Grand China buffet

This week I went to the grand china buffet. There were so many people there I did not know who to observe. Where to begin, to be honest I’m not that big on Chinese food but my parents like it more than I do, so I decided to take them there. When we walking to our table, almost every table on the way there were full with families friends and couples. It ceases to amaze how there are so many people here yet there are a whole lot of people who die each day.

On a table next to us there was a family of four, the two girls seemed to be around the ages of 14 and 16. And as every other teen girl here, they were consumed by their phones. The light from their screens could be seen in their eyes. Their parents didn't seem to care that they were on their phones, but they didn't seem so happy that that is all they were doing.

To the right of us there was a family of three, they were all enjoying their mountainous plates of food and their plates were beginning to pile up on the end of the table. This family was not one of the healthier looking families, but they didn't seem to care what other thought. As I began to observe other people around them, those other people were looking at them as well. The way they ate was a little disturbing. All I could think about was how can one person fit that much food in their stomach. Then I remembered that in one of my classes, a person’s stomach can adapt in eating so much food that they become “efficient” eaters, which is not a good thing.

In front of us there was a larger group of a family, they all looked alike except for of course the girls or boys that had their significant other. Together they took up three of the long tables. While most of them were chatting away, there were a couple of them that were glued to their phones. There was also those that were in a conversation but then they would stop what they were saying to read whatever was on their phone and then they’d continue to say what they were intending to say in the first place. Has replying to someone that is not physically there with us become more important than replying to someone who is actually there with us? What is becoming of our attention?

Out of all the people that were here there was a vast majority of people on their phones, even some of the waitresses would sneak around to where the fountain drinks were and check their phones and send a quick text back. I think that is why they have begun to install cameras in the restaurant.