Hand in Hand

It's well known that there are certain things that go hand in hand: 

• Peaches and Ice Cream
• Peanut Butter and Jelly
• Mash Potatoes and Gravy
• Pencil and Paper

You get the idea. There are some things that are a natural fit, like husband and wife or ham and eggs. OK enough about food, I'm starting to feel like one of Pavlov's dogs (slurp).
There are a few pairings that I take exception with, mainly:

• Driving and Texting
• Eating and Driving
• Reading and Driving

Multi-tasking behind the wheel is proving to be hazardous to one's health. I spend a lot of time driving and it's becoming more and more frustrating trying to get from one place to another. I saw a knuckle-head just miss rear-ending the car in front of him after sliding about 20-25 feet and this after sitting at the previous light taking care of some important business that required the use of his phone which I believe was solar powered considering the way he was holding it. I've been run off the road. I sit at green lights.....waiting. I have to pay careful attention to drivers in front, back, and on each side and they propel their offices down the highway.

The last straw for me was today. It was just a routine trip to the grocery store, until.......out of nowhere comes Texting Tom, and I almost run him over. Maybe it's me but I just don't think a busy parking lot is the best place to have your eyes glued to a phone pushing a basket with your forearms and not paying attention where you are going. But I'm Old School, perhaps a little behind the times, a Dinosaur, A Single Tasker. 

OK, I've sniveled enough for one day.