Source: getkempt.com

We’ve all been there. You’re out on a patio with some friends or at a din­ner with co-workers and every­one is off in their own world, con­stantly check­ing their phones for new emails or Face­book com­ments.  Annoy­ing, isn’t it?

Well the next time you’re out, try the phone stack.  Con­vince every­one to hand over their devices and stack them neatly in the cen­ter of the table. (you can try and make a stack like the one shown) Then watch every­one cringe and fid­get as they have to ignore the beep­ing and chim­ing com­ing from the stack, there might even be an occa­sional reach across the table, but every­one is bound by the one rule —  the first one who breaks and checks their phone foots the bill!

getkempt.com says

“It’s a bril­liant piece of social engi­neer­ing, mas­querad­ing as a bar game. It takes the phone out of the pocket—where you can sneak a glance and hope nobody notices—and places it in the cen­ter of atten­tion at all times. Sud­denly, pick­ing up your phone is the big deal you always secretly knew it was. And more impor­tantly, it comes with consequences.”

This is a great les­son in social etti­quette.  But if you feel that big email you’ve been wait­ing for has arrived and it’s worth more then the price of the tab then please, go ahead and break the stack.