Reply #23: All things being equal. I find it quite vular.

[LanternWaste]

For my part, when I eat out with company, I feel them to be the priority of my attention. All things being equal, texts and phone calls to me will go unanswered as I think that answering them would be disrepctful to my company, and an indication that I am an incivil individual. All things being equal. I find it quite vular.

But that's just me-- a time and a place for everything rather than everything at the same time and place. I imagine many others simply look at it as part of today's norm.