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I see it everywhere, and it is driving me insane. People are more concerned with their phones than what is going on around them. I understand this sounds like the same old argument that everyone over thirty has been saying for years, but it has gotten ridiculous!
I hate being in the middle of a conversation with someone who just starts texting. I wouldn’t be writing this article while talking to someone; that would be rude (and the article would probably suffer greatly).
Every class I have ever had there are several people texting during lecture, and it is distracting, especially when the person next to you has his or her phone on vibrate— it is not as quiet as you think!
Every time I go to see a movie, people are texting through the whole film. It is ridiculous that people are so inconsiderate and oblivious to the world around them.
I have personally been in two car accidents where the driver was too distracted by his or her phone to watch the roads. The Metrolink crash in 2008 was caused because the engineer was texting, killing 25 people.
I honestly do not care at all if you decide to walk off a cliff because you are texting, but it is irresponsible to be doing this while you are operating any type of large machine including cars!
Texting has its purposes, and it does come in handy, but that doesn’t mean you have to be focused on your phone all the time. It is rude, distracting and most of all unnecessary.
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