If I'm checking out a
If I'm checking out a woman in a bar, one thing that will cause me to rule her out right away would be if she goes off somewhere and makes a phone call. Now who in the world would she be calling at two in the morning? Jealous boyfriend? Not too impressive.
Or maybe her cellphone-packing friends. "So like hi, we're at the Marquee...yeah, it's pretty crowded... the DJ kind of sucks... So are you guys going to chill out at the Palace for a while?... OK, I'll tell Trixie... she's upstairs somewhere... I'll phone her."
Just checking messages? Whatever. Your messages aren't going anywhere.
Unless you're on call for medical emergencies, talking on the phone in a bar makes you look like a chump.