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   那天下午两点左右,我坐在一家面馆里,点了一碗我爱吃的面。外面太阳大得都能把人烤熟,我穿着长裙,被闷得想跳“脱衣舞”。
  不一会儿,有两位男子推门而入,看起来像是一父一子。父亲头发花白,但却茂盛,预估五十岁左右,儿子穿着短袖T恤,上面印有英文字母,高高瘦瘦,还有点驼背。两人点完餐后,坐在我旁边。
  只见这二十多岁的年轻小伙子掏出手机,便聚精会神,眼睛一眨不眨地盯着它。他翘着二郎腿,两条杠子似的腿一摇一摇,眼镜挂在鼻梁上,手搁在桌子上,面对着他的父亲,一言不发。
  父亲则四周张望,企图寻找供他阅读,消遣的信息,他的动作显得有点尴尬。接着,他似乎找到了,然后转过头来对他儿子说:“你看她们还有菠菜面卖呢!”
“是啊!”儿子回答,眼睛依然盯着手机。
 见儿子聊天情绪不高涨,父亲最终也放弃了,沉默了一小会儿,便也拿起自己的那部旧手机,佯装在查看重要的信息。
 我坐在一旁,心里想,这爸爸应该很想跟儿子说会儿话吧,可儿子却怎么也不肯丢下手机,陪老爸唠会儿嗑。听起来他们像是北方城市来的。
 这时,面来了,小伙子终于把手机放下,父子两呼呼地吃起面来。面馆老板娘走过来招呼了一声:“面拌均匀吃哈!”
  “我们就是陕西人!”父亲回到。意思是他们知道吃面的规矩。
   老板娘靠门口的位置坐下歇息,听他说他们也是陕西人,便和他说起了家乡话,聊了两句。
   这家面馆,我几乎每天光临,和老板娘也熟了,时不时也会聊上几句。
   她随即也掏出手机,认真地玩起来。然后门口来了一位小哥,给她送来了一个披萨,她一只手拿披萨,另一只手拿手机,整个面馆沉浸在手机的沉默里。
  父子俩以北方人的速度把面给消灭了,小伙子依然保持着同样的姿势,父亲则起身掏钱买单,这时小伙子才赶紧放下手机,抢着买单。
  买完单后,他们就离开了。
  老板娘隔着桌子对我说:“来尝块披萨吧,刚刚有客人在不好意思。”
  我盛情难却,移步跟她同坐,尝了尝那披萨。
  “味道还可以哦!”我说
  “还行吧!想了一个多月,终于吃到了。”
   她边回答边看着手机,我本想再多聊几句,但又不愿打扰她便住口了。但坐在她对面,又觉尴尬,于是匆匆吞下这块披萨和面,付款走人。
   我多么期待她能放下手机,看着我回答,我想那父亲也是这么想的吧。
   你是否也让手机拉开了你和他,或她的距离而不自知呢?

 

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Joe是你 回复 悄悄话 回复 'webuser1' 的评论 : 谢谢你的鼓励!
webuser1 回复 悄悄话 我很感谢这篇好文、写的流畅、又舒服。很多文章读了半天前言不搭后语。谢谢。
笑薇. 回复 悄悄话 一个令人困惑的问题。很多时候在想,机械取代了手工,由此发生了收割机取代镰刀,如果科技改变了人们的生活方式,固守过去的形式意义何在? 数字时代的人看不到digital adoption 一代人的价值观 ,将关系两代人生活方式不同的课题交给了历史学家。
Joe是你 回复 悄悄话 回复 '山韭菜' 的评论 : 可不是嘛!我经常看到摩托车司机边开边看手机,很是危险。
Joe是你 回复 悄悄话 回复 'MoatCity' 的评论 :

Thanks for your comment! Moatcity

I agree! I had the same problem before, in fact, I still do. I tried to stop myself using phone as much, I muted my phone and told my parents to stop calling me on wechat, ect. However, it didn't stop me browsing and I realize that is absolute terrible, because it took away part of my live, but of course, I was willing to let it happen.

So it's very important that people can become aware of this issue and started to think about the effect it might bring to us. Someday,some people might change, even if it's in a small way.
山韭菜 回复 悄悄话 现在真是“机不可失”啊!问好,祝节日愉快!
MoatCity 回复 悄悄话 How much most of us spend on computer and surfing the internet each day, in addition to time spent on cell phone while away from desk? A lot of accumulative hours are being lost.
The device + internet: the tech companies figured out a way to utilize the human psychological deficiencies - it would take tremendous amount of self discipline to detach from them, how many average Joe and Jane's have the self-discipline?
We are all become passive consumers, really similar to flipping TV channels by couch potatoes.
Really sad, yet, there won't be any turning back, unless you go to live in Amish community.
Well, I will be the change today, will be done surfing the net after this post. See you all tonight.
Joe是你 回复 悄悄话 回复 'Pillar' 的评论 : That's right Pillar! So close, and so far! It's destroying the the creativity of young population and the relationships between people in China. It's very sad to see it everyday. Some people even play with their phones when driving motorcycles which is extremely dangerous.
Pillar 回复 悄悄话 You are an acute observer! We are so close and at the same time so far away. The distance is a smart phone.
Joe是你 回复 悄悄话 回复 '为写而写' 的评论 : 是的,这是双方都需努力的。尤其是爱侣之间,如果一方不对此抗议,那对方也可能不知自己的行为正对这段感情造成了某种程度上的伤害。
为写而写 回复 悄悄话 是啊,手机给人们提供了方便的掩体,可以躲在后边尽情地沉默。要打破它,就说,“放下手机,咱们说话吧”。导致沉默的,终究不是手机,而是我们放弃了发声。
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