How Not to Be a Jerk While Wearing the Apple Watch

If you're not careful, the Apple Watch could make you insufferable
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The Apple Watch finally went on sale Friday, and starting on April 24 the devices will be popping up on the wrists of your friends and co-workers. You might even be getting one yourself. And if you are, there's one thing to keep in mind: If you're not careful, it could turn you into a rude jerk.

Apple wants the Watch to make you more present in the moment and to free you from the supposed tyranny of your iPhone, but what the Watch does is bring another screen into your life with all the associated tapping, beeping, and peek-sneaking. Here are a few crucial dos and don'ts to keep you from being that guy.