"...and don't forget the garbage, if we don't get it today we will have to wait until next week." No response. I am talking to my son about his chores. He smiles at me and shrugs his shoulders. I can tell by his eyes he has no idea what I have been talking about for the last 10 minutes. "TAKE THOSE THINGS OUT OF YOUR EARS!!" I shout as I point to his ear with my right hand. He spins around thinking I am pointing behind him ."No, no, no YOUR ears" I point to both of my ears. He looks confused and tries to look around me. I step forward and pull the buds from his ears with a 'POP'. I tell him he can't hear me with them in his ears. "That was the point", he says with a laugh. Dear God, we are raising a generation of people who demand dialogue but can't hear each other because of all of the music accessories.
My daughter breezes by, "Hey, did you empty the dish washer?" I get nothing. "HEY!", she jumps and looks at me with a hurt expression."Jeez, mom, why are you yelling at me?" Honestly, it's like living with chimps.Through all of that no body confirmed that a single chore was going to be done. They are smarter than they look.
When I was a kid we shared our music with absolutely everyone. The walls shook, the windows rattled and my parents knew we couldn't hear them. There was no guess work involved. My dad would walk in, snap off the stereo. The music ended and we would all freeze in position like meerkats surprised by the sudden appearance of a hungry jaguar. Now you run the risk of an injury by yanking ear-buds free from their tender resting place.
When we used to drive somewhere, we would all sing together from Elmo's Road Trip CD. Now they just turn on their personal devices and nod their heads to an undetectable beat. My back seat looks like a collection of bobble-heads. On the bright side there is much less arguing. So, reluctantly I will accept this accessory and not just because I won't have to listen to what they call music.
Later, I watch our dog leaping in the air, throw back his head and launch into a cha-cha he then twirled around, grabbed the cat and began to Salsa...alright who put the headphone on the dog?....peace and love to you all...
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