My pet peeve

              One of my biggest pet peeves would be technology. I guess it is not the technology itself but possibly the way people use it these days. I understand that having a phone that will do everything can be a big help sometimes. I feel that our socialization is actually been degraded by technology. I do not believe that subtleties of our communications can be accurately conveyed through text messages. I am not against having and using technology, but when someone texts me an invitation to something I get irritated. I can’t think of anything more impersonal than a mass text message invitation. Really? Am I that unimportant that you can’t take 3 minutes to call and invite me to something? I mean you are asking me to attend your graduation party for 3 hours, and you won’t take the time to send me a formal invitation.  Text messaging is not the only issue I have with technology there are many more. My five year old son comes home from school wanting a cell phone so he can play angry birds. I don’t have a smart phone so I ask him how he knows about angry birds. It turns out that the 9 year old neighbor boy has a cell phone. Why does a 9 year old need a cell phone? I believe it is sad when I see a family of 5 and no one says a word to another for a full hour while waiting for a table because they are too busy playing games on their phones. If we don’t stop depending on our cell phones what are we going to become. A friend of mine was telling me the other day that he can actually record a message and send it to someone this way he doesn’t have to text message. I just laughed and said “yeah you know we used to call each other and do that instantly”