[RANT] Dopamine receptors are completely fried, even in office!

Was in a planning meeting today - and I've noticed this for weeks and months but it pissed me off a little today. i look to my right, and a senior person is literally scrolling through X on their phone. Not even hiding it well too well with the smiles.

Usually, my blood does not boil but today it did. I thought, okay, maybe it's a P0 prod issue? Nope. Just a random founder post about productivity it must be!

It's blatantly disrespectful. You are sitting literally 3 feet away from the person talking! How hard is it to just keep the phone in your pocket for 30 minutes? Someone has prepared, has thought this out, is talking... have some basic respect!

After the initial anger faded, I didn't even want to call him out. I just felt pity.

Because let's be real, it's not even his fault anymore. We are completely ruined. It's not that he actively wanted to disrespect the team It's just that his brain literally cannot handle 5 minutes of under-stimulation.

We are absolute slaves to these glowing rectangles. I know people who genuinely want to focus, who want to do better, but they physically can't. Their hands just automatically reach for the phone the second there's a moment of silence. It's an addiction worse than smoking.

It’s not malice. It’s just sad. We’ve lost our minds.