I’m in Anaheim with la esposa, tagging along on her coattails, as she attends her companies annual meeting.
We’ve had the benefit of enjoying some top notch restaurants for the last two dinners.
Saturday night was the Cheesecake factory.
Sunday night was Morton’s, the Steakhouse.
As you might expect there are quite a few utes running around this town.
Most of these utes have telephones.
I offer the following as merely an observation and what I hope will not be a commentary on my age.
A booth full of utes having a not so cheap dinner at the Cheesecake factory spending a major portion of their time texting others - or maybe themselves?
Perhaps that’s the new way to communicate?
A family out for dinner at Morton’s, the Steakhouse and the teenage daughter spent the entire time texting someone.
We probably would never go to Morton’s on our own - much less take the kids - but if we got hit with the crazies to spend the remaining money in our bank account after spending the bulk of it in the happiest place on earth wouldn’t it be nice to actually engage in some verbal communication?
I mean, oops, got to go - I’m getting a text message . . .
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February 25th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I wonder how the Recession will affect those chillrun’s allowances.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
It is so hard for people to be where they are, and modern technology doesn’t really help. But at the dinner table? Come on…
February 25th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Apparently, since you cut and run there at the last, you are better at answering text messages than e-mails……….
February 25th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
ouch
February 26th, 2008 at 4:35 am
I still remember Keith’s story about his daughter who could text message at dinner, while eating, without looking at the keys of her phone with her thumbs.
As for the CheeseCake Factory - one word - “Vanilla Bean” or would that be 2 words?