People constantly texting and checking phone messages

In the good old days, someone having lunch on their own might have a newspaper or a book propped up in front of them. Now I regularly see people with a fork in one hand and their phone in the other. Tragic!
 
In the good old days, someone having lunch on their own might have a newspaper or a book propped up in front of them. Now I regularly see people with a fork in one hand and their phone in the other. Tragic!

Maybe they are reading the newspaper or a book online??? I don't see anything tragic about that.