Dear Steve Jobs, Thanks for iPods

This one will probably have all the old heads shaking their heads in disgust.... But hey, this is life through MY eyes...

I consider myself to be a tech savvy person. Sure, I text like crazy & can do so with my eyes closed, sometimes FB status updates are the highlight of my day and I listen to music on a daily basis on my iPod. Yes, that lovely little wonder that the smart guys over at Apple created has saved me plenty of times.

How so?

Because those white earbuds give a clear warning to people, "I Can't Hear You!"

It's exactly what the older generation is complaining about... "young folks don't know how to communicate properly anymore."

Think about it. How likely are you to approach someone vehemently bobbing their head to their tunes, oblivious to the world about them? Very unlikely. And you know what? I love it.

For the many times I've been on campus about to be approached by clipboard weilding Earth Lovers, asking "Excuse me, do you have time for the environment," my iPod has saved the day.

I mean, what type of question is that anyways. Who doesn't care about the environment so much that they don't have time for it?

What I am I supposed to say, "Uhh... No I don't have time for the environment. In fact, I drive a gas guzzling Hummer that I always fill up before 6 p.m. since I travel a ridiculous amount of miles for no reason throwing trash and toxic sludge out of the window and plowing through gardens to destroy plants..."

But instead of saying all of this I can just let my iPod do all the talking for me by simply walking pass appearing to be so caught up in my jams.

Or better yet, ladies how about when you know a guy is going to try to approach you... even though you know he shouldn't be trying his luck even on a good day-- a good day meaning holding a box of Lucky Charms and three bouquets of three-leaf clovers? But for some reason the brother has heart.

Not wanting to be rude, you turn that iPod up on full blast mode & keep walking... Making him "realize" you couldn't hear a word he said.

Now I know there are some that say, "Why not just talk and say you're not interested instead of using your iPod for a cop out?"

And that's exactly what it is... a cop out.... and a lovely way to use technology.

**Insert evil laughs here**