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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]It's freaking me out that employees heard what they heard and did not call the police. I'd read reports that they heard noises, but did not appreciate until yesterday that they could hear actual words, and that it was obvious from what they were hearing that something was really, really wrong.[/quote]

I thought the exact same thing!  What. In the fuck were these two people thinking?   How difficult would it have been to dial 911 -- even if you're not that sure, maybe it was a joke, maybe they're just moving heavy furniture ....

[b]This guy and this chick are the embodiment of what is wrong with the 'earbuds glued permanently into my ear canal, eyes down on a flickering screen 115% of the time' generation that has been "brought up on technology."    Which of course is fostered by their employer, but does go beyond that.  (ie, you can be oblivious to the bus about to run you over because you're staring at a text on your Droid, not iPhone).

No need to engage, ever, with your surroundings or reach out.  
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ITA, and I like how you've stated it.  I'm so sick of Gen Y people constantly staring at their gadgets and plugged into their iPods.  Something egregious happens right in front of them and they don't even blink an eye.  I was walking in CH the other day when an old Latino woman fell down on the street.  She was lying on the sidewalk and three young people just walked by her.  I scrambled to go help her and raise her up.  She was so glad of the assistance, and thanked me over and over.  I'm not saying this to brag on myself, but WTH is wrong with the people that passed her?  I'm 41, FWIW. [/quote]

I'm 38, but let's not make this a generic age thing. It's not age specific. Malcolm Gladwell wrote about it in an essay included in the tipping point that studied trainee priests at the princeton theological society, who were asked to give a short talk about a bible passage and then confronted, en route to the venue, a person who was slumped over and obviously hurt on the way. The biggest factor contributing to whether or not the priests stopped to help or not was how early or late they were running. Those on time or running late did not help, those who were early were more likely to help.

And the bystander effect has been studied long before gen y and its distractions showed up. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect

I think the only thing to do is to be more mindful in life. It takes an effort to be engaged and present. Ignoring seems to be the norm. Tragic.[/quote]

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