Posted by JML755 on August 20, 2015 at 11:07:55 from (97.78.165.179):
I just got back from a run to Meijers, HD, Target, Lowes. Rude, discourteous, dangerous cellphone use is now an epidemic. Was walking down an aisle at Meijer's when a woman turned the corner into the aisle with a cart and kid in it. She was totally absorbed in the phone and was coming straight at me. I stopped and she got a few feet from me and looked up and moved to the side. I just shook my head and walked by her. She seemed annoyed at me shaking my head. Next, at Target a woman was at the end of an aisle with her cart sideways blocking access to it while she typed into the phone. I bumped her cart slightly as I went around it and she jumped as if I startled her. Then, as I drove through the main driveway that runs parallel with the building in front of HD, 2 young men (teens) were walking IN THE DRIVEWAY towards me but in the opposite lane. Both were absorbed in their phones. One of them looked up every few seconds as if he was the "lookout". I was tempted to blow the horn as I went by. At Lowes, there were no "incidents" but I couldn't help but notice how many people were talking on their phones as they walked through the lot, loaded up their cars or shopped.
I drive metro Detroit freeways every day and if people aren't on their phones talking, typing or reading something (texts? emails?), they're holding their phones up in one hand like they're ready to access them in a split second. Surface roads are worse. Stopped at a light and many use that as a chance to use their phone for 20 seconds or so.
I can't imagine where this will lead. People seem addicted to these doggone things to the point that they're missing out on living "life".
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