On Your Mark, Get Set, Go… No, Really Go!!

It’s one of my top pet peeves. Everyone is looking at their phone nowadays… in restaurants, walking down or across the street and, most disturbingly, in their cars.

Not a day goes by that either the person in front, behind or next to me doesn’t move when the light turns green because they’re so busy looking down.

Lots of people think that this is a “younger” person issue but, in my experience, that’s not the case. Time after time, I see people in their 40’s, 50’s and 60’s not paying attention to the road, as they’re too busy looking at whatever they think they’re missing out on their “smart” phone. Not so smart.

You can always spot them; they’re either the one holding up traffic at the light or the one that starts veering into your lane on the streets and freeways.

Not only is this annoying, it’s truly scary. I don’t know what people are thinking. Don’t they realize if they keep looking down that their phone could be the last thing they see in this world? If that’s what they want to do with their life, so be it. But the reality is that their selfishness can also affect so many other people’s lives. Not something I’d want to have to live with. Would you?