“What ever happened to the art of conversation?” asked the Raven of the Gargoyle.
Raven had grown extremely weary of tweeting and twittering. So he decided that actual face-time would improve his social skills and struck up a conversation with an unwitting gargoyle.
I attended a dinner a few years ago and observed several of the guests texting each other instead of talking to each other. I don’t use a mobile phone* so I was left out of the “conversation” and thus rendered speechless (a rare phenomena, indeed).
*I am not a Luddite; I have Windows 10! 😉
MagickMermaid 
Hello Morgaine – This is something that’s commonplace. I’m often amused when I see couples or families out at dinner or a cafe, once they’ve ordered, everyone (even the kids!) take out their phones/ tablets and pay attention to the electronic gadget instead of the people they’re with! My friends and I have a strict no-phone/ tablet/ electronic gadget handling (except for an emergency) when we’re out with one another. Perhaps this should be a rule 🙂
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I agree! Call me crazy (and many do!) but if one is one foot away from someone I would think actual talking is more direct. 🙂
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Hello there – what you say is so true! It’s easier to get quality time and conversation on phone than in person!
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I know! What’s up with that?!
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You know how much that stuff drives me bananas, too! You have a human in front of you. Talk to the real human who is there.
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Exactly! 🙂
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It is so incredibly rude! We do live in “interesting times.”
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What I never understand is that is takes more time to send the text than to actually talk to person! 🙂
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I’ve never had a smartphone! Are you still resisting? 😀
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Yes! 😀
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