I don’t like it anymore, Mom…
What is it boy? …
Well… somewhere at the end of Friday afternoon I am in a cozy pub in the center of the city talking to… I thought nice people… I notice that the atmosphere has changed so much.
“Hi, my name is Dave. Who are you? I’m Chantal …” and you know that chitchat about cows and calves in the pub.
Suddenly my nice conversation with Chantal was interrupted by 2 beeps from her mobile phone… message via Facebook… her attention goes directly to the content of the important notification. Suddenly my nice conversation with Chantal was interrupted by 2 beeps from her mobile phone… message via Facebook… her attention goes directly to the content of the important notification.
I wait patiently for this ritual of reading and liking to be over and continue the conversation. Less than 2 minutes later… bleep bleep… her phone vibrates and so do I inside… Her attention disappears back to the phone.
I decide to indicate that I am going to the toilet. That’s OK, Chantal says and she disappears into her smartphone again …
Pffff… After my forced toilet visit I decide to say goodbye to Chantal and go back to the street.
I decide to have a nightcap with a friend of mine. I call him up… he says: “great that you’re coming by… I’m home. I do have visitors, but you are always welcome. ” Look, you have friends for that.
When I arrived at my boyfriend’s place, there are 2 friends of his that were unknown to me and a girlfriend on the couch. I introduce myself to them nicely and sit next to my friend. There is nice music by André Hazes and I immediately think… this is the right atmosphere I need. Delicious cold beer on the side and my evening can’t be broken anymore … at least you would say …
After getting the cold beer, the attention of the people present in my friend’s house, including my friend himself, has disappeared and they are each staring at their own mobile phone. They are busy swyping, in their own mobile world, and it is only André who sings the song “in a disco…” with me in mind. After about half an hour of seeing this scene without anyone really paying attention to someone else, outside of their own smartphone, I lie that I am tired and go home.
When I arrived home, my wife is still working behind her laptop and the children are just on bed. I’m going to give them a kiss soon, but looking up from their iPad they can just get a half kiss and they both say almost the same in unison… ”yeah… we are going to sleep like this”.
Back downstairs I ask my wife how her day has gone so far, but that question doesn’t come up until after the 2nd time.…
So that’s why I decided to give you a call Mom…
Sorry boy the replay of Temptation Island starts now, so if we can call or WhatsApp later, we’ll be talking about it.
Insanely cozy say that new mobile world …. !!!
With creative regards,
One of the Boys with Brains