Better spent

I managed to get a short break from work today and spent it at a cafe enjoying a cup of tea and a cupcake; I only had an hour but it was enough, relaxing, and somewhat entertaining as well.

I spent some of the hour watching two girls in their early twenties a few tables down who spent their entire time together taking photos of themselves, selfies, checking them, taking more, rearranging the table so it looked perfect and taking still more selfies. It seemed like so much work but they were dedicated to it and didn't seem to mind the fact they looked quite ridiculous.

After all the selfie-taking came the uploading stage, to what I assume was Facebook or some other similar thing, and then a half hour of constantly checking their phones for likes or responding to comments that came in. It all seemed so exhausting to me although some of the faces they were pulling for their photos made me laugh; it seems the duck-face pout is still very much in vogue. It left me wondering what value they find in it.

I don't take selfies much, maybe one or two now and then to send to my guy. I'm not on social media so don't feel any need to do it and feel there's better things to do with my time. Maybe I'm in the minority there though as it seems so many people are happy to spend their time doing things that offer a questionable return, if any at all.

I ended up getting bored watching them and opened my book and by the time I looked up again they were gone, I hope to do something more productive than filling their phone up with pictures of themselves because I think time can be better spent.