Every business meal I attend, and there are many of them, generally result in a bunch of people sitting around looking at their pdf gadget of choice……a quick glance around the restaurant shows a similar trend. Is it that we are soooo important that we simply don’t have time to listen, converse, network, build relationships without 90% of our attention being on “the gadget” Often being the only female at the table, I take great pleasure in telling the guys to put away their toys….which they generally do with a laugh and in good humor…for a short time…….but then I realized that they think it is a tad strange that I don’t seem to have a buzzing pdf…..I do… I just silence it for the occasion!
Moving on; I have a wonderful close circle of friends. A bunch of women, we are like sisters, and we really enjoy our evenings out once a month and quick catch up for coffee etc. in between……Guess what, everyone has IPhone etc. in hand and in constant motion. Sigh!!
Final straw…you guessed it ….my kids. We cannot have been together without IPhone, IPads etc. ruling the scene. The other day I say my oldest daughter coming out of the house to go for breakfast with her IPad, on top of which sat her work Blackberry, her work phone and her IPhone…..UH? So full circle……apparently the reason she has all of these gadgets with her is because……wait for it………her many bosses are constantly on their gadgets and if she gets a message and doesn’t respond then there is some backlash as to commitment…………..true story. Regardless, I’ve told them all to turn everything off. Meal time is for being together with humans not social media
as I mull over the sink 