Yesterday at PCBunk.

After work before church, I walked into PCBunk to get my PPCs which I collect. When I was queuing up, suddenly, a woman and a plump girl started fighting. They exchanged blows and words. The woman appeared to be the mother asking the daughter to go home straight away as she felt that the girl was playing games for too long. The mother tried to take away the bag from the daughter (assuming it contains money to play more hours of games) while the daughter retaliated saying that the women recognised a wrong person.

The staff wearing an Asiasoft T-shirt just brushed the mother aside as he tried to get into the booth. The PCBunk salesgirl told the mother to leave and settle their score outside. Then she came back to serve me.

I quickly bought my things and left. Then I saw a group of ah lians looking at the scene as if in support of the daughter.

When i reached my bus stop, I reflected:
- Are children getting out of hand already?
- Are they living an alternative lifestyle until they knock out of reality?
- Or is it mere addiction?
- Are they losing respect for their parents to the point the parents become ATMs while their friends become parents?

Seriously, Asiasoft and PCBunk should have guidance counsellors on duty to handle these cases as their staff appeared incompetent or ignorant of the greater social issues. The staff appeared to be either ignorant that some kids can stay away from home for a few days just play their online games at 24hr cafes or their addiction have gone to the point of no return (waste money all the time). Some kids do resort to violence just to play the games they want. We live in the where kids are now devoid of feelings of responsibilities and they must get what they want.

For me and the group of adult gamers, we play when we are free and can stop abruptly when we are needed else where. Some of us are "noob gamers" but we use the game as a socialising tool to expand our social circle.