Steve Jobs Owes Us All An Apology
Dinosaur Trader:
The older table made up of my uncles and aunts was the liveliest. They were trading stories, old and new, and laughing. My table consisted mainly of my immediate family. My brother in law stared down at his “smart phone” for the entirety of the Jets game without saying a word. I looked over at the table containing my cousins who are all about 20 years older than me. A few of them were on smart phones as well.
Yes, traditional manners are being pushed by smartphones. I don’t like watching a movie with friends who constantly look at their phone or laptop.
But family dinners were also ruined by television in the sixties. I bet everybody as a child also had a favorite book they couldn’t stop reading. “Hey, we’re having dinner, you’ll finish your book later.”
Get over it. Just give people the time to adapt to this new lifestyle.
