people in restaurants talking on their cellphones as long as they don't talk loudly.

I think it is extremely rude to stay at a table when talking to someone on the phone. People should have the decency to either decline the call or excuse themselves. However, I have no problem with taking pictures because it takes just a few seconds.

It may be strange but I have a rule at my house...during dinner, my husband and I do not use our iPhones unless it is to show the other person something. We also do not watch TV while dining because we think it is a good time to just enjoy each other's company and have a good conversation.

Nothing wrong with taking photos of food. The chef should be glad that their creation will live forever... ;-)