Phone Conversations...obsolete.

It would seem to me that phone conversations will be an obsolete form of communication along side of our prehistoric friends! The 'texting' phenomenon has surpassed the humann voice; being a gal in her 30's I thought that this form of non-verbal communication only plague pre-teens and teenagers but I too am guilty of the text craze. I do believe that there is an appropriate opportunity to text and with whom one should text; however, a text should be a supplement to a conversation and not in lieu of speaking to someone directly.
The text that takes the place of verbal communication is what I find problematic on a multitude of levels; texting has eliminated the emotive state of both persons (emoicons :( is not an accurate substitute), texting has weaken peoples ability to spell correctly, punctuate and speak or write in complete sentences! Texting is such an ambigious way to communicate and really an ineffective tool to get your point across and ironically more time consuming.
If we continue on the downward path of non-verbal communication I fear that human interaction will soon follow suit...this is definately a symptom of our capitalistic technology driven society but to be fair there are many and I will address those for another blog entry.
As I stated at the beginning of this blog I too am an offender of sending texts (and I am not known for the brevity of my texts) but in light of my awareness and re-evaluation I will only use texts for communicating a quick piece of information and never to use as a tool for conversation. I want to hear the tone in your voice and the inflection in your words!

Diary of the Toilet Stall

is it really an impossibility to find a clean 'crap free', 'urine free' stall in public restrooms? I am really making reference to what I just experienced in the WORK restroom stalls...in total 5 to select from and none were even remotely clean.I am not sure if there is anything that can turn ones stomach so quickly as to walk into unassumingly to a toilet bowl filled with some other persons' 'crap', so to speak! Matters are made worse by stall hopping to find the one that will suit your sanitary requirements...and alas, the torture has ended!

What goes through the mind of the person that leaves their excrement behind for all for to revel...this is the beauty of my experience...it is an assult on 4 of our 5 senses (if your lucky). Okay, I have to share one more funny bit...listening to other people's reactions and the torment that they have to endure to find their suitable stall; knowing all the while that you occupy the only 'good' stall!

Please be cognizant the next time...double flush if neccessary, wipe the seat, and spray oder neutralizer if available!

Grooming at the Workplace

Am I the only one that finds 'nail trimming' at the workplace completely repulsive and unacceptable!!?? Would it be acceptable then for me to bring my bear and mustache trimmer to work and groom myself in the comforts of my cubicle? Please tell me that this is not just another one of my pet peeves and that you share my sentiments on this rather frivolous issue but everyone surely has at least one of 'those' people in the office, or a direct offender themselves!

The Game of Tolerance

please tell me that human interactions are more than just a simple game of tolerance! Let me clarify what I mean by 'human interactions', that just simply means that anyone and everyone that one interacts with during the course of his or her day; whether it be kin, friends, aquaintances, spouse, the person on the other side of the counter, etc...do we as humans just go about our days wondering how we are going to get through a conversation or interaction without saying completely out of line because you are thinking all the while that, 'this person is an idiot"!