Isn't this just life in general, one small thing sets someone off and ruins the whole night?

Fancy pots still pull the crowds though, boring counts don't.

144 pickups a day is wild but I believe it. I read a piece from Harvard Business Review last year that said it is not the pickups that get you, it is the switching. Every time you glance at your phone while doing something else, your brain has to reload the task after. The study put the cost at something like 20 minutes of lost focus each time you get pulled away. So 144 times is not just 144 little moments, it adds up to way more wasted time than people think. That is why your One Sec trick probably works so well, it puts a speed bump right where the habit starts. I have heard the same thing from folks who just leave their phone in another room while they work.