Eh, consider me old enough to not ‘get’ texting.
But this was kinda stupid. How does the author know that the parent consistantly ignores her daughter? He doesn’t. What he know is that for that one brief period of time at that Starbucks, the mother was texting.
And then proceeds to condemn her for actions that he simply believes that she might be doing.
This is a ‘when will you stop beating your wife?’ kinda article.
I disagree. If you read more carefully the texting was simply observed as a symptom of a larger problem, one which leads to the “occupy” phenomenon soon coming to a city near you. You sound a bit defensive on this issue, perhaps...
For goodness sake there were more child-wholesome places the mom could have taken the toddler (like maybe on the beach?) if it were some life or death matter that she had to be pecking at the phone about.
...If that baby had been stepped on.....scalded .....or abducted....the mom would have sued Starbucks.
She ignored the child in a public place while it crawled on a probably dirty floor among strangers walking about who had to hopefully avoid stepping on her while trying not to spill hot coffee on same. I think that’s enough said.
He doesn't. But when you hear hoof beats, expect horses not zebras.
If you text for 30 minutes in Starbucks, you’ll be the idiot texter behind wheel of a car.