is it something that's sort of clinically diagnosed, nomophobia? > > not yet, although they have started some support groups in california for people who deal with this. [laughs > > but it is something that is affecting, obviously, a lot of people, at least some of the effects of it. people are starting to just get really, really touchy and nervous if they can't have their phones with them. > > now there are some jobs where you absolutely need your phone for communication and other purposes. the idea wouldn't be to ban them then for people who have anything like this condition. > > right. definitely. any time you ban something, you're asking for trouble, because people are going to do it anyway. it's like you want to tell them to not do any shopping online right around the holidays. it's not going to happen. so, you need to have sort of a policy in place where people can understand when they can use their phones and when they can't, i think. > > could that be managed, actually? > > i think it can, because i think people are smart enough, and as lon