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The phone buzzes, and before anyone notices, half the table is looking down instead of at each other. Is it rude to check your phone during a meal with friends?

A near-universal habit that almost everyone will also tell you they find irritating when someone else does it. — Yes, it's rude 100%, No, it's normal now 0% (4 votes so far).