Viral Post: “80% on their Phones…”, Bengaluru Man Raises Concern After Spotting Reel-Obsessed Passengers in Metro

Everybody is addicted to phones and reels. Now a post is going viral where a man expresses his concern and shares his experience after spotting many passengers. Almost 80% of them were reel-obsessed sitting on the metro while traveling.

A Bengaluru based founder shared his observations from an early morning metro trip. In his opinion, the scene inside the metro demonstrated how integrated social media have become into people’s everyday lives. After attending a family gathering in Udupi, Vasant Shetty posted this remark on X upon his return to Bengaluru.

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About 80% of the passengers in the metro were engrossed in their phone displays, he claimed. From their thumb movements, he could see that many of them were browsing Instagram Reels.

His Post Reads As Follows:

Visited Udupi for a family event and returned to Bengaluru at 5 am. I got off at Goraguntepalya to take the metro. I saw three kinds of people in the coach: 10% trying to take a quick nap, 10% talking to friends or doing nothing, and 80% on their phones (mostly scrolling Instagram Reels, judging by their thumb movements). Instagram addiction is very real! Many people are reacting to his post.