Pet peeve

I prefer the days when I could walk to and from work, when there were sidewalk ramps all the way so I could cross every street. (sigh) Riding the bus is convenient if you don't mind the crowding and clobbering received from shopping bags and unconscious riders.

Today, a young woman gets on wearing ear phones for her iPod while texting on her cell. She asks the driver of the Davie bus if the bus turns onto Davie. Yes, he says. How far is that, she asks. Three stops, he replies. Could you let me know when we get there, she asks. He just looks at her disbelievingly.

Really Babe, if you are so into your cell phone and iPod that you can't tell when the bus turns a corner you won't hear his announcement either. Why can't people cross a street without simultaneously checking their messages? They think they are multi-tasking when all they are not watching what they are doing. If we just stopped taking care of people who feel it's not their responsibility to watch where they are going, they would soon either wake up or be eliminated through the Darwin Principle.