Keeping It All In Line

I don't understand how people can walk around with notifications on their phone indicating that they have emails or messages. A large percentage of my time is devoted to ensuring that I never have any bright red numbers sitting on the corners of my text message or email icons. It's almost physically painful for me to look at peoples' phones when I see tons of notifications on them that they're ignoring, but at least I'm able to recognize that I'm the crazy one in this situation.