Benjamin Franklin one of the founding fathers of the united states said “it is easier to
prevent bad habits than to break them.”
We are in an era when we cannot live a day
without our smartphones and be on the social networks
(Facebook's,twitter,LinkedIn and Google plus)we go everywhere with our
gadget,taking the internet with us everywhere we go.
Fine,we need these gadgets to make our
daily activities easier and flexible;but we should also consider the danger it
may pose to our life on how we use them.You see people receiving calls while
driving,even though it is illegal;some walk around with earphone plugged
in,without looking or watching out for oncoming vehicles.I have seen someone
pinging on his blackberry while crossing an express way.
Below are bad tech habit you should stop.
USING YOUR PHONE WHEN
CROSSING THE ROAD
Your phone belong to you,and you can use it anytime you
want;but avoid using your phone when you are crossing the road,boarding a bus
or when you are in the middle of the meeting.if you know that the call is very
important,you could excuse yourself from the meeting and tell the caller to
call you back or you will call back.
LEAVING YOUR PHONE TO
CHARGE OVERNIGHT
Call it laziness,but people have this bad habit of
plugging up their device each and every night before bed.its arguable as to how
this will negatively affect the handset in the long run.of course,we we’re
seeing more energy efficient chargers that automatically shut off once a
handset is fully charged.
SHARING CONVERSATION
OVER SPEAKERPHONES
You’re already super loud with your tone voice with
phone calls,but why do you have the urge to put your entire conversation on
speakerphone? In addition to dealing with your yappy voice,the people around
you will now suffer more having to hear the muffled voice of the person on the
other end of the line.
TALKING ON THE PHONE AT
INAPPROPRIATE TIMES
You’re out on a hot date ready to
order something,but you realize that the other person across the table is
chit-chatting away-all the while,the waiter is patiently waiting to take down
your order.Not only are they going to peeve that waiter,but their actions speak
louder than their conversation on the phone.Sure,you might press on trying to
get them off the phone,but the damage is done already.
DISTRACTED DRIVING
At one point in nigeria,majority of car owners in
nigeria are guilty of doing this one while driving.Certainly,some people have
changed their ways and vowed to never use their handset while driving after
fully understanding the disastrous results that can occur,but still, it happens
all the time with other drivers on the road.Try as hard as they can,but there’s
this invisible grip that devices have on some people.
TALKING OBNOXIOUSLY
LOUD WHILE ON A CONVERSATION
Can you hear me now?That’s probably what comes to mind
for those people who have to deal with obnoxiously loud individuals chattering
away on their phones.No, we don’t need to really know what you’re having for
dinner tonight,so why don’t you just bring down the volume just a little bit.
SO READERS I WANT YOU
TO START COMMENTING AND TELL US YOUR OWN BAD TECH HABIT.
