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Skriven 2014-04-19 17:54:26 av Nancy Backus (1:3634/12.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Dave Drum
Ärende: social
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-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 04-17-14 07:57 <=-

 DD>> I told him that if he wanted to read and reply to texts on the go or
 DD>> to talk on the phone without a hands-free device to do it on his own.
 DD>> And not whilst my butt was in the dummy seat. He sort of pouted, but
 DD>> complied.
 NB>> I take it he was driving...?  Even if he was the passenger, the
 NB>> attention should of course been on the training, not the phone...
 DD> 
 DD> Well, yeah. My method of training has the trainee performing the job
 DD> under supervision rather than observing someone else performing the
 DD> job. I feel that they learn more quickly that way.

Makes sense to me.  And, apparently, one of the things he needed to
learn was to lose the phone while on the road... ;0

 NB>> There are very few things that are so important that they can't wait
 NB>> until a little later...  I found it mildly amusing to see all the signs
 NB>> now on major interstates announcing how far to the next text stop,
 NB>> until I thought about how necessary the reminder is to too many people
 NB>> that the texting can wait until one isn't driving...  My last trip
 NB>> there were solar signs constantly reminding people "Don't text while
 NB>> driving, it's the law"...  My cell phone might be on, but it can
 NB>> wait...

 DD> Well, today's "millennials" have been trained/marketed into expecting
 DD> instant gratification. Boy, are they in for some severe disappointments
 DD> later in life. 

Sad, but true... and very true.  Not everything can be instant...

 NB>> And then there's Comcast and TimeWarner merging now...  ;0

 DD> I'd like to see the anti-trust people bust that deal into smithereens.
 DD> Talk about an 800 lb. gorilla.

Somehow they managed to do it...
 
 NB>> Well, that would make it a bit unnecessary, wouldn't it... ;)   Maybe
 NB>> just make your own account luddite at your own domain....?  ;)

 DD> Inertia dictates that won't happen. Then I'd have to change my address
 DD> on *all* of my subscriptions. And all of the people with whom I
 DD> exchange e-mails would have to update their address books, etc.

True... that could be a major issue... :)

 DD> Bad enough that some people (including a couple of people on this
 DD> group) seem to want to use my SPAM-catcher address on GMail rather
 DD> than my personal (dirty_dave) address - which I check far more often
 DD> than either the GMail or Yahoo accounts.

Probably their own inertias...  ;)

ttyl           neb

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