I was in town the other day with friends at the mall, when i noticed four teenagers, probably only 4 or 5 years younger then myself. They were all texting, and despite their close proximety to each other, at least two of them were texting each other. Anyways, while they were texting they were ordering something to eat and when it came time for them to pick up their food, one of them couldn't figure out to put up his cell phone, so he could grab his food and drink. Instead this genius kept his cell phone in one hand picked up his drink and put the edge of the paper cup in between his teeth, and grabbed his food with his other hand. The paper cup of course ripped because of the weight of the fluids in it, and the drink spilled down his front. In that same day i also witnessed someone walk into one of those metal wires that keeps the telephone poles anchored while listening to their mp3 player, not sure if that because his brian was being destroyed by the mp3, but it was funny.
Over the past several years i have also witnessed multiple other acts of stupidity that all had one thing in common, technology.
One of these instances included a scene at best buy, where a couple of people were trying to operate a tv by touching its screen, even though there was a remote right by it. They kept at it for several minutes before one of them realized that it was remote controlled, and tried to operate it with the remote. I say tried, because they failed, they pressed the power off button and could not figure out how to turn it back on, even though there was a button on the front panel of the screen that said power. Eventually they gave up and moved on, but it was still amusing, they reminded me of monkeys at a zoo who stole a ladies cell phone.
I understand everyone has one of those moments where you feel like slapping yourself in the head because it was so obvious, but i could swear that kids these days are getting stupider, or they at least seem to posses less common sense. I bet if some of these kids were taken to the woods where there is no cell phone signal, even if they were given supplies like a tent and food and water, we could come back in a week, and they would all be dead because could not figure out how to build a fire to cook.
I know some people, personally, who would starve with out their microwave, and the only reading they ever do is on the internet. Lets face it, people have become to rely on technology to much.
