It happened some time ago when I was still with my parents. They made me cry that day for making use of my phone while eating. I tried to control it, but the water just decided to gush out of my face.
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Using phones while eating is something that is not called for. One would not concentrate. I use my phone a lot, but not while eating. Although, it was part of me after retiring to my husband's house from my parents house.
My parents did not have phones back then, but I managed to have a fancy Samsung phone which I cherished so much. In that phone, I can browse, chat on Facebook and 2go and also make calls. I don't have money to buy airtime for calls, but I always buy data just to do the calling at night and also to chat on 2go.
One night, I made calls from 12;30 am until it was 4 am. I was smiling while making the calls, but the load of pains came while in the school. I always sneak outside while making the calls so my parents would not shout at me. While chatting, I was always pretending to have slept, but then chatting stylishly since I do sleep separately. I watched my parents sleep deeply first before doing all those dirty jobs.
That day when I got to the school, I was sleeping all round. My class teacher came in, but all I knew was that I was marked absent. My friends told me, but I had no choice other than to walk straight to my class teacher. I told him I was in school. He said I saw you but you looked as if you were not in the class and also not in school. “Why would you be sleeping in the school?” This was the question he asked me. Before I knew it, my principal walked in and heard exactly what my class teacher said. That day, I was walloped severely. Part of my hands got swollen.
When I got home, my dad saw my hands and he told me to explain what happened to him. I explained thinking that he would support me, but to my greatest surprise, he told me to kneel. He has one whip that he always use. Altho, I have been escaping the whip, but that day was not a good day.
This was when my dad had to seize my phone from me. He seized it just for me to face my studies. Again, my mum had seized it ones when I used it against her wish. While eating, I decided to press my phone and was so lost in the use of the phone that day. When my mum discovered, she had to seize the phone from me and drop it where I could never see it.
Sometimes, banning the use of phone can help a lot. It can help to reshape one's life for the better.
In my house, my husband had placed the ban but I did not follow up and he shouted at me. This made me quit using my phone while eating.
To be sincere, it can cause distractions.