We had been looking forward to a concert by The Proclaimers and attended it last night. The concert was incredible, with lots of memorable songs that we all knew and some new ones from their latest album. However, there was one thing that really got on my nerves! Why is it that people think its OK/necessary/important that they be constantly on their phone during a concert? What is the point of being there if you are going to constantly check your phone, your Facebook, Twitter, whatever the heck you are doing on the thing? Sitting next to someone with the glow of their phone constantly intruding on your vision is annoying to say the least. At the end of the show, I did point that out to her, probably not in the nicest way, but hey, I was trying to enjoy a show I had been looking forward to for ages. No amount of dirty looks during the show had any effect!
So, I came home and wrote this poem…
Your glowing screen offends me
Your glowing screen offends me
Please put away your phone
Your glowing screen offends me
Just leave the thing alone
Your glowing screen offends me
Annoying little female
Your glowing screen offends me
Must you check your email?
Your glowing screen offends me
You’re checking Facebook too
Your glowing screen offends me
What a thing to do!
Your glowing screen offends me
I’m here to see a show
Your glowing screen offends me
Distracted by it’s glow
Your glowing screen offends me
I wonder why you’re here
Your glowing screen offends me
You seem so unaware
Your glowing screen offends me
I shouldn’t have to say
Your glowing screen offends me
Please put the thing away
Your glowing screen offends me
It really isn’t funny
Your glowing screen offends me
You could have saved your money
Your glowing screen offends me
The phone is more your taste
Your glowing screen offends me
To be here is a waste
Your glowing screen offends me
I wish you’d go away
Your glowing screen offends me
I’m here to see them play
Your glowing screen offends me
The concert though was fun
Your glowing screen offends me
And now that it is done
Your glowing screen offends me
And so I then told you
Your glowing screen offends me
You haven’t got a clue
Your glowing screen offends me
Next time that you attend
Your glowing screen offends me
Don’t touch it till the end!!!
Susan Marie Waight, 2023 all rights reserved.
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Hi sue
You put your feelings across very well
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Thanks Clint. I am going to put something on here about the ‘workshop’. I have written an email to the organiser and will speak to her on Monday.
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