Put the phones down!!
I go outside to take a break at work today, thinking that I might enjoy a quick chat while enjoying my cigarette. Five people were sitting at the table with their phones in their face. I sat down at the same table as them and nobody so much as looked up. I started checking my phone (really reading blogs on CS) and sat there for 15 minutes and nobody ever acknowledged me or said a word to anyone else. Finally after I finish my cigarette I got up and went inside and back to work.There used to be a time when taking break was fun. It was a time for you to chat with your work friends or complain about something going on. I would enjoy talking about my family and pets and hear the other people talk about theirs, plans for the week/weekend, and so on. Honestly, I think that if I had these people on Facebook and emailed them while sitting beside of them they would carry on a conversation.
Everywhere I go people are constantly on there phones. How did this world ever function without cell phones?
I remember, as a teenager, having to stop and use a payphone to call home if I wasn't going to be home in time. I remember everywhere I'd go people were always talking. Mind you, this is the south, people don't have to know you to talk to you here. They smile and just start talking to ya, or at least that's how it used to be. I know it's a new generation thing that is impacting everyone now. They have the latest cell phone and the world at their fingertips. I just miss the days where people would sit down and have good, fun conversations and really get to know people, aside from what they saw on Facebook.
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If I can't beat 'em, I'll just join 'em
In the middle of talking to one of my neighbors she immediately began texting on her cell phone.
I thought how rude so I never spoke to her again after that.
I've seen husband,wife and children sitting at tables in mall sitting there texting on their cell phones.
My girlfriends ( back in my hometown ) and I regularly checked on our cellphones when we go out for meals. Some are more preoccupied on their phones than others. I have to agree that I could be very annoying and frustrating at times but Like OB pointed out, it's a 'new age world'
"I've seen husband,wife and children sitting at tables in mall sitting there texting on their cell phones."- a very common scene here too.
Since my kids hardly see their dad, I've advised them to put their cellphones away when they are dining together. I want them to interact more with him.
When they are dining with me, the only time they take out their phones is when they are upset with me after I give them a long lecture ( could be anything ) before we leave the house. They'd then snubbed me and give me a cold shoulder
Yes, it is a new generation, but I'm just saddened to see it sometimes.
I'll tell ya something else I remember. I remember going to concerts and holding up a lighter till your fingers would burn and everybody was hi off the fumes.
Same if out with friends we'd never be checking for mails etc.
I purposefully didn't put Internet on my phone. As I didn't want to be constantly on it. If I'm not at home, or on wifi, then no Internet.
I talk to my friends instead.
I laugh more with my phone more than anyone...gutty laughs too at times
I get on well with my work mates too, so it's all good
You are a hundred percent correct..it keeps me feeling younger.
And yes new technology is great ,..... but I figure it comes at the cost of manners, work ethic, and being polite,