Two friends, Ron and Tom, were sitting in a cafe — each drinking a cup of coffee.

Ron said to Tom, “I went to this restaurant last night.”

Tom said, “I know — I saw that you checked in there on Foursquare.”

Ron said, “I have to tell you about their fettucini in cream sauce.”

Tom replied, “No need — I read your review on Yelp.”

Ron said, “I heard the funniest joke the other day.”

Tom stopped him, saying “You made it a status update on Facebook, remember?”

Ron looked down at his phone and updated his Twitter status.

Tom took out his phone and sent a reply to Ron’s status.

Neither of them spoke for the rest of the time they sat across from one another, and then they simultaneously just left.

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  1. David Boles – New York City – David Boles was born in Nebraska and holds an MFA from the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York. He is an author, dramatist, editor, publisher, and teacher who writes across the live stage, print, radio, television, film, and the web. With more than 50 books in print, David continues to write 2MM words a year and has authored over 25K articles. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Authors Guild, and PEN America, and founded The United Stage advocacy platform on the principle that playwrights have a duty to direct their own work. Read the Prairie Voice Archive at Boles.com | Buy his books at David Boles Books Writing & Publishing at BolesBooks.com | Study with Script Professor at ScriptProfessor.com | Touch American Sign Language mastery at Hardcore ASL at HardcoreASL.com | Explore the Human Meme podcast at HumanMeme.com | Train with Boles Bells at BolesBells.com.
    David W. Boles says:

    Genius story, Gordon! I think you’ve conflated the entire social networking nightmare in 10 simple sentences!

    1. Thanks, David. The idea came to me while I was washing dishes and imagining two people, each of whom are socially networked yet incapable of networking in a face to face manner. 😮

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