CiaraMar 17
I wonder if we'll ever see Waiting Room signs that depict the person sitting there staring at their phone. Or whether it'll always be a book, the way the Phone Call icon is still a telephone receiver and the Save icon is still a floppy disk.
Show threadMargaret DahlstromMar 17

@CiaraNi

I remember Eva used the term skeuomorph for this kind of thing

Show threadCiara
@MargaretD I remember that too. It's a great word. I hope someone reading a book in a waiting room doesn't strictly qualify. It's not as common, but not yet a thing of the past.
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Show threadMargaret DahlstromMar 17

@CiaraNi

I'm nearly always the only one with a physical book, in the waiting-rooms I frequent

Show threadCiaraMar 17
@MargaretD There's still usually at least one of us, at least. It's not entirely archaic. Or maybe we are.
Show threadWillMar 17

@MargaretD
Ha! Me, too.

@CiaraNi

Show threadCiaraMar 18
@wannabemystiker @MargaretD It often occurs to me that other people in the waiting room, on the train, etc may also be reading, but are invisibly reading an ebook or listening to an audiobook. Print books are just more visible.