Next Time Girls, Stow The Phones

Because Hailey's always worried about her friend's pics appearing here! The girl with cell phone WAS NOT staged.

Hailey celebrated her birthday today with five other girls. All one year from becoming teenagers (the technical age for becoming a teenager is one that ends in "teen"*). Three of the five girls spent a good portion of the day texting and talking on their phones. Until Hailey's parents ripped their heads off, er,graciously requested that they stow their phones.

I don't know if this behaviour says more about Hailey's friends or about Hailey's generation. I do know that the Millenials are heavy into this type of behaviour. The word that came to mind was Gestalt; the idea of fully experiencing the moment. Seems like they are missing that. Supposidly, the engineer of the Simi Train Wreck
was texting instead of paying attention to the red warning light.

My guess is that it isn't the technology at fault here. More than likely it's the parents that aren't plugged in.

*That's my interpretation anyway