Geneva Journals- The Salesman and the screen time stories

One of my friend was buying apple product. I accompanied him to the store. While my friend was contemplating on his decision to buy the product, I caught up with the salesperson and asked him, "What apple gadgets do you own?"

"Mac" he replied. 

"Anything else?" I got curious. 

"No.nothing more. I like the mac, I use it and nothing more." I stared at him trying to understand why he doesn't use any other products. Without saying a word, he understood what I'm trying to understand. "I have very less screen time. These gadgets are designed to get your time." We continued the conversation and he mentioned the weekly competition they got in the store where each one's weekly screen time is shared amongst the group and the one with less screen time is rewarded. One of his colleague had spent 140 hours of screen time in a week. Snapchat and other applications he casually mentioned. 140 hours out of 168 hours on an application is scary. 

I shared how I battle with my screen time. We discussed black and white, colour filters and some other alternatives to make our phones less attractive. 

I went onto other sales person and asked the same question- What apple gadgets do you use? 

Iphone, Ipad, airpods, apple watch, Macbook. He seemed to be the player of apple eco system. It's interesting how we own several gadgets and how we use them. It's time to check my gadgets inventory.