Laurens
New Member
I posted a rant in the things that annoy me a little bit thread about people being glued to their phones at inappropriate times. It got me thinking about how so many people just don't have any situational awareness.
I'm not proposing that everyone becomes Jason Bourne, that would be a strange world. I'm not one of these people who moans about people being glued to their phones all the time. Okay, I am one of those people. But my point is that its fine if you want to use them, but at least maintain some awareness of your surroundings. I've seen a person walk straight into a road without looking, as they were starring at her phone, this was as the lights changed so the cars started moving towards them. The other day I saw a person literally blocking the whole entrance to a shop whilst she composed a message.
The former could easily have been injured or killed. When I saw the latter I mused about how easy it would have been to pinch something out of their bag and they would literally have been clueless until I was long gone.
Wherever I go I make a conscious effort to be mindful of my surroundings. I don't have my head on a swivel like a KGB spy, but I like to make a mental note of who is where, and who might be a potential threat. Generally there aren't threatening people everywhere, but one thing I do notice is that 8 times out of 10 I've noticed the other person a long time before they notice me. If I was a threatening sort of person, I might use that to my advantage.
I don't know where I'm going with this. I just feel like venting it. Whenever I see a person obliviously walking down the street looking at their phone I want to slap it out of their hand and tell them to have some situational awareness, either that or I secretly hope they walk into a lamp post.
Do you like to keep track of your surroundings? Or do you not care? Are you one of those people who walks along texting?
I'm not proposing that everyone becomes Jason Bourne, that would be a strange world. I'm not one of these people who moans about people being glued to their phones all the time. Okay, I am one of those people. But my point is that its fine if you want to use them, but at least maintain some awareness of your surroundings. I've seen a person walk straight into a road without looking, as they were starring at her phone, this was as the lights changed so the cars started moving towards them. The other day I saw a person literally blocking the whole entrance to a shop whilst she composed a message.
The former could easily have been injured or killed. When I saw the latter I mused about how easy it would have been to pinch something out of their bag and they would literally have been clueless until I was long gone.
Wherever I go I make a conscious effort to be mindful of my surroundings. I don't have my head on a swivel like a KGB spy, but I like to make a mental note of who is where, and who might be a potential threat. Generally there aren't threatening people everywhere, but one thing I do notice is that 8 times out of 10 I've noticed the other person a long time before they notice me. If I was a threatening sort of person, I might use that to my advantage.
I don't know where I'm going with this. I just feel like venting it. Whenever I see a person obliviously walking down the street looking at their phone I want to slap it out of their hand and tell them to have some situational awareness, either that or I secretly hope they walk into a lamp post.
Do you like to keep track of your surroundings? Or do you not care? Are you one of those people who walks along texting?
