Now in the Silicon Valley

A few weeks ago I was wondering around a mall on an island. As I entered, I noticed a woman walking along with the corner of her cell phone put to her temple. She had a kid who somehow tagged along. It isn't unusual to see people starring at cell phones in public places. It is more noticeable these days to see someone who isn't. I wondered what she was listening too. I even thought that she was a mom with a kid trying to run a business. Could it be? I made my way past her and picked up some groceries, all without a single glance at a phone. Then I headed to KFC for lunch and as I sat eating, she appeared once again. Her right arm was angled up, her elbow pointing to the floor and her hand was exactly horizontal, and on top of it sat her phone. This was a bit weird to me in and of itself, but then i saw her place her phone on the table before she went to the counter to order. She walked to the counter with her elbow pointing to the floor and her forearm up, palm horizontal - no phone. It was as if this was her table, a mechanical extension of her body that had become habitual. Perhaps in time her arm would have turned to aluminum. A year prior I had seen a woman walking on the beach with a smart phone in each hand, glancing back and forth between them and grinning at a friend. I thought perhaps she should wear a headband and accommodate a third phone. She was, after all, on holiday on an island in Thailand, walking along a beach she may not have seen before and probably never will. She will return home, phones in hands. What did she come here for? Okay, I am a mean guy, and I do understand. This amazing technology. I know I am using it as I write this - but?