Monday, March 19, 2007

Ugly Moment Downtown

Here's what I just saw.

Teenage kid on ped mall talking on phone.

Middle aged woman plows directly into him from behind without breaking stride...

...and then says to the kid, who was stationary the whole time, "Watch where you're going."

Why didn't she just say what she meant: "You're talking on a cell phone and because of that I don't like you."

Why do cell phones piss some folks off so much? I used to see a really harshly worded, anti-cell sign at one of my favorite junk stores: "no one here is interested in your conversation." They've toned it ddown, but only a notch.

It's the 21st century, folks. The times have changed and people have telephone conversations in public now. And we don't wear powdered wigs and knee breeches anymore, either.

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