So here I am still working, kind of, with almost an entire country on holiday. It’s great, not really.
Anyway, at least Starbucks is open. I can have real coffee. So here I am.
Like I said before, Starbucks is slaying it here. They recently expanded the second floor to double the space it was before. It’s always packed.
MARK MY WORDS, STARBUCKS IS GOING TO SLAY IT HERE.
Anyway, the reason I wanted to write a little post today is to give you a little insight to what I would think average rich, or well off Chinese parents do. Am I saying all Chinese parents do this, no, but I’ve seem my fair share do this exact same thing, so I guess it’s fair to say it’s a trend.
So I sit down and I see two adults, both playing on Iphone 4s. I also see one kid, maybe 3, 4, playing by himself. He comes over and we start to chat. Mostly about why my nose is so big and why he like drinking milk. You know, important diplomatic relation type things.
Parents didn’t flinch.
I know this happens in the States too, but come on people. It’s no wonder adults have effed up personalities and do bad things. You are in a Starbucks ignoring your son, playing on your iPhone 4 while he is prancing around. Creating an effed up adult.
I don’t know, I mean, yes I have had a lot of friends have kids. I know how it is, I’ve come as close as I can to having kids without actually having kids. To be honest, I can’t wait, it’s going to be awesome. So when I see two parents ignoring their kids when they could be teaching them about something, how the world works, black holes, space time continuums and Legos. Come one. How can that not be fun.
I see a lot of parents here ignoring their children and it makes me sad. One day that kid will grow up and think he/she is terrible and can’t please anyone or some other personality disorder because you neglected them, instead you played a game on your phone. IT’S A EFFING PHONE PEOPLE. I know it’s magical but you have just given life to a person, I’d say that a little more magical in my book.