Human beings, in social situations, are all about storytelling. Campfires, water coolers, and colour printers seem to support this theory. So how many times have you been hitting your stride, telling a great story, getting to the passionate part, or about to deliver the punchline when someone’s phone rings? It kills your conversation dead. Sometimes modern small talk feels more like modern art: broken and deconstructed. For all the advanced hardware and technology we carry around to facilitate communication, we’re actually getting worse at the art of conversation.
I think I might buy one of these “MY PHONE IS OFF FOR YOU” stamps. It’s such a wonderfully passive-aggressive way to guilt someone you care about into paying attention to you for a few minutes. Who knows, you might even get to tell a few good yarns.
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