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LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 4 May 2016 05:31

SMOMBIES

:-D

From our local newspaper...

The 2015 German youth word of the year was "smombies" ~ people who walk (and cross the road unheedingly) while using their smartphones.

:-D

There's also a snippet about a city in Germany (don't know which one) that has put traffic lights on footpaths so smartphone users don't have to look up from their screens!

:-S

UzziAndHerDogs

UzziAndHerDogs Report 4 May 2016 07:54

personally I would just call them idiots :-0. I really can´t understand the need to have your phone glued to your hand. Old yes, do I care NO. I would rather be old than ignorant. :-0

Researching:
Turner, Staniforth in Beighton and Ridgeway Sproat in Sheffield and Cumbria

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 4 May 2016 08:28

I think they are SO rude, walking around, not watching where they are going, everyone else has to dodge around them. We were in a shopping mall last week, the smombies were wandering all over the place. They seem to have a radar so that they don't bump other smombies!

:-(

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 4 May 2016 08:59

I stand still so they suddenly realise. Love to watch the look on their face when they realise I haven't moved. Which gives me the impression that they know I am there and expect me to move. :-D

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 4 May 2016 09:20

I'm sure they are related to the people who go out in packs. You know the ones..... they form a line... across, not single file.......... and they expect YOU to get out of their way! Where do they expect us to go?

:-(

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 4 May 2016 23:32

In that situation, LadyScozz, I usually swiftly move to the inside of the pavement, with large bag/rucksack their side. They either have to move for me, or get a bag in their crotch or a rucksack in their face - both if I've got a lot of shopping!! :-D

...we get a lot of student tourists in Winchester, who walk around in packs....

Researching:
Gg gran Amelia - Suffolk side