My phone don't go off no matter what except it is stolen and that has only happened twice.. In my adult life I can count how many times my phone has gone off. I make sure I charge my phone against all odds.
I have a solar power, a generator plus the epileptic government light.
I even take my powerbank to where they charge with money if all other means of generating power fails. In addition to all of the above, I have two active phone lines at all times.
If one network provider is having issues, the other one will work. This way I'm always reachable. The last time I was not reachable for a few hours was when I lost my phone. I quickly got a small phone and an emergency sim card before I retrieved my lines and got a browsing phone.
An acquaintance recently lost all his wares to demolition as a result of phone lines being switched off. He has this habit of putting off his phones when going to bed until around 7:am the next morning. A businessman for that matter. As a business owner, you should be accessible 24hrs.
The bulldozers rammed into their line of shops around 5:am of that day, a Sunday, for reasons best known to the government. The few shop owners who were reached on phone by the some boys who sleep in their shops came and salvaged what they could but my friend was not reachable. By the time they got through to him around 7:am, his shop was gone. This is just one out of many instances where phone calls and messages proved to be very crucial.
Let's do better pls.
Somepeople don't pick unknown number too, which is very bad.
ReplyDeleteI am guilty!.
ReplyDeleteI put my phone off most times or even on DND, as I prefer texts over phone calls. Even when a call comes in, I typically wait until the phone stops ringing, then chat then up on WhatsApp. I recognize that my preference for texting may come across as inefficient or even impersonal at times, but it is the communication method I am most comfortable with.
May God no allow us lost things as a result of this.🙏
I can relate.
DeleteSame with me. I prefer chat and messages over call. May God help us
DeleteIt is not good to switch off phone at night.
ReplyDeleteI once was involved in this shutdown at night stuff but a bitter cry of a client one morning I put on my phone change the narrative because he strongly believes if my line was up he would has been sorted out.
ReplyDelete@Chronicle of a married man, in addition to your write-up; it's advisable to recharge your line before bedtime in case of emergency.
ReplyDeleteI really feel for your friend 🥺. They should have reached out to someone who stays close to him, maybe, just maybe it would have been averted...
This would have been possible if they had the contact of a person who stayed close to him.
DeleteHmmmnn agreeable point raised there...
ReplyDeleteJust imagine,some will also say they don't pick unknown numbers.thats how in our street,a child of 9 got missing.they mother lost her phone and the dad works outside this town. He doesn't even know that the daughter was missing and him and e wife they keep malice.the little girl has her dad's number off hand,strange number kept calling this man,calling and calling. different lines ooo,this man claim he does not pick unknown numbers.for days ooo
ReplyDeleteChai!,
DeleteImagine!
I hope she was rescued.
@Babe kaima,yes ooo.she was found in church after 3 days.thank God she no enter bad hand.
DeleteHmn... thank you for sharing. I was once like this until hubby warned me about it. I leave my phone on 24/7 now.
ReplyDeleteLaburu o nii sele si wa o
This is so true. Phones should not be switched off except in exceptional cases of no light and you don't have solar or gen.
ReplyDeleteI pray God replenishes the man and I know he has learnt his lessons
I'm reachable by phone 24/7. Nothing to lose by keeping one's phone on at night. Don't know how l look at folks who put off their phone at night.
ReplyDeleteI always put my phone on Airplane mode before sleeping…
ReplyDeleteI also don’t pick unknown no without first checking with TC…
I hate receiving bad news, My mom called me to tell me about the death of a Family Friend around Midnight ooo.
I had to go to a Neigbour’s room to sleep cos of Fear.
Stop switching off your phone when going to bed, some calls are either to save you, or you save someone's life.✌️
DeleteI stopped taking unknown callers too, they can leave a message. There are just too many scams and AI has changed the scam game, they can duplicate ppl voice now. And I also sleep with my phone on airplane mode.
DeleteLastborn… I will try because it’s already a Habit…
DeleteAnon… You gerrit Perfectly
Valid points raise 👌
ReplyDeleteI used to put it on airplane mode before sleeping but since I started living alone,I leave it on and make sure my phone is always charged at all times.
ReplyDeleteI don't even like the idea of putting off my phone at night, for emergency reasons.
ReplyDeleteMy mummy is sitting comfortably on this sit, we've told her countless times to no avail, she said some abokis always disturbed her at night speaking hausa language, that if she wakes up during the night, she won't be able to sleep again till daybreak and it's affecting her health.
ReplyDeleteI also know a lot of people that don't pick unknown numbers, and it's not as if they're wealthy, that someone will beg them for money, the only time my phone will be off is when I don't see light to charge it.
Not picking unknown numbers is not because of begging money oh. I stopped picking unknown numbers because of spiritual attacks and monitoring but will text you immediately it stops ringing to text me cos I can't take calls where I am.
DeleteVery true
ReplyDeleteBefore I started online business, I can switch off my phone for up to a week
But now, my business line is accessible 24/7
And I don't switch off my phone before I go to bed Incase of emergency
My phone is on at night so I can get emergency calls
ReplyDeleteOh so sad. I'm always accessible though, never switch off my phone unless its faulty or i have a low battery.
ReplyDeleteI have a friend who does not pick up strange numbers and I have told her countless times is not good but she said that is her policy.
ReplyDeleteMy phone is always on airplane mode when I am asleep, and it will stay that way. There was a time when ppl had to go to the post office and send a telegram to their loved ones in cases of emergencies and they lived. There was a time when a telephone was a device kept in the living room that you had to share with everyone else in the household. Great that we have cellphones, and they have their usefulness but there were a whole millennia of human life that existed without them and life went on just the same.
ReplyDeleteOur house burnt down in the middle of the night, we lost two siblings in that fire and everything we ever owned, we escaped with just the clothes on our back, infact our dad escaped with boxers, neighbors had to give him decent clothes to wear. We a r a large family, we had to be scattered for the night, some of us went to our aunt’s house to pass the remainder of the night, unfortunately, she switches off her fone, we suffered bfr we got them to open their gate. We knocked for several several minutes, almost an hour before her husband was bold enough to come check who it was, cos like i said, it was middle of the night. That was how we got a roof over our head for the night.
ReplyDeleteFast forward, my neighbor/friend started labor unexpectedly around 3 am, she called my line because no matter what, after our fire incidence, i dnt turn off my fone. She called me to please come help her, before i wore my dress and rush to her house, she had given birth, and her husband wasnt around. Just her toddler kids and her maid. That was how i rushed to call the doctor that lived 3 houses away. Imagine, if i had switched off my fone, that lady would have been helpless.
In all, i advise ppl to leave their fones off, you can either save a life, or urs would be saved. There are situations that if they happen because ur fone was switched off, you might never ever forgive urself.
Sorry about the fire. I hate learning that anyone lost their home or loved one in a fire.
DeleteHonestly, every woman who plans to eventually give birth should learn how to birth on their own and what to do just in case it comes to that, also baby cpr and first aid. Glad you were available but believe me that if you were not, her mother instinct would have kicked in and she would have done everything. Glad you were there though.
*sry, leave their fones on
Delete💯 true
ReplyDeleteI agree, my phone is on at all times, but it's mostly on silent because of my kids. Even if you have an emergency at midnight, you really can't do anything till morning. So if rather put it on silent and sleep well
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