I think I'm addicted to the internet and I don't mean it as banter or bait, I mean it.
Addiction is something that happens to us at different stages in our lives and it can occur in any form - drugs, movies, candy, games, love, and so on. For me, it's the internet.
So, about two days ago I went to my bank, access bank. A local bank in Nigeria that is seriously starting to get on my nerves. And even though I was early, the bank was still heavily crowded. So I wrote my name down in a book like every other person and waited for the bank to open by 8:00 am so that I can make my complaint.
The time was still 7:23 am when I was starting to get bored and tired of waiting, then a stranger approached me. He sat next to me and was tapping away on his phone. He then looked at me and asked if I could share my hotspot with him. At first, when he asked me, in my mind I was like WTF!! NIGGA I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU! But after examining the whole situation I decided that it might just be a prank, like the ones I see every day on TikTok and YouTube. So I smiled and acknowledge his request, I turned on my hotspot and l waited patiently for this guy to say "it's a prank look at the camera there". OMO! This guy didn't say it oo! He just used my hotspot, stood up, said thank you, and left. Ahhh! I was heartbroken, I wanted to cry, this guy used the small data that I was managing, and he did not even replace it or at least say it was a prank.
For the rest of the day I was just frowning, anybody that walked up to me to ask anything, whether it is to shift front(move forward) or borrow a biro(pen) I was just nonchalant and without response. Omo! Me I didn't have time oo for anyone to come and give me headache again.
When I arrived home, I told my friend this story, he laughed and called me a gen z, I don't even know what that means but I believe he was referring to my phone addiction. And I know you are thinking I'm probably a stingy person who likes to take and not give but it's actually the opposite. I like helping people, in any way that I can as long as it is lawful and doesn't expose me to harm of any kind. But ever since I started watching more of TikTok pranks and YouTube videos my perception of reality has been a little bit jaded. I most times think that whenever a random person comes to ask me for something there is a hidden camera somewhere waiting to paint me as the devil that society raised, so I try my best not to be caught unaware.
I don't know about you but for me, that's plenty of proof that I have been spending a lot of time on the internet, and in the coming days I'll do my best to readjust my views and squash my addiction.
Thanks for your time.