A Cautionary Tale
Emily Esfahani Smith, Ed. ·
Jan 19, 2011 at 7:35am
The next time your nose is buried deep in your cell phone as you're navigating the mean streets of a mall, grocery store, or urban center, just think of this young woman--and how she's become a laughingstock to nearly 1.5 million YouTube viewers:
Walking and chewing bubble gum is one thing. Walking and texting is, apparently, quite another. As one wise man has said of this incident, "There is an underlying tone that people are so plugged into technology that they don't notice a fountain the size of a small house."
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Nov '10
Re: A Cautionary Tale
What about walking while reading Ricochet?
May '10
Re: A Cautionary Tale
"Tragedy is when I get a little paper cut on my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die." -- Mel Brooks
Nov '10
Re: A Cautionary Tale
"Have that removed." --John Laroquette, "Stripes"
May '10
Re: A Cautionary Tale
What I want to know is what she did after. Where did she go to dry off? And how long did she linger in the mall?
Re: A Cautionary Tale
I was thinking the same thing...she looks totally nonchalant after she emerges from the fountain. But I get a hint of her looking around to see if anyone saw her fall. Little does she know....
Edited on Jan 19, 2011 at 1:06pmMay '10
Re: A Cautionary Tale
I wouldn't be surprised if she still doesn't know.
One of these days, someone will catalog their own life via security cameras, YouTube videos and Facebook photos... and win a Golden Globe.
Jul '10
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Call Me skeptical. I think it was intentional. Falling in a hole in the street is one thing, but into a mall fountain? She wanted to be on Youtube.