Borgs

I was in in the public restroom - I was barely sitting down when I heard a voice in the other stall: "Hi, how are you?"
Me: embarrassed, "Doin' fine!"
Stall: "So what are you up to?"
Me: "Uhhh, I'm like you, just sitting here."
Stall: "Can I come over?"
Me: (attitude) "No, I'm a little busy right now!!"
Stall: "Listen, I'll have to call you back. There's an idiot in the other stall who keeps answering all my questions!

I stole this little story from a friends Facebook post.  I laughed outloud and re-posted it on Facebook.  It made me think about how we have taken multi-tasking to an obnoxious extreme.  Once upon a time, if someone was walking toward you in a public place, and if they smiled and offered a greeting, they were actually talking to you.  Not now!  Oh, no.  They are talking to that bug in their ear.  The Blue Tooth thing-a-ma-jigger.  I'm not a trekky, but let's face it, People.  We are looking more and more like Borgs.  We've been assimilated.