Pay attention!!! Pay attention!!!!!! PaPa....
As a teacher it was tempting to say that several times a day but I tried hard to not single children out. If there was a distracting behavior I dealt with that and not a public scolding with PAY ATTENTION!!!
Today, 2012, paying attention seems to be a lost art.
Talking on a cell while conducting a store transaction instead of pay now, talk later.
Texting while driving....need I say more?
Playing an electronic game while watching television and missing the whole theme of a show and then questioning others so they miss what they were paying attention to...phew!
Multi-tasking has become an art and some would say, a necessity. Sadly, few do it well. When the safety and consideration of others is at risk, I say please pay attention!
(Sorry, I said yesterday no more soapbox but this was an issue for me today-multiple times. I PROMISE tomorrow will be less lecture and more informative!)
4 comments:
I am so there with you!!! I really do wish more folks would pay attention to the main task at hand. Driving, talking, watching, etc... you are so right. And it really seems to have become a lost art huh? Sigh ...
I am sooooo guilty of the not paying attention to the TV thing. My boyfriend will be enjoying a show and trying to interact w/ me about it and if the computer is on my lap, i'm usually saying, "Huh? What? Sorry I wasn't watching, I've got no idea.".
Yeah, I am guilty of not paying attention while watching tv, too. My daughter who is 15, refuses to fill me in and lectures me about paying attention. Talk about role reversal. One thing, thought that I am not guilty of is texting while driving, I am proud to say that I won't even answer my phone while at the wheel.
And using the phone while checking out at a store, That is just plain rude.
-Debbie
Glad I'm not alone!!!
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