Is It Rude to Do This?

Wow.. I think it's rude. I mean, when my girlfriend shows me pics of her cutie pie nephews, I rarely even touch the phone, and only would flip if she was telling me to!

Yes, it's rude. Anyone who doesn't think it's rude, is too rude & clueless to realize how rude it is.

No they should not flip thru the whole phone's album. RUDE! RUDE! RUDE! Note to self: hold the phone and show the person...... don't hand the whole phone over.

Uh oh, I do that with friends and family. I can see where that was rude of me. Thanks for posting, I will ask next time.

Who told you you were wrong, a teenage girl?
Look at it this way, if I handed you my wallet to take a look at the picture of my kids, does that mean you automatically have permission to go through the contents of my wallet? Um, I don't think so :(
I said teenage girl because I have two and they and their friends are so rude with each others' phones, grabbing them out of each others' hands, trying to look at each others' photos, texts, etc. I have never seen an adult act like that!

I wouldnt do it.
I dont have anything on my phone to hide so I dont think I'd get mad if someone did start flipping, but it seems like they should ask first.
Of course saying "no" would also be kinda awkward wouldnt it?

I am not a flipper.
Unless it is my Husband's phone.

If I show someone else a photo on my phone, *I* hold the phone and show it to them. I don't just hand my phone over to them.
And IF they happened to flip through it, without asking, I would tell them, "Um, that is personal, please don't do that."

I have never had someone, just automatically flip through my phone while I am showing them something.
Rude.

Yes, I think it's rude. I don't randomly flip anything unless the person tells me to flip forward/backwards, etc. I feel that the pics are private and they are only showing me the one picture. I would consider it rude of someone to do this even though my pictures are mostly of animals, etc. You never know what's on someone's phone.

I think it is as rude for people to look through your pictures when you hand them your phone as it is for them to look through all your cupboards when you invite them over for a cup of coffee. To do it is very junior-high-ish. One should ask for permission to look at another person's personal property, or refrain from looking at all.

A good friend did that last night with my Facebook! I handed her my phone to show her the post of a friend and then she started flipping through my whole page -- she was absent-mindedly doing it as she was chatting -- I don't think she even realized she was doing it. But I was like, "uh, can I have my phone back" in my head. It made me very uncomfortable, even though I knew she meant no harm and wouldn't see anything wrong.

When I show someone a picture from my phone I turn the screen to them but never let them hold my phone. So I would say yes he should have asked but he prob assumed you wouldn't mind...

I expect the person to stay on that picture... IF I have more pics to show them, I will invite them to scroll over...

I'm with you on this one! lol. A physical album is made with the purpose of showing other people... phones are waaay more private and personal! You never know what someone *might* have on their phone, and I don't want to find any pictures that would make me blush...

My husband and I flip through each other's pictures in this scenario.
I wouldn't do so without asking if it was anyone else.

This is funny. Someone I know posted about this on Facebook last week and it made me laugh. It said: "That moment when you hand someone your phone to show them just one picture and then they start scrolling through the rest without asking... NO."
I had to "like" that one.

I don't know if I've ever thought of it as rude, but I dislike for people to do that. You're right, a phone is much different than a photo album.

Yeah, I would prefer for people not to see the naked pics I send my husband....

Completely rude. I hope this never happens to me, they might pull back a nub as I snatch that phone out of their hand..

Rude. Your phone is your business.

Yes its rude. Your right on-----I would have said something too. No they don't have the permission to do so.

Oh heck, just take a lude photo of yourself and add it to your phone album -
that'll teach them to stop flipping through people's phones without permission. LOL

I'm sorry - I couldn't help myself.

If I hand someone my phone, I half expect them to flip through the photos - just like if I hand someone a real photo album, I expect them to flip through.

It's a new digital age out there.

It is very rude to flip through someone's personal phone pictures. That is just like going through their e-mail or text messages.

My phone photos are not all what I put on facebook to share with the world.

You might just get a glimpse at my husbands butt, or my boobs if your not carefull. So, look at the picture I show you, then give me back my phone.

Yes, rude. I never hand my phone to anyone. I don't have anything too racy on there, but bottom line, it's my business.

If I want to share a pic with someone, I text or email it. My phone stays in my control.

If I hand over my phone while it's in photo album mode, I assume they're going to look through my album. If I'm not in the mood or don't have time for that business or it's someone I don't want looking through my photos or phone, then I don't let the phone go and continue to hold it.

However, if you hand someone the phone to look at A PICTURE it's not an invitation to flip through other photos. It's rude.

Don't hand over your phone again to someone you don't know. Yes it was sort of rude.

If you handed me your phone to look at a picture, I would think it was only for that one specific picture.

However, a friend recently did this to me, and when I went to hand her back her phone, she asked "don't you want to see the rest of them".

Yes RUDE! They need to respect your privacy!

Handing over my phone means free to flip? Uh noooo. Thats rude in my opinion. so while you're at it, do you wanna look thru my text messages too?! ;))
I agree with you, yes its rude.

I flip thru my neices, but we all do as the adults in the family. The boys do not have phones yet. All of the adults are free to pick up and go thru the kid's phones, pictures, texts, face book etc to help keep tabs on them. However a stranger's I would not do. I might do it to a close friend though.

Mostly I do not trust my phone I paid a lot of money for to someone else's slippery fingers! If it is going to get ruined, I guess I would rather do it myself!

So, no, I rarely just hand it over. Not that I have much to hide. Probably lame photos mostly! But I worry about my phone that I likely could not live without as I have no home phone and use it for a lot! Plus...it DID cost me a lot of $$

But rude? Yep, I think so!

No, someone should not flip through your phone without your invitation to do so, but maybe it's best not to offer your phone to others to look at a photo if this is how they are going to behave - then they don't need to look at your photos at all