Yep I am turning into a grumpy old fart no doubt about it. It is a wonder the younger generation don't all have scars on their foreheads from walking into objects, you rarely see someone walking without their eyes glued on the phones, how they see where they are going is beyond me.
I was at a pub a couple of months ago and this group of young people rocked up, 6 to be exact and they sat at a table, and not a word was said that I heard, for an hour all they did was fiddle with their phones, probably they were talking to each other via this method. So much for verbal intercourse.