Ear to the ground & head in the clouds

I spend most of my days working and finding human interactions a funny thing. There must be some form of bizarro human patterning when customers decide when to line up; there are moments when the store is pin-needle subdued, but moments later there’s a boisterous thunder of people lining up. I’m sure there’s some sort of study on that.

Cashiers are kind of an oddity in themselves and sometimes it’s hard to remember that, yes they are people too! Some may be more robotic or scarily chipper than others, but like you, they have to trudge along with the rhythm of life. In homage to my fellow cashiers across the nation, I would like to create a poster to raise awareness against one of the most dreaded species of customers: the cellphone talker.

Now, this is just plain rude.
If you’re ready to ring in your items, please do not blah-blah-blah on your cellphone as if I was insuperior to your chatter. I would appreciate acknowledgment of my services and existence, please! I wondering if it’s honestly just THAT difficult to call the person back, or excuse yourself. Sigh. I had two customers in a row on the weekend with phones attach to their ears; no hellos or thank-yous.

Here begins my idea, and the beginning of the Campaign for Cellular Civilty! Cellphones are great, don’t get me wrong. The abuse of them, however, is troubling. I have issues with cellphones as barrier for communicating with the physically present folk. How we treat our fellow man withstands the same importance as using less plastic bags or reducing our carbon emissions. Maintenance of human relationships is vital and essential to function! We need to start treating each other better! More hugs, more communication, more personal fulfillment!

I mean, how the heck are we going to get through this if not together?