Phubbing – short for "phone snubbing” – is the act of sub-intentionally being distracted by one’s phone while talking to someone person-to-person.  According to Neal Goodman of Global Dynamics, it is a form of micro-aggression at work.  It is another expression of a deep-seated bias against another person.  Other examples of phubbing during a conversation are:

> Checking the phone incessantly

> Checking the phone every time it "sounds”

> Reading or sending emails and text messages

> Watching videos

> Chuckling to oneself upon seeing something humerus

> And other forms of bad manners

The cumulative impact of micro-aggressions on people who already feel ignored, disrespected, and/or powerless can be substantial.  Micro-aggressions accumulate: Mountains are molehills piled on top of each other.  Micro-aggressions lead to lower levels of job performance and thus job satisfaction.