Cell phone addicts are getting on my nerves....
I have probably previously mentioned that a few years ago, I saved a texting woman from being run over by a train on a railway crossing ...
And last summer, I was almost hit by a taxi-cab while I was walking over a zebra crossing, because the drivers was talking on his phone instead of paying attention. (Unlike the civilized world, such as the rest of Europe and Canada, using a phone while driving is not forbidden here...)
Every day the past few days when I have been shopping for food in the local convenience store, I have seen at least one person yapping on the phone constantly during checkout without even taking a pause for talking to the cashier.
Not to mention those who usually stand themselves right inside the entrace or .. not in aisles, but in the intersection between multiple aisles, blocking the way for me and others.
Am I really that old-fashioned to think that is disrespectful?
Just the other day, I was standing in line to get my passport. A woman came in right in front of me with her phone in her face. "Excuse me", I said politely, "the line starts there" and I pointed behind me. She answered "I'm not standing in line, I'm writing an important text".
I continued, still in a polite tone and words: "Well, you are standing in the way of me and others. There is a line here.".
And she talked back to me! "Are you telling me where I can and can not stand?".
I was tempted to smack her in the face right there ...
