Tuesday 28 April 2015

Informal letter: Nomophobic friend

Me: ...and then we went to the beach and my breother couldn't wait anymore to have a swim. So... Yes! I've had a very good weekend and then... Emily! Are you listening to me?

Emily: What? Wait a sec please. Oh my God! What lovely shoes... I must get them.

Me: Well... I think I'm  going home, you aren't listening to me and I'm wasting my time, gotta do lot of homework.

Emily: What the hell?! It's not working! There's no Wifi in here? Excuse me Sir, what's the Wifi code?

Me: Emily!

Emily: Oh, Sarah, excuse me...

Me: No! I'm not going to forgive you. You're sick! You're nomophobic!

Emily: No I'm not!

Me: Yes you are. Give me your phone, then.

Emily: What?! I'm not going to do that. Are you kidding me?

Me: No I'm not!. You're. Do you know which is the percentage of nomophobics people as our age? A 77% of the population. And I'm pretty sure you're one of them. You're all the time with the mobile phone, connected to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Whatsapp, shop online apps... You feel a special atraction to it. You've  indomnia, fear of being apart from your phone, horrorified when it's turning off battery... And what's worst.. You are on the age of losing face to face communication and friends.

Emily: I don't want to lose you.

Me: Me neither but your dependance on your mobile phone is running our friendship out. Aren't you seeing it?

Emily: I just want to be worldwire connected.

Me: And you keep on mind deffending this stupid machine... I can't believe it!

Emily: You should stop shouting at me.

Me: And you should go to a psicologist. I'm tired of being the only onw interested in keeping in touch with each other. Just call me when your mobile phone is off your life.

Emily: Sarah! Wait!

Waiter: Madam, here you have the Wifi code.

Emily: Oh thank you! OMG! Look at Mileys party! Gotta tweet it.

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