- Do you stop text messaging when you’re with either friends or family?
- If you’re an adult, do you stop texting work or friends when you’re spending time with your children?
- Do you use text messaging when you’re with others for planning and logistical purposes only?
- Do you make text messages quick and to-the-point when you’re with other people?
- Do you have an automatic catch-phrase memorized for quick exits out of text messaging if it’s awkward for you to end conversations?
- Are you comfortable asking the people you’re with to stop text messaging when you are with them if they engage in conversation?
- Do you excuse yourself politely if you feel you have to take a text message when you’re with people?
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1. If you answered “yes” to all questions then: Congratulations, you have managed to combine old-world manners with new world technology!2. If you answered “yes” to only half the above questions, your manners may need to be rebooted.
3. If you didn’t answer “yes” to any of the above questions then you need a system overhaul.
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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Walking while texting can be dangerous -- especially when an uncovered manhole is in your path.
Glenn Schuck reports
A Staten Island teenager -- who was walking and text-messaging at the same time -- fell into an uncovered manhole yesterday and now officials are looking into why the sewer was left unattended.
Alexa Longueira, 15, was texting while she walked along Victory Boulevard at about 5 p.m. Thursday when she plunged five feet into the open manhole.
City workers standing nearby helped to pull her out and she was taken to a local hospital, but only suffered minor injuries and checked out last night.
The girl's family said they may file a lawsuit.
The Department of Environmental Protection said in a statement that crews were flushing a high-pressure sewer line at the time of the incident and that the agency is investigating the incident.