Really? I can only accept so much, but hate to hurt feelings! Example, taking a cell phone call right in the middle of a conversation and not thinking nothing of those around you in close proximity who are either talking or watching TV or whatever. I personally think it is quite rude and for me, no age in life gives you a "get out of being rude card".
I tend to give older people a pass on certain things. Maybe that is wrong. If they are at the point of needing caregiving that is. I mean they have so much that they are losing- independence, driving, sometimes hearing and the privacy of wiping their own behinds --I just , well, want to give them a few things . As mentioned in your last post about phone issues.
BUT- I will say there is no excuse for using your cereal spoon for the jam!---(DAD!) bleh. so gross! (note to self ---pack my own jam for trip to parents house on Monday) But he is the caregiver not the caregivee. No pass!! (and he did this my whole life)
How is your Mom's cognition? Could you take her aside and gently explain what the protocol is with these new-fangled phones?