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Life moved at a leisurely pace when boomers were growing up. “Take time to smell the roses” wasn’t a hackneyed phrase for the analog generation; we appreciated simple pleasures unnoticed by the digital generation.
The Tinder generation treats sexual intercourse like a bodily function that is as quick and emotionless as shaking hands or taking a crap. It’s Wham Bam, Thank You Ma’am, Don’t Let the Door Hit You on Your Way Out. After an unhurried round of lovemaking, we relaxed, smoked a cigarette and basked in the afterglow.
For boomers there was a time and a place for everything, and eating a meal required a table, silverware, napkins and most of all privacy. When we ate in restaurants, we maintained proper decorum, and never burped, talked loudly, or did anything to disturb the other patrons. Dining was so enjoyable a ritual that even nonreligious people sometimes said a blessing.
People today eat everywhere: on public transportation, while driving, talking on the phone, in public buildings (even libraries and churches) and while walking down the street. They’re oblivious to the grease and litter they leave behind, concerned only with stuffing their faces.
Eating and having sex are normal and healthy human functions, but for the love of God act like thinking and caring human beings and not like wild animals.
