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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    What is facetime? Have I done it unwittingly? I don't wear a watch but I have looked at clocks. If in company, I try to do it surreptitiously.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited November 2019
    Donā€™t think youā€™re guilty @B3 ... itā€™s sort of communicating by smartphone so you can see each other.Ā 

    I can think of some circumstances where I might do it ... when offspring canā€™t visit but want to be reassured that a parent in hospital is ok.Ā 

    But in general itā€™s good manners not to do stuff that impacts on other patients and their visitors. . Ā Itā€™s also a good idea to try to shut out whateverā€™s going on at other bedsides, otherwise it is very irritating. šŸ™„Ā 

    Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It sounds like people who film an event on their phones and look at it later rather than watching what's in front of them in real time. Am I right?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    When we had our first baby my wife was in a ward room in the hospital with three other beds and one lady there must have spent hours face timing her whole phonebook while the other women and babies tried to get some sleep. Luckily she was discharged very promptly.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    B3 said:
    It sounds like people who film an event on their phones and look at it later rather than watching what's in front of them in real time. Am I right?
    Itā€™s actually being able to see each other as you talk.Ā 

    Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Itā€™s like Skype but you both have to be using an iPhone or pad.Ā 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.Ā 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Oh . I get it. No going to the loo while you're on the phone thenšŸ˜’
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    andĀ  it seem they have to hold their phones at arms length and shout at the tops of their voices . Selfish and antisocial .
    Devon.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    No excuse for that @wild edges. I'd have been having a word with the staff. Or sending hubby to do it. Mums need to rest as much as they can at that point.
    My MIL and her sister turned up to 'visit' when we were all having the little quiet time to get a sleep. Not sure how she even got in. I would have been very happy if someone had spoken to the staff about it - I'd been in labour for nearly a day - I was too knackered at that point >:)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    They wouldnā€™t have got past Sister Futtock ... she was very stern with visitors (but lovely with us Mums). She used to bring her two little dogs in to see us before she went off shift ... she said there was no hygiene issue as her dogs had a bath every week and she was sure some of the visitors didnā€™t šŸ˜‚

    Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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