[jowdones]

Meh, it's disrespectful and rude.

I had a friend, haven't seen him in a while then met for a coffee and a chat. 10 times in 20 minutes he would pick up a call in the middle of the conversation and "hold that thought".

Made a huge effort not to tell him to go f himself at the end but that concluded our "friendship".

[mleonhard]

If you had told him that you needed him to stop answering his phone, you might still be friends.

[goatinaboat]

If you had told him

This is not a thing that anyone should need to be told