YOU'VE GOT MAIL

                                                        You’ve Got Mail  AOL

    Several years ago there was a movie by the name of “You’ve Got Mail." It was way back when sending an e-mail was just starting to be a popular thing to do. The whole movie was about two people e-mailing each other and neither knowing who the other one was. My thought at the time was that nothing like that was likely to happen.

   Well now the world has gone “electronically” crazy so I thought I would get up on my soap-box and expound a little.

   For the past month or so I have made it a point to observe people and their “electronic devices.” Of course I have observed some funny things, some interesting things and some that were very annoying. 

   Many of you may remember when a local restaurant opened a place where you would go in and find a booth, sit down and then pick up a phone in the booth to order. Of course I have become used to that now so it is nothing new—but last week I was in a booth next to a couple of (20 something’s) and it went something like this--- The guy picked up his cell phone and dialed while I presumed his “date” looked at the menu. As soon as he dialed her cell phone rang? She answered and I heard him say, “What are you going to have?” Then when I heard her say “I don’t know what is good here” I realized they were talking to each other on the phone while sitting right across from each other (Go figure?) I am sure glad they were not TEXTING or I might have missed out on this very important conversation.

   Speaking of missing out have you ever been waiting in line at a check stand to pay your bill and had to listen to a gal  in front of you, talking on the “cell” and telling you MUCH MORE than you ever wanted to know, about her date last night? ---Oh My My.

   Then there are the ones in Church who flip open an I-Pad, or their I-phone or Android----of course to look up a scripture—but the screen has the “Indy 500” or “Monster Car’s” on the screen

   Then I turned on my Facebook a few days ago and a message came up that said, “Myrtle Sampson wants to be your friend.” Of course my first thought was “Who the heck is Myrtle Sampson.”So I thought I will just pull her name up on Facebook and find out.” So I click on her name and what kind of a reply do I get?” This person does not respond unless you are on their friend list. SO WHO IS SHE? Now I know why some people have thousands of people on their friends list. They add them to their list because that is the only way they can get rid of the friend request OR find out who they are?

  And texting or talking while driving has always made me a little crazy—and I really wonder what is going on when the so called empty hand shows up with a Pepsi or a sandwich in it.

   Is it a coincidence that when I got bored one day and surfed the net looking at the fancy new cars, with all the bells and whistles—the next week I got “pop-ups” on my computer advertising, Ferrari’s, BMW’s, Telsa’s and Maserati’s? (I don’t think so.)

   So are “we the people” forgetting how to communicate verbally, because we do not do it anymore?

   I recall a family get together a while back and I was sitting over in the corner, in my Grandpa Chair smiling, and chuckling. One of my daughters came over and said, “whats so funny.” I told her to just look around---- about half of the adults were texting, a couple were playing games, on their I-Phones. One younger one was trying to convince his Mom that he still had some allotted time to use on his I –Pad and the rest of the adults were entertaining or being entertained by the Great Grand Children.   

   WELL ENOUGH FOR THIS RANT. I will put my soap-box away for a while.

BTW  I  LUV MY PUTER and ANDROID—Ha Ha