Adult Children by Stephen Beals for March 07, 2025

aren´t women multifunctional? at least is what a vast majority of them claim…

I know the frustration pretty well – happens all the time with me (not the one talking on the phone)

I told a guy once who wouldn’t get off on his phone when he got to the front of the line at the courtesy desk that he could go ahead and finish his call and then he would be the very next person I served. I said it nicely and I wasn’t trying to start anything with him and he just got off right away. It was like I’d entered a parallel universe or something.

Yes. I’m ready for people who do that to just stay at home, then if they leave home, ditch the device and connect with the world in front of your eyes.

Sometimes, it’s hard to figure out if you are the one being spoken to or not.

Had that happen. Person standing near says “I am going to serious F you up!@ I turned staring him down “Oh I don’t think so!!” Being an officer of the law. Embarrassed he pointed to his ear pods and began apologizing.

Remember the good old days when only secret service agents and mental patients did this?

I miss the good old days when only schizophrenics seemed to talk to themselves.

25 years ago (oy!) I delivered a pizza to a lady who I though was talking to me. Nope. Bluetooth had just become a thing. She moved her hair to show me “who” she was talking to. At least she tipped well. I can recall most of the best tippers and the jack-holes who needed the three cents returned. Strippers and waitstaff are always the best tippers. The fanciness of the house means nothing.

That old axiom still holds true, some people can’t walk and chew gum at the same time; or at least shouldn’t.

I’m an audiologist. I actually had a patient take out the insert earphone to answer a call in the middle of the hearing test.

I saw this happen at a grocery store and the clerk was perfect. She said, “When you ready to check and pay attention to your money and me, I will continue, otherwise, I am going on a break!” The customer was shocked and the manager came up and to told the clerk to take a break and walked away.