Such a sad commercial totally way off topic.

Quote: Originally posted by RedSky

I'm pretty sure those kids would quickly tire of those games in those unfamiliar surroundings. Kids will always be kids. They'll be up that tree house in a flash. What I find troubling is the adults and their smart phones. I go into work and find pretty much all of them huddled in the back mess room or on the reception desk hunched over their games and social media. I always make a point of saying hello, how are you, how you doing etc but they either don't reply or just grunt a forced hello. They used to be so chatty but now they don't even look up and say hello and these are people in their 30s,40s and 50's. They only acknowledge me when they are forced to put away their toys when work calls. Is it me? Not only is it killing the art of conversation, but its rude, and when their phone beeps at them, they abruptly cut any conversation and revert back to hunch mode. sad sad sad. My phone is not smart. It has no internet. It was made in north Korea. It has a torch and displays the time which is handy.

I plead guilty, but heartily agree. I'm working on that for sure... But I'm looking at PKF usually, so do I get a pass?

I've been out of town all week, and here at home we don't have cable because we watch what we want on our Apple TV and really don't see commercials all that often... In my hotel this last week, I must've seen that commercial about 100 times... I found myself thinking how funny it was how much the kids looked like us adults on our smart phones.

Quote: Originally posted by soliver

Quote: Originally posted by RedSky   I'm pretty sure those kids would quickly tire of those games in those unfamiliar surroundings. Kids will always be kids. They'll be up that tree house in a flash. What I find troubling is the adults and their smart phones. I go into work and find pretty much all of them huddled in the back mess room or on the reception desk hunched over their games and social media. I always make a point of saying hello, how are you, how you doing etc but they either don't reply or just grunt a forced hello. They used to be so chatty but now they don't even look up and say hello and these are people in their 30s,40s and 50's. They only acknowledge me when they are forced to put away their toys when work calls. Is it me? Not only is it killing the art of conversation, but its rude, and when their phone beeps at them, they abruptly cut any conversation and revert back to hunch mode. sad sad sad. My phone is not smart. It has no internet. It was made in north Korea. It has a torch and displays the time which is handy. I plead guilty, but heartily agree. I'm working on that for sure... But I'm looking at PKF usually, so do I get a pass? I've been out of town all week, and here at home we don't have cable because we watch what we want on our Apple TV and really don't see commercials all that often... In my hotel this last week, I must've seen that commercial about 100 times... I found myself thinking how funny it was how much the kids looked like us adults on our smart phones.

You have your pass. I'm guilty too. I spend far too much time on Youtube and ebay with the home computer. I just find it sad that the atmosphere at work has changed because of these things. More likely they say, quick here comes Tom, don't make eye contact.

I was driving to work last week and a school kid walked right out into the road. I missed him by inches!
Ear phones in and eyes down at his phone, walking along like a zombie. We're all doing it. Does anyone ever look up these days!