The rate at which technology
advances is so fast that if one is not careful, one will be living in the past.
It’s amazing what those little devices can help you to achieve.
I once listened to a guy who said
if you do not own a laptop, tablet, ipad, iphone or a Smartphone or all in this
century, you are old school. Well, with all the beautiful features and amazing
applications these devices possess, it is also imperative to know the strains they
can cause if not well managed.
Many relationships, academic
pursuit, deadlines and achievements have been suffering as a result of the
overly undue attention given to these devices for pleasure. I’m particular
about the “BB”, yea, Blackberry; it’s no longer news that a lot of people
ranging from students to working class and even the retired ones own one. It’s
no longer alarming to see a 10 year old flaunt a blackberry these days and
believe me, you’ll be surprised they can use it more effectively than you can.
Uberfacts tweeted that’ a class boy/girl sends and receives an average of 3
text messages in every class.’ You can imagine how many notifications that will
be received with a BB. Hence teachers, lecturers and tutors have become mere
objects in the classrooms and at the end of the day; the students are barely
knowledgeable of the subjects taught in class. Only a few will even make use of
the BB to get “on the go” information and further findings on what’s taught or
for assignments.
Relationships are threatened
these days because attention and communication between friends, partners and
the likes have been shifted to BBM. A guy was not happy because his wife has
been so busy with her BB pinging her marriage away, with customers in the name
of being a marketer. Imagine returning from work to be welcomed by a pinging
wife/ husband who can’t even stand to give u a hug/kiss. The call time during working
hours is replaced with pinging activities. Children are also a victim of this; they
can no longer play and talk with mummy about what happened in school and about their
friends because she’s so busy these days. All she says is “we’ll talk about it
later” and later never comes.
Singles no longer take time to
talk to their friends, and when there’s time to talk, they barely hear what’s
said and respond with monosyllables. Whatever happened to happy relationships,
the laughs, the sobs, shoulders to lean on and cry on, the tickles and the
likes! A girlfriend of mine came visiting for 3 days and we barely had time to
talk like we used to because she was too busy with her BB I had to repeat some
gists more than once cause she was not in my world. Even in church, people find
it so easy to put God aside by pinging away. Whatever happened to honour and
respect!
Guess we’ve got a lot of
distractions already, should we allow "unmanaged blackberried” activities put
more strain on the cherished and valued people in our lives and activities.
Guess it’s high time we all took the course “BBM 101” – Blackberry Management
and come out with an A. Carry over can be dangerous.
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