As reported in the New York Times, “The era of the mobile gadget is making mobility that much more perilous, particularly on crowded streets and in downtown areas where multiple multitaskers veer and swerve and walk to the beat of their own devices.”
Oh, ain’t it awful, especially since “…. more than 1,000 pedestrians visited emergency rooms in 2008 because they got distracted and tripped, fell or ran into something while using a cellphone to talk or text.”
We’re talking about allegedly intelligent people walking into storefront windows while engaged in sidewalk cell phone gab. Gum-flapping is taking on a whole new meaning.
And it makes Homo erectus asphaltus look even dumber than previously suspected.
And now for the free advice – “shut up and walk.”
posted by Mudd
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