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Mobile phone nuisance

Hope

One of  my support workers, who I only see once a week, always checks her phone repeatedly when I am with her. When I open my door upon her arrival, her head is bowed over her phone as she clicks away, and I refuse to speak until she puts her phone away, but I don't think she gets the message. Often, when we are waiting for the bus after I have done my shopping, she stands there looking at her phone, making me feel really uncomfortable.

My other support worker, who I see on the other days and who is my key-worker, hardly ever checks her phone; and if she really must use her phone, the reason is clearly set out with apologies.

The reason I feel uncomfortable with the former support worker's gratuitous phone use, is that I feel she should be giving her attention to me, supporting me; and that when she is looking at her phone I feel she is ignoring me.

How can I bring this issue up in a polite way?

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  • Thank you for the advice.

    I would feel better if I approached either my key-worker or the manager of the Autism charity and asked then to have a word with the other support worker, without mentioning my name. Just to say that a service-user is uncomfortable with the excess phone use, and could she only use her phone in an emergency and not have it out all the time.

    I have problems with letting people know if I don't like something, maybe because I am afraid of confrontational situations, but I do need to practise being assertive.

    Thanks again.

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  • Thank you for the advice.

    I would feel better if I approached either my key-worker or the manager of the Autism charity and asked then to have a word with the other support worker, without mentioning my name. Just to say that a service-user is uncomfortable with the excess phone use, and could she only use her phone in an emergency and not have it out all the time.

    I have problems with letting people know if I don't like something, maybe because I am afraid of confrontational situations, but I do need to practise being assertive.

    Thanks again.

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