Your Cell Phone Is Not A Fourth Utensil

Leaving a phone visible on a table introduces a barrier that takes away from the people you're with, says Daniel Post Senning, an etiquette expert with the Emily Post Institute in Burlington, Vt. At mealtimes, he recommends that "a phone is not the fourth utensil. There's no place for it on the place setting."(from MSNBC online10/9/12 )

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  Exhibit some social skills, people.  When you are out to lunch or dinner, put the cell phone away.  Even obstetricians who are on call don't have the silly devices on the table.  Using the cell phone in a social dining setting just shows everyone that your are a social Neanderthal, you have absolulely no social etiquette and it's just downright rude behavior.