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There is absolutely no need for people to be on a mobile in a movie theatre...and the same goes for class rooms.
Before we had mobiles we would have had to wait until we returned home until we could pick up a message... with a mobile all you have to do is wait until the end of the class or the end of the movie.
With all due respect, the only thing that is really that urgent is if someone has died and the chances of that happening are so remote that it isn't worth checking your bloody phone and disrupting the class (and this means not only your prof and fellow students but you).
Before anyone gets the wrong impression, I like my mobile phone. When I am abroad I can keep in touch with my wife, my office, my colleagues who are there with me via SMS at very affordable prices.
I can make a quick call from the airport before I take off to say goodbye and I love you to my kids... the list goes on.
There are also times where I will not answer my phone and those are mostly when I am having a face to face with someone. If I am in a meeting or speaking to a colleague I will silence my phone and call the person back when I am done. If it is urgent the caller will leave a message or wait until I call back.
It is just plain rude to be checking your phone in a movie theatre (unless you happen to have noone sitting either beside or behind you)... it is even more rude to do this in a classroom setting and I'm astounded that anyone would even consider doing it.
Manners *are* important.
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