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Writer's Block: Miss Manners
2009-Mar-07, Saturday 07:14 am[Error: unknown template qotd]
Cell phones. And not just because of the obnoxious, one-sided conversations you're graced with hearing in the worst possible places. But because some people KEEP TALKING on them and treat the interactions they have with others while on them as some sort of violation of their private lives. Hang up the fucking phone, and talk to the cashier and pay attention. Please. It will do you a world of good, and it will certainly help improve the mood of the rest of us stuck in line behind you.
Also, because of SMS/Texting that has been tacked on to all these phones, they've become a true road hazard. Is it clever to be driving in a Yukon Denali, with no one in the car with you, and your attention is on giggling over a clever thing that was just texted to you? Or is it more clever and responsible to focus on the rush hour traffic you're in, in a true road whale?
Cell phones. And not just because of the obnoxious, one-sided conversations you're graced with hearing in the worst possible places. But because some people KEEP TALKING on them and treat the interactions they have with others while on them as some sort of violation of their private lives. Hang up the fucking phone, and talk to the cashier and pay attention. Please. It will do you a world of good, and it will certainly help improve the mood of the rest of us stuck in line behind you.
Also, because of SMS/Texting that has been tacked on to all these phones, they've become a true road hazard. Is it clever to be driving in a Yukon Denali, with no one in the car with you, and your attention is on giggling over a clever thing that was just texted to you? Or is it more clever and responsible to focus on the rush hour traffic you're in, in a true road whale?
