Kids, there is an entirely different set of crowds to observe here!
Here's the one I choose to cling onto tonight: the subtle reading of someone else's phone over said phone user's shoulder. Don't get me wrong; I've witnessed this behavior in other places. The El train just takes it to a new level.
A chick is sitting forward in her seat, swipe-texting away on her phone. The dude in the seat next to her is leaned back in his seat, and he is reading her screen over her shoulder. The same thing is happening a few rows away, as someone standing is reading the phone of someone sitting.
Is this an invasion of privacy? If a person didn't want anyone to read her phone, would she cover it? Has our society changed so much with technology that we now don't mind if someone is reading our private conversations?
Surely people have taken a peek while I type my blogs. On my phone. On the train. I count that as an extra reader!
I suppose we each take our own chances with our technology. I expect that in the distant future, humans won't be able to look up, what with all the staring down at our technology, which could be training out neck muscles to stay in a certain position...
Just my thoughts...take 'em or leave 'em.
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