To Bonzo3legs:

I know what you mean. I take a train and buses 3 times a week and sit in different places, but really I would have to say that I rarely, rarely ever see anyone without a cell phone in their hands. When I go to lunch I look around the restaurant and everyone has the phone (not in their pocket or in a purse) but right on the table where their food is.

When I am crossing a road in dtwn. I see everyone walking with their phone, looking down at it as they cross the road. Today while in the bank line, everyone had their phone in their hands and just staring at the screen. One guy who was at the teller counter, even had the nerve and rude manners to talk on his cell phone while the teller was trying to help him.

Is it a compulsion that most people have now when it comes to cell phones, smart phones, and all these new electronic gadgets? They seem oblivious to everyone around them - but of course everyone around them are doing the same thing.

At concerts, theatres, etc. it is so annoying to see the bright light of these phones in a dark room.

A few years back people in libraries were told not to speak on their cell phones inside the library, but the librarians no longer say anything - and people are TALKING ON CELL PHONES IN LIBRARIES NOW.

I guess I am in the minority about this. I am not elderly but it seems that the elderly (even if they have a cell phone) are at least more courteous in public places and don't use their cell phones in the manner that most other people do.