Next Generation

Coming home from an evening in St. Gallen at Peter's around midnight I was crossing the hall of the main station in Zurich. I have to say I was shocked. Loads of teenagers are hanging around there, most of them looking like 13/14. The majority drunk or drinking, sitting on the floor in the train station or standing around in groups. Shouting, torkeling around...

Is there no better Saturday Evening entertainment than this for teenagers today?
Is getting drunk in a group, shouting and destroying things so great?
Do their parents know where they are at midnight and what their Saturday evening look like?
Do their parents care at all?

Is this the influence of a big city or is the same happening in the villages?

It is not that I never was going out to get drunk in my teenage years. But it was not that excessive and did not have the violent flavor than these scenes at the main station.

This is our next generation. Worrying...