It used to be just an annoyance on the train and at restaurants. But now, they seem to be everywhere. They’re at the check-out line in almost every store you go into. My local bagel store has a sign that requests that people not do this while in the check-out line and they are still doing it. They’re also clogging up the aisles at grocery stores and my favorite department stores (yes, even at Lord and Taylor). They’re in the nail salon and in the waiting rooms at every professional office I have gone to.

And, even though it is against the law, people are still constantly doing it in their cars. I drive almost everyday to my office and I can easily say that once a day I have to honk someone at a traffic light because they are distracted by this and have not noticed that the light has turned green.

I am talking about people who cannot seem to stay off their cell phone. Whether they are talking, texting, sending selfies, or answering email, it appears as if you cannot look around anymore in a public place and not see people on their cell phone.

Why do we have to be constantly connected?

Happy New Years Gotham!!