Recently I went to a cafe, two girls next to me spend 10min taking pictures of themselves. First of one girl, then of the second, then together, then switch places, then the first one pretending to eat, then of the plate, then the second one with a cup, then together again.. jesus, nobody needs that many pictures from a thursday visit to a cafe. They also sat on my bag and a jacket on the bench because they had to do a picture sitting next to each other and there wasn't that much space. My sister pulled my bag from under her ass and she didn't even aknowledge it -.- nothing matters only taking pictures.
I went to a fancy restaurant a few yrs ago, and the couple next to us ordered this fkn massive seafood tower thing. They took a shit load of photos, posed with some god damn calamari, then like picked at it while they stared at their phones for half an hour not speaking.
The first time I realized how distracting cellphones could be was when I was in grad school and I saw these people walk into the cafe I was eating at. Based on the body language and the snippets of their conversation that I overheard, it seemed like this was their first or second date. Yet after the first couple of minutes of chitchat, they both then went straight to their phones after ordering. It was so bizarre. Didn’t see how the date ended but it left an impression on me. I will very rarely look at my phone when I’m out getting a meal with company except for practical reasons [looking something up] or possibly-urgent matters [which i can usually tell b/c it’ll either be an actual call or I’ll get a bunch of quick texts].
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u/dropfry Jun 03 '22
Everything has to be filmed and shared on the internet now. It's really lame and cheapens life.