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"High-Vis" Jackets a sign of the social media age?
Dunno about you lot in the states, but here where I live I'm seeing a huge increase in people wearing those hi-vis yellow jackets and vests...
It used to be just people in authority like parking enforcement, police support or marshals at large events - fair enough. But these days it seems like every other person is wearing one!
Just walking down the seafront (boardwalk) today I counted about 24 people, all unconnected, all wearing them ! Could it be, I thought, as a 'fashion statement' ?
Then it hit me - It kinda a spin off from social media. Not only do people need to post on FB and Twitter that they are walking down the seafront, and take and post selfies of themselves walking down the seafront - That is no longer enough.
They now need to wear these stupid hi-vis vests to ensure that people SEE them walking along the seafront ! & Then... Consequently post about them on GFY lol
BTW the seafront s in no way overly busy or dangerous, has no traffic other than pedestrians making the jacket kind redundant as a safety measure...
Do you see a lot of people unnecessarily wearing these silly vests, or is it just me ????????........
/rant
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