An interesting trend

It's funny to see how China has become from the have not. Middle class is expanding in terms of wealth; hence, luxury,"softness" and self indulgence surface. At lunch today, I was quite taken aback at the interaction of two groups of dinners. At one table, an old man and what seemed to be his grand-daughter. At the other table, a family of three with a 10 years old daughter. There were much interaction within the group of the dinners. The first table, the daughter was playing PSP the entire time; totally self absolved; no conversation with at all. At numerous occasions, she even had the PSP in front of her face so the grandfather was visually blocked. We were there for about an hour, there was not even one word uttered out between the two. The old man shifted from one side of his butts to another taking up the entire aisle. He needed to cross his legs while eating; and so his posture was crouching. At the table with the family of three, I saw the PSP but assumed the parents bought it for the daughter; it was not the case. It was the dad that was self absorbing to the tiny screen. Go figure. He totally ignored the wife and the daughter. And when the food arrived, the daughter called out couple times to her father because the food was in front of them. The wife was trying to serve lunch.