Technology

I should write a post. I'm not exactly in the mood to write a post, but I'm going to do it anyway. Please ignore any sarcastic comments that I may or may not make.

Today I spent the day going to a bunch of stores with my mom and sister. We went to a couple dollar stores, Michael's, a baking store, party city... Starbucks... maybe somewhere else? I don't even remember. We were picking things up for the team banquet this Wednesday [freak out moment: OH MY GOSH THE BANQUET IS WEDNESDAY AND I STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY! ACK! Okay, I'm better now]. Even though it wasn't really how I wanted to spend the day, I had a really nice time with my family. At Michael's we (as usual) picked the slowest line. It's crazy how, no matter how the line looks when we get into it, it's always the slowest line. Hmm. While we were standing in line, one of the workers told us that if we looked up a Michael's coupon on our phones, we could use the coupon in the store. The lady behind us started looking on her phone - which she didn't know how to use very well - and was searching everywhere for the coupon. I pulled out my phone and found it fairly quickly, and then showed her how to use her phone to get to the coupon, too. She was so grateful that someone "very smart with computers and technology" was there to help her out. It got me thinking that this is one of the reasons people should stay close with their older loved ones. Besides the obvious reasons like "they're family" and "we love them" people should look at how they do with technology. In my experience, myself and my parents are always helping both sets of my grandparents with technology. My Nana and Gramps have a facebook account and they are constantly calling and trying to figure out how to send wall posts, messages, and chats to people. My Grandma and Papa have been recently trying to set up a Skype so they can keep contact with my uncle who left for Germany today, and they've been talking to my dad about all the things that they need to fill in and click. Even my mom has trouble with technology. She's getting better at it, but she still occasionally needs help on the computer or on her phone. In the past years we have progressed so much in the world of technology. We start to rely on it heavily, but we forget that those we love and care for don't know how to use it as well as we do. We depend on something that they have so much trouble with. People need to work harder to stay close to those older than them. The technology is blocking these relationships. We need to look at those around us and see how they are affected by the technology we depend on.