This is not only a pet peeve, but probably a clear sign that I should be terminating communication with the person in question.
Someone staring at their phone, not paying attention while I'm having conversation/dinner with them. Happened yesterday... I was meeting a friend I hadn't seen for a long time. I would open my phone only to check if my husband has left me a message and that's it. For glimpses... seconds. Well, she started responding to texts from some Tinder match mid-dinner, which annoyed me, but she's grown ass woman and I wanted to see how more she will sink. And how much she will continue acting like an idiot.
She did this for more than 10-15 minutes... completely not paying attention and just smiling and laughing with a fake voice, thinking I'm okay with her not listening to anything I'm saying... At some point, I said to myself - it's better just to go and not even give her an explanation. I left more money than my part of the dinner, put my coat on and left. She didn't even realize what was happening till I was going out... she probably thought I was going to use the rest room.
Now I've been getting constant messages saying Sorry and that she was stupid to do this... How she realized she ruined our dinner. I'm not responding. Too little... too late.
Bye b-tch.