Get your face out of your f*cking phone!!!!!!

 I can't be the only person worried about this phone obsessed generation. I recently took my 12 year old daughter to her first concert and was blown away by the lack of interaction. The crowd consisted of mostly teenagers. At least half of them had their faces buried in their phones. They were texting during the concert. Putting themselves on Facebook or Instagram. What happened to enjoying the moment? Being present? Phones seem to have become a security blanket for a lot of people. Awkward in a crowd...get on your phone. Waiting in line....stare at your phone. People have to be missing some possible epic encounters.

Another thing that absolutely drives me crazy is chidren staring at phones in restaurants. Mommy and daddy want to talk so they pop a video on for junior. Toddlers stare  with blank faces at tiny screens, picking at their food and hardly interacting. Even better is when a child starts to act out and a phone is immediately put in front of them. What is the message? What happened to teaching our children how to act in public?  These phases will pass. Its possible children will learn to make eye contact on their own. It's possible the ability to make small talk will develop. I just have my doubts. It seems our connection to each other is diminishing.

At the grocery store the other day a car was backing up from a parking spot right into my daughter. I started yelling and approached the window. The driver literally had his phone right in his face. Needless to say I had some harsh words for the man. "Get your face out of your "f*cking phone...you almost hit my daughter.

In general, I think it's time we all put the f*cking phone down. There is at time and place for the phone.  Not for driving. Not at the dinner table...not at a freakin concert, its not a babysitter, and it's far from a lesson in etiquette.  Hello??? Life is going on all around you. Embrace it! Face up. Phone down. Smile! Have a conversation! Interact with each other. No one will ever die wishing they had spent more time on their phone!!!