The conversation cut off by another person's telephone ringing. The voice that trails away as eyes and brain tunnel into a screen. It's annoying when you're the victim, but then, don't you do the same thing yourself? You're in a real place with someone who means a great deal to you, say having lunch with a close friend or colleague or reading a book to a child. To all appearances, you're present and fully engaged. But your attention is provisional, awaiting the next summons from beyond. A faint vibration or beep is all it takes and off you go.
p. 52, Hamlet's Blackberry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age, William Powers
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly event in which participants share excerpts from their current reads; it is hosted by MizB of ShouldBeReading.
The above is why I keep my cellphone turned off and only check it in the evenings. To everything its place and time..
Man, I try not to be that way, but I know I do it. It drives me INSANE when someone breaks off a coversation to answer a text.
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Texting is the height of rudeness, IMO...when otherwise engaged, anyway.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing...
Here's MY TUESDAY MEMES POST
Oh, I agree! So rude!
ReplyDeleteHere's my post:
http://collettaskitchensink.blogspot.com/2012/09/teaser-tuesday-queen-of-waves-92512.html
Colletta
Wow...fantastic teaser. So well written...grabbed me!!
ReplyDeleteHere is my teaser from MURDER TAKES TIME by Giacomo Giammatteo. It was GOOD...just finished it yesterday.
http://silversolara.blogspot.com/2012/09/teaser-tuesday-925.html
Excellent teaser! And I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one on the planet who dares to turn off a cellphone!
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