GTalk? MeTalk?

Enter a classroom..
More than 90% of the people would be found glued to their laptop screens..
Observe the expressions..
Ranged from forwn to smiles to anger to desperation..
Observe how the intensity of the key strokes..
Varies with emotions...

Enter a crowded train..
More than 90% of the people would be found glued to their mobiles..
Observe the expressions..
Ranged from forwn to smiles to anger to desperation..
Observe how the intensity of the thumb strokes..
Varies with emotions...

You can find similar scenarios almost everywhere you look around...

No prizes for guessing, they are chatting/texting...

Now look at the bored fellow sitting in between them..
How he wish someone might talk to him/her..
Just a nod will do..
As a token of recognition of his existence..

Ever wondered why we are so engrossed in "chatting" with someone sitting miles away, giving a damn about the person sitting next..

Thats the irony of the magical world of internet..
We know exactly whats happening in what order in exactly which part of the globe...
But we might not notice the person sitting next to u, who is trying so hard to show off his new shoes..

And it doesnt matter, if he is a stranger or a friend..
A "ping" is all thats required to cut off all the ties..

Present is procrastinated..
To take notice off in future..

It would be a nice research to find out the what when why where details of this transition...

Dont give me the bull shit of "am just keeping in touch"..
That would be the lamest excuse..
Why would you keep in touch later when you are remotely interested now..

Are the times moving so fast that breaking the ice is considered waste?

The funniest part...
Sometimes, you ping the person sitting in the same room instead of good old shouting out loud...

Eat my brains out...

All the principles of "body language", "courtesy", "smile" etc. etc. stand null and void..
You cant win against "Gtalk"..
"MeTalk" is a passe..

I might take solace in the fact that when I would be sitting in some other part of the globe, this fellow might notice me and strike a conversation...
My clothes, etiquettes might give my neighbor a reason to "ping" when am not seen around..
All my efforts in being a perfect gentleman might bear fruits in a decade or so..

But for the moment, they wont...
Coz this moment, they are appreciating the attributes of someone/something they met a decade ago...
My turn would come...
In its due course of time..

Amen...

Is talking to your neighbors out of fashion or what???

Well, I belong to Generation W, so might not know..
Must be some new "IN" thing for the GenX or GenY..

"Ping" to have a faster response...