I was at dinner with my friends this week. We normally eat
dinner in the Dinning Hall’s basement because it’s so much quieter than upstairs. Well, I
was looking down at my plate as conversation went on around me, but suddenly it
stopped so I looked up to see why. I remember thinking that maybe everyone was eating at the same time,
which is not something that happens often, or maybe someone had walked in, but
the sight that met me looked something like this:
It
was only for a moment, and then conversation picked back up again, but it made
me think about how the younger generation is addicted to technology. It only
takes one person for the wave of phone screens to begin flashing. Just
one can start the domino effect of the rest of us checking our phones, as I
found out when I watched my group of friends at the breakfast, lunch, and
dinner tables. It’s quite shocking to realize that, even though we are all friends
and have no problem talking to each other, we all go into our own worlds when
we pull out our phones.
I agree. I feel the same say. It seems like every time I go out with my friends this is the scene I'm looking at.
ReplyDeleteHonestly its sad because it isn't just our generations its older generations too. For example I catch my parents trying to check their phones at dinner, and its hard for me to pry the IPad or cell phone from my grandmothers hands.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your post . I can't count the times that I'll be sitting with some friends for lunch or dinner and all of the sudden everyone has their phones out, completely ignoring each other, even if it is just for a second. I can't say that I have never done this myself, but I do think that it's becoming a bigger problem.
ReplyDeleteI am really interested in the idea that when one person does it, then others do it, too. It's not like that first person gives the rest permission, but more that the first person reminds the others that they CAN be on their phones. It's like when you think, "Hey, I haven't checked Facebook/email/etc. in a while" and you immediately do it.
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