The cell phone culture in this country has gotten out of hand

Just went into our break room to fill up my water bottle and there was a team of 10 employees on a break sitting at a table, none of them talking to eachother, all of them with their cell phones out and their faces like zombies staring at their screens.

Remember when breaks at work meant socializing and talking with eachother?

I leave my phone in my car at work... one because we aren't supposed to have them out at our desks, two because if something is that important to where I need my phone at work, I can go out to my car and get it.

Socializing in person in this country is a lost art. And with younger generations getting hooked on phones and tablets at a young age now, it will not end. I was at a basketball game the other night, and sitting in the row next to me was a family with 3 boys aged 7-12, all of them playing with their iPads the entire game and not paying attention to the game at all.