A busy restaurant during lunch hour would normally be a noisy place. But I looked up from my spiral notebook—I had been contentedly working on Sunday’s message—when I noticed that it had grown strangely quiet.
I saw that the woman at a table directly in front of me was holding her phone in her hands and her thumbs were busily dancing across the small keypad. She was, obviously, texting. Not an unusual sight, these days.
Looking to my left and my right, I could see that others were texting, too. In fact, no one was talking. Even at tables with more than one person, no conversation was occurring. Everyone in the restaurant was texting!
“Wow, this is crazy!” I thought. “It seems like everyone in this place is texting at the same time.”
The silence was eerie. In fact, the whole scene was a bit strange. I know that texting is common these days but, sheesh, everyone in the whole restaurant is texting? All at the same time? Weird!
I looked at the baby carrier on a seat not far from my table and with a chuckle I thought, “Well, me and that little one must be the only ones not texting right now.” Just then my phone pinged and as I read my text message a chill went up my spine. It was from the baby at the next table. “Have u seen my bottle?”, it read.
That’s when I noticed that the baby was holding a small phone and confidently fingering digits, as well!
What's going on?!?
In a moment of panic I jumped to my feet, “I’ve got to get out of here!” I thought. But I stopped. Eyeing the room full of texters all around, I realized that running would be futile. What’s the point? Where will I run?
So, I sat back down, pulled out my phone, and began sending a text message to no one in particular.
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