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04-14-2016, 10:34 AM
Patronising sign at train station explains why you should look up from your phone
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Modern society, hey.
Those youth are too damn busy checking their social media profiles, buying random crap on eBay and taking Instagram selfies on their smartphones to interact with society. Everyone except the baby boomers are screwed.*
SEE ALSO: A man's hunt for 'girl of his dreams' in supermarket causes controversy (http://mashable.com/2016/04/14/girl-supermarket-photo-australia/)
While the rant above is incredibly trite and deserves to belong at the bottom of a Facebook comments feed, a train station in Sydney, Australia is offering up a new incentive to get your head up and out of our screens. The reward is ** pain, it would seem.
A rather patronising sign placed in front of a *****ed piece of glass at Central Station is perfectly placed, warning commuters to "stay alert" and asking them to **t be distracted by their phone.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/14/railway-station-sign/)
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Modern society, hey.
Those youth are too damn busy checking their social media profiles, buying random crap on eBay and taking Instagram selfies on their smartphones to interact with society. Everyone except the baby boomers are screwed.*
SEE ALSO: A man's hunt for 'girl of his dreams' in supermarket causes controversy (http://mashable.com/2016/04/14/girl-supermarket-photo-australia/)
While the rant above is incredibly trite and deserves to belong at the bottom of a Facebook comments feed, a train station in Sydney, Australia is offering up a new incentive to get your head up and out of our screens. The reward is ** pain, it would seem.
A rather patronising sign placed in front of a *****ed piece of glass at Central Station is perfectly placed, warning commuters to "stay alert" and asking them to **t be distracted by their phone.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/14/railway-station-sign/)
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