beep and indeed beep

Etiquette In this week's Goop, Gwyneth interview some fashion guy, Derek Blasberg, on the subject of electronica and "high end" socialising. It's probably useful read and fairly entertaining partly because he answers without a hint of irony in soundbites like...

"To Tweet or not to Tweet, that is the question in these modern times."

I mean really ...

"My rule of thumb is to take a cue from the host: If they're the sort of person who is into social media and has already Tweeted about the fete, go for it. But if the host is the sort of person who abstains from Twitter and Facebook, keep your cameraphone pictures to yourself."

Mostly common sense stuff then. But there honestly isn't anything worse than going out for a drink with someone, just the two of you, on purpose, and they spend the whole night conducting conversations by text with other friends, especially if you're not doing same and you're being interrupted every three words (beep and indeed beep), especially when it's one of those moments when you really need to talk.