I agree, it's crazy! Maybe we should go back to the old bag phones, remember those?? I would take a bet that there wouldn't be so many talkers if they had to carry a bag phone around.
My grandson will send a text to my daughter in law from the back seat of the car or another room in the house. People are losing the normal art of conversation to cell phones.
We went to lunch one day and there was a Mother and daughter at the table next to us. The Mother was talking to her daughter about her trip to town to take her to lunch (this is a college town, the Mother made an effort to drive in from out of town for this lunch) all the while the daughter was texting away. Finally, the Mother realized the daughter wasn't listening. She got quiet and asked her daughter who she was talking to, the daughter snapped back with her reply and I could see the hurt on the Mother's face. I felt so bad for her, I wanted to tell the daughter off!
People have lost most of their manners with the popularity of cell phones, they use them in public bathrooms while 'using' the facilities, while eating and believe me hearing someone chew, magnified through a phone receiver is not a pleasant sound! Not to mention the dangers of using them while driving. We only turn our cell on if we take a trip and might need it. We do forward our home phone to the cell when we leave but whoever is driving doesn't use the phone, we either pull over to talk or the passenger takes the call and, even though my phone is capable, I don't text!
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