Recent studies show that society is “losing the ability to engage in uninterrupted, focus conversations.” While 68 per cent of people say it is disrespectful to hold a real time conversation with someone and texting someone else at the same time, 32 per cent of New Yorkers still do. The need to constantly check your phone puts both “personal and business relationships at risk.” The younger you are however does directly relate to how much tolerance you have about electronic distraction according to a recent survey that showed ten percent of people under 25 don’t see anything wrong with texting during sex. Lauren Emberson alludes to how society is becoming distracted by just even hearing a one sided conversation or a “half-alogue.” “Our brain is hard-wired to pay attention to the unpredictable,” points out Emberson as she concludes that its “distracting because we try to predict what the person is saying.”
“People are fed up,” with the inappropriate use of cell phones as it has hit an “all time high,” in today’s society. While I admit that I have committed some of these “cell-fishness,” acts I do agree with the author’s message that society has pushed the boundaries of acceptable cell phone usage. I also agree that while the use of technology for or in certain events does “depend on circumstances,” people tend to be blurring the line between respectful and inappropriate. “The distracting glow of PDA screens in theaters,” during performances has increased substantially that I too would applaud Kevin Spacey for yelling “tell them were busy,” during a showing of The Iceman Comenth. Neither the less, this article has made me focus on my own public displays of disaffection and to help me work on regaining my one to one people skills.
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