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Blackberry Voice

Do you have a "Blackberry voice?"  Do you know what it is?  Well, I know what it is and I've been told that I have one.

In the car at a stop light my daughter in the backseat was telling me a story.  I was checking my email on my Blackberry.  She went on about something at school and I was "listening" while texting and pressing "send."

She then said, "So, what do you think?"  I had no idea what she had just said.  I said, "I don't know." She said, "You weren't listening.  Your were on your Blackberry.  I can hear it.  You are speaking in your Blackberry voice!"

"What's a 'Blackberry voice?'" I asked as innocently as possible.  "Oh, you know, when you pretend you're listening, you respond to me, but I can tell you are doing something else, like texting or reading a text or emailing..."

"Oh." I sunk. That's just terrible, was all I could think.  I have a Blackberry voice, she's on to me, and the worst part is, I wasn't listening when she was trying to tell me something.

I'm working on being in the moment, listening when she talks and talking so she can learn how to listen.

Do you have a Blackberry voice?

Comments

joy said…
clever one, mags!
-joy
January 6, 2011 at 5:59 PM
Anonymous said…
she is 1 step above
January 6, 2011 at 6:09 PM
Chachi said…
Beyond the not listening to your daughter, why would you be doing this while driving? What is so important that it can't wait till you stop, and not at a light?

Remove the "gadgets" from the kitchen. Don't use them in the car. Two small steps for man...
January 6, 2011 at 10:47 PM
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