You know a behavior has become extremely prevalent in society when we have coined a specific word to describe it. PHUBBING literally means the habit of snubbing individuals in our presence in favor of our phones (Phone snubbing).
In our latest blog post, “Is your phone sabotaging your relationship” we discuss the idea of how the time we spend staring at the screen and not engaging with those around us affects our relationships.
Have you been phubbed before? Or are you the one doing the phubbing? Let us know in the comments below.
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@urszula this has happened to me. I think it’s one of the rudest things a person can do to another person. It just tells them that they don’t matter, like whatever is on that screen is more important than the person in front of you.
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The equivalent of phubbing without a cellphone is “bubbing” – snubbing someone by turning one’s attention to a book.
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@kirkmahoneyphd I’m not sure which one is worse 
I’m going to be more mindful about not doing either.
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We last brought up this topic 5 years ago…and here’s VICE news, rediscovering the wheel LOL OR, perhaps, they are just repackaging a well-established topic that’s been widely discussed in research and psychology circles for years 
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I feel the neologism “phubbing” is redundant here. It should simply be called “being a prick”. 
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I can’t understand how people think it’s ok to break off a real conversation to read a text message or answer a phone call. Phones have answer phones for that very reason.
Nothing less than very Bad manners
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Some know that it’s bad manners, so they try to hide it.
Claim: Some of my friends and relatives KNOW that it is bad manners to break from an in-person conversation to look at their cellphones but do it anyway.
Proof: They try to HIDE this activity – e.g., by putting their cellphones in their laps beneath a table – but I can see them doing it.
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I’ve seen this. It drives me nuts. My cousin was doing this at my mom’s birthday dinner recently & I kept thinking…“why is he looking at his croch?” Then I thought he was looking for Misiek under the table to give him table snacks, but then I saw what was really happening.
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I have been completely guilty of it, and of missing things with my daughter because I have been distracted. Often unaware I was doing it.
One of the key drivers in me ditching it all and getting an MK.
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