Today's generation missed the good stuff

[Greg B.]

Originally Posted by drh4683

I was out to dinner with a couple friends a few weeks ago and couldn't resist but to take this photo as its just so typical of what I see today. If this doesnt explain that there is a serious problem than nothing will. Here two people go out to dinner on a date and instead they ignore each other and both are texting.

Well, they look like they were made for each other...

In some ways nothing has changed that much -- if you are of the generation that grew up in the 60s or 70s you will recall how most teenage girls could spend all night on the home phone talking to their friends. It's just now that the mode has changed and they can do it anywhere.

Texting is something I simply do not get. I don't want to have to respond instantly whenever someone decides to contact me. But obviously the present generation accepts it as normal.

I have so far been able to avoid having to accept a Blackberry at work. I despise the things. They are terrible as phones, and hugely compromised as a text entry mechanism or email reader. But to me the most important thing they do is cause you to be forced to respond to someone at anytime. My colleagues think nothing of sending messages at midnight. It is simply ridiculous.