Just when you think you’ve seen it all... more Techno-Stupidity.
There’s an old saying: Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. And then there are some people who, when you hand them the fishing pole, they will try to pick their nose with it.
It’s bad enough that smartphones - a world of information and communication in the palm of your hand! - have created an explosion of stupid behavior in the form of Texting While Driving. (Texting, in this context, includes other smartphone-related activities such as looking at Facebook or Twitter, checking your e-mail, or doing pretty much anything that requires you to pay more attention to your phone than the road in front of you.) Talking on the phone while driving is distracting enough; people who text while driving should just save everyone the trouble and take a long drive off a short pier.
But today, I saw something that ramped things up to a whole new level of moronicity. The woman in the car next to me whipped out an iPad (!) and started banging away on it... while driving.
Being the discreet gentleman I am - Mr. Debonair, that’s me! - I refrained from giving her a One-Finger Salute... but only because she never would have seen it with her nose buried in that fancy-schmancy Retina display.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
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I recently saw a non-helmeted bicyclist in Carroll Gardens texting with both hands. He ran a red light and almost slammed into an elderly lady crossing who obviously had the right of way. I think every driver and passenger at that red light who witnessed this sat there stunned. People are careless morons.
So you're saying I shouldn't have gotten the steering wheel clip on otter box for my iPad mini so I could watch Netflix while driving on the interstate?
Damn. There's $70 down the drain.
I worry more about celltards than I do drunk drivers.
As well you should, BobG!
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