Nov 26 2002
Modern communication
The line at the checkout stand at the grocery store was rather long Monday afternoon. People gearing up for their Thanksgiving feasts, you know. In front of me was a lady talking on her cell phone to her daughter, who was obviously away at school someplace. They continued talking as the checkout lady scanned Mom’s full basket of groceries. When it came time to write the check (why do people persist in writing checks these days? (but that’s another entry for another time)), Mom closed with “I have to go now, babe. I’ll e-mail you when I get home.”
Isn’t modern communication marvelous?
Neither cell phones nor e-mail had yet been invented when I was in college. That was a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. I wonder how we ever communicated? I’ll tell you how…. we wrote letters! How long has it been since you wrote a letter? I still have some of the letters my Mom wrote me while I was in school. It’s fun to get them out and read them once in a while. They bring back a lot of memories.
I wonder if “babe” will save her Mom’s e-mails? I hope so.
