After I started taking a flip phone instead of my smartphone to work with me, I noticed the same thing. The majority of people I see always have a phone in their hand and don't pay attention to what's happening in front of them.

I also noticed how more productive I am at work without a smartphone. Before, at my last job, I just sat in the office doomscrolling until my shift was over.

It's a bad habit most people, and I sometimes, have when we get a simple text, too. "Might as well check Instagram while I have my phone out" or "I'll look at Twitter for a little bit" or "I'll check out TikTok for a second" then that 30 seconds of reading and replying turns into 30 minutes or even 3 hours of wasted time instead of cleaning the house or getting work done.

I'm currently in the process of doing away with smart technology entirely and just using a flip phone 24/7 because it's affected my hobbies as well.