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Survey Says Baby Boomers Think Playing With Your Blackberry During A Meeting Is Rude
A survey of white collar workers (most of them in the legal profession) commissioned by NexisLexis offers a glimpse at changing attitudes towards technology between Baby Boomers, Gen Xers and Gen Yers (source: The technology log Techcrunch):
One thing Baby Boomers apparently really hate is when the rest of us are not paying attention during meetings and instead checking our e-mail or Twitter accounts on our mobile phones and laptops. A full 69 percent of Baby Boomers surveyed agree that “PDAs and mobile phones contribute to the decline of proper workplace etiquette,” while only 47 percent of Gen Y workers see what is the big deal.
Interestingly the report found that "The average Boomer gets the most e-mails per day (69), followed by Gen X (63), and then Gen Y (40)."
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I agree...
There are very few people in this world that can multi-task so well they can attend a meeting and answer e-mails/play with their 'Crackberry' at the same time. People that do that in meetings tell me that they think the meeting is unimportant and that they think being present is enough. It's not, IMHO. Honestly, I think some people do that to try to make others think they're more important or overworked...
If we're meeting to solve problems and make decisions, then all participants need to be sufficiently 'present' to listen and participate.
It got so bad at one airline I worked at that we had an unofficial ban on 'Crackberry' and e-mail use during meetings. A few dirty looks from upper management stopped it in a hurry.
"When you're going through Hell, for God's sake, keep going!" (Winston Churchill)
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