So I'm driving through Ripon and get to a rather nasty pelican crossing which is set just round a corner. I think it's very dangerous. I've seen cars wizz round the corner and if there was anyone on the crossing they would have been wiped out.
On approaching said crossing I saw two teenage schoolgirls who looked like they were going to cross so I stopped. During the whole process both girls stared intently at their phones and cared not a jot what was going on around them. How stupid!
The obsession with phones is incredibly unhealthy and don't get me started on social media. I feel very proud not to have a twitter or facebook account, but I suspect that I'm a rarity.
ReplyDeleteBack to the phones... I've lost count of how many times I've had to step out of the way of someone on a pavement because they were glued to their phone and would have collided with me otherwise. It's very rude.
I suspended my Facebook account some time ago and created a new one under a fictitious name so that I could look at something. I love it when I get messages from people that I might know!
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