Cell Phone Addiction
I watched someone check Facebook during a business meeting the other day. I felt so insignificant and unimportant I wanted to throw my hands up in the air. We’re acting like a bunch of teenagers; drunk on cell phone drama convinced it’s more important than the people right in front of us. If I’m standing with someone using their device I don’t automatically assume they`re being rude. Something really important has to be happening on their phone. I don’t think it’s anti-social or socially awkward or impolite. They could be running a huge multi-national business or helping a friend off the ledge or maybe their house is on fire. It`s lovely to remain in touch with people we don`t see but are we talking to the people who live in the same house or sleep in the same bed. Cell phones don’t belong in the boardroom at the dinner table or in the classroom yet it`s the new normal. I think society is moving in the wrong direction with verbal communication. It`s becoming a lost a