...people everywhere looking down at their phones and checking them constantly.”
Are you sure you aren’t talking about in the United States? When I was in the grocery store last weekend, looked around. Except for the employees, grandson and I were the only ones either not looking at their phone or talking on it.
Good grief. Do these people never unplug any more? My son and his family turn off all electronic devices once everyone arrives home on Friday night and don’t turn them back on again until Monday morning. Somehow they manage to survive quite nicely.
They are even worse over there. Everyone customizes their phone and adds stickers. Stealing phones is also a legit pastime. If you take your eyes off your phone, which custom requires you to put on the table in front of you as you sit down, it’s been stolen. So pathetic!