Definitely a Step Backwards

      The kids say with such a superior air that they don’t need to wear watches any more.  They just look at their cellphones.  But  I can’t help thinking this represents a setback in the quality of life.

Think about life before wristwatches.  To find out what time it was, you had the cumbersome process of digging in your pocket, pulling out a watch and flipping it open.  No way to do that without insulting the lecturer up front.

What an invention was the wristwatch!  It must have seemed as futuristic as

Dick Tracy’s wrist radio.  All you had to do was take a swift glance down.  It could be done surreptitiously, so the lecturer never even noticed.  It made life so easy that when it was first invented it was considered a sissy piece of jewelry, worn only by women. 

          But now we have the kids, feeling so superior because finding out what time it is these days simply involves the cumbersome process of digging in your pocket, pulling out a cellphone and flipping it open. 
 And you can bet the lecturer saw you do it.