TEXTING

My thoughts on texting are both good and bad. Texting can be a perfect way to contact someone during a time when openly talking on a phone is not acceptable. The 21^st century is about time management and multi-tasking. Texting has helped facilitate this change. While at work and I have to sit through a boring end of day meeting, I can text ahead to the family and coordinate dinner plans. Perfect!

Then you have the times when it becomes uncomfortable and even dangerous to have. When someone texts you and they start what seems like a routine conversation, and, before you know it, you have just typed a 500 word essay over the course of 30 messages, when you could have just picked up the phone and been done in less time. If you can’t say what you need to say to me in 4 messages or less…call me.

The final note is the most important of all in regard to texting in my opinion. If you are driving a car, please do not call or text when doing so. Just think about it. I don’t know how many times I am driving behind someone and see them swerve like a DUI, but eventually pass and see someone texting! It’s dangerous and it says a lot about the driver.

            There has been some thought on 21^st century life by some very “smart” people and the philosophic question is raised, “Will we, as humanity, live for the man or the machine?” Technology has made some very positive change in our lives. It can also separate us on personal levels. I can always text my friends back home in Illinois or here in California and “stay connected.” How often do we (me included) make an attempt to go see someone?