Dear Queenie,
I was at a friend’s dinner party the other night and when I looked around half the guests were too busy messing around on their cell phones to talk to the other guests. When I tried to make conversation with someone next to me they got mad at me for interrupting what they were doing on their cell phone.
I was so disgusted that I asked them right out why they bothered to come to the party if they weren’t going to talk to anyone and I said if they were just going to be on their cell phones all night they might as well have stayed at home.
Queenie, what’s wrong with them?—Too much tech
Dear Too much tech,
In effect, they are so “addicted” to their gadgets that they get uncomfortable if they have to let go of them for more than a few minutes. Also, they become so accustomed to communicating via their devices that they seem to lose the ability to interact with others directly in person.
I have often been tempted to invest in a cell phone “scrambler” that would make my home a “dead zone” for cell phone communication for the duration of an event I am hosting. I have not done so as yet, but the temptation is getting stronger and stronger.
