tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499771778569209667.post8580026746311450184..comments2024-03-26T22:48:55.424-07:00Comments on Flying Totems: Forest of the deadBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06590397694589547524noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499771778569209667.post-67497186192302591982015-11-15T21:59:06.642-08:002015-11-15T21:59:06.642-08:00A lot of people do seem to think that carrying a p...A lot of people do seem to think that carrying a phone puts them in a zone of perfect privacy, sort of as if the functioning phone booths disappearing from the world at large are relocating to the minds of commuters. The situation here was a little different, since he seemed to want attention. He probably shouldn't have wanted it at that none too classy time of his life, but there you are. There could be a common source of these syndromes, though.<br /><br />Yeah, the book was where I'd seen it last. I'd just forgotten to pack it.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590397694589547524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499771778569209667.post-15604955562629689952015-11-03T19:50:32.437-08:002015-11-03T19:50:32.437-08:00I'm sorry your sojourn at the library wasn'...I'm sorry your sojourn at the library wasn't the experience you've come to expect there. While it's easy to understand your discomfort at having to listen to the bad behavior of that young man on the phone, I'm afraid the acting out of emotional issues in public has become much more common than it ever was in times past. Cell phone technology has made a lot of people oblivious to what used to be known as common courtesy.<br /><br />Hope you found the book you wanted to read once you got home. susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.com