--- description: At least that's Alex Cornell, a videographer known for some of his provocative videos, thinks. Cornell released this guide to a potentially worrying trend: group... title: Your Cell Phone Is Going to Ruin Your Weekend image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Your Cell Phone Is Going to Ruin Your Weekend by [Matt Vella](/author/matt-vella/) ## Matt Vella Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 24, 2014 11:53 AM CUT by [Matt Vella](/author/matt-vella/) ## Matt Vella Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 24, 2014 11:53 AM CUT At least that’s Alex Cornell, a videographer known for some of his [provocative videos](http://mashable.com/2013/12/12/our-drone-future/ "undefined"), thinks. Cornell released this guide to a potentially worrying trend: group texts destroying weekend plans. The inspiration for the video? Cornell couldn’t say exactly when [he spoke to Mashable](http://mashable.com/2013/12/12/our-drone-future/ "undefined"). “Honestly, it’s every text conversation I ever have these days,” he said. \[[Mashable](http://mashable.com/2013/12/12/our-drone-future/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/112288/cellphone-weekend-plans/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/112288/cellphone-weekend-plans/"},"headline":"Your Cell Phone Is Going to Ruin Your Weekend","datePublished":"2014-05-24T11:53:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:19.535Z","description":"At least that's Alex Cornell, a videographer known for some of his provocative videos, thinks. Cornell released this guide to a potentially worrying trend: group...","url":"https://time.com/112288/cellphone-weekend-plans/","keywords":["Tech","Social Media","texting","cell phones"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt Vella","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/matt-vella/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/112288/cellphone-weekend-plans/","name":"Your Cell Phone Is Going to Ruin Your Weekend"}}]}] ```