"I am so fed up of all these promotional calls. And jeez what timing they have, somehow they always end up calling me when I am expecting a really really important call." He said annoyingly.
"What dad! Don't be a kid. Why haven't you activated the DND if all these calls bother you so much."
"DND?" Now what in the hell is DND, he thought to himself. The generation of today has become so lazy that they don't even bother going any far than three words in a sentence.
"Do Not Disturb dad."
His brows wrinkled in an amused expression, "But I am not disturbing you, am I?"
His son sighs in exasperation, "what are you dad? DND is the Do Not Disturb services by the network providers. Once you activate this all these silly calls will be stopped."
"Really? Can this happen?" He was so amazed at the present day's technology.
"Yes dad."
"And how do I get this service?"
"Subscribe."
"How?"
"Errrgghh dad, you are acting as a questionnaire. hand me over your phone."
He gets up and hands over the phone to his son, who is still sprawled over the couch, frantically pressing some keys on his phone. He never really came to understand how can a tiny silly thing as a mobile phone an keep anyone engaged all day long, day by day and year by year. His son pressed some keys on his phone, put it over his ear hearing nonchalantly, pressed few more keys and put it over his ears again, satisfied he handed over my phone.
"Its done?"
"Yeah dad."
He was at complete loss of words, he didn't get what his don did. He wanted to ask but wasn't ready to appear any more of a fool in front of his son that he already has. He thought of the time when he used to satisfy his son's eager silly questions with love and attention without making him feel pathetic about not knowing something. The time has taken a turn, their places has been traded and the way has changed as well. This generation has not only grown in technology but also apathy. He resolved to find another way to know about things he don't already know.
This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.
12 Obiters:
DND for those who hate promotional calls :)
And it reminded me of my dad
So true...gen y have grown in apathy...awsome write up...as usual
karanveer :)
Amit thanks love :)
Nice take but I really want ot know, is there really something like DND??
Bhagyashres...yes there is
haha.. good one :)
My Entry for 'Do Not Disturb'
Thankyou Ashwin :)
Lovely take on the prompt.
thankyou ma'am
A realistic post :)
Thanks Anmol :)
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