What the hell is it with people and their smartphone addictions? Is there some kind of entitlement complex that goes along with owning a smartphone?!

A couple weeks ago I was walking on the pedestrian bridge linking the Fashion Show Mall with the east side of the Las Vegas Strip. I was heading eastbound, and all the other people who were also on the bridge going eastbound seemed to be acting normally. As for the people going westbound towards the mall... every motherfucking westbound dumbass was walking with their head down staring at their damn smartphone! It was as if they were all lemmings, each with no care in the world other than being absorbed with the screen in the palm of their hand. None of them knew that they could be walking directly into the person in front of them, or another pedestrian going the other way. Heck, if there had been a maintenance vehicle out there they probably would've all walked head-on into it and then gotten run over.

Snap out of it, folks! Texting [or other smartphone usage] and walking do not mix. But if you're hopelessly addicted to your smartphone while walking, at least keep your damn head up while you walk. It might save you from a completely preventable accident.

Also, if you happen to be in a casino and you don't intend to be taking any calls while you play on your favorite machine, turn your damn smartphone off! No other player wants to hear your fucking loud ringtone go off for several minutes with no foreseeable end in sight. (And yes, this bullshit actually happened just a few hours ago while I was taking care of gambling business.)