What is the world coming to...

I have just discovered social rehab.  This is a company that offers a toolkit for people to addicted to their phones to help them socialise without social media technology.  The kit includes glasses that give you an instagram effect, 'like' stickers, post it notes to make comments and a pad to draw something.  I have been out to lunch/dinner/coffee thinking I am going to be catching up with friends when inevitably both of us will check our phone at least once during our time together.  I am not sure why we have to keep in contact with the world and let them know exactly what we are doing but it seems a shame.  One of my friend is particularly bad and I always come away from meeting them wondering what was so interesting that it couldn't wait a couple of hours for them to check it.  I also think that if the person you are with is checking their phone it makes you want to check your own.  What has happened to us to make socialising so awkward some times.  I am not sure I could live without my phone but maybe it would be wise to rely on it less and experience the real world a little more.