Do you remember when YouTube released its offline feature a few years ago, the ad showcased people staring at buffering screens, mimicking the movement (Loading..) with their heads? I think the whole of modern life has become like that. A series of waitings. You get up in the morning, head out to wherever it is you want to go, and find yourself caught in a long traffic jam. So you wait. Decide to get a coffee during a break from work? Wait in the line. Forget all that. You talk to a person. Now this is something essential to all of humanity, irrespective of class or gender. So you try to pick up conversation with someone, anyone, friend or stranger, and you've got to wait atleast a few minutes before they finally relent by lifting their heads up from their smartphones (they ironically seem to make people dumb) and giving you a reply. If you are lucky, that is. Else you might have to repeat yourself, or they make it clear that your presence is unwanted, or they ignore you altogether. Ah, brave new world, that is so full of self-absorption!