Beware of the person sitting next to you at events
The above scenario may seem unlikely to some people, but it is actually happening, especially at weddings attended by the who’s who in the society. May be there is some point in people insisting that only those with invitation cards attend their events (some now print fake invitation cards, but that is a topic for […]
The above scenario may seem unlikely to some people, but it is actually happening, especially at weddings attended by the who’s who in the society. May be there is some point in people insisting that only those with invitation cards attend their events (some now print fake invitation cards, but that is a topic for another day).
However, some mischief makers may indeed be invited guests, but with a sinister motive. What they do is to spot a well known person and scheme to sit near her and use their phones to record the person’s conversation and use it against her if it involves another person.
Through this new trend, the woman can be blackmailed or they can sell the information to the other person concerned, which will cause disharmony.
This is discomforting, because people would now be on their guards on what they discuss among other people, lest they are recorded!
In a similar case of recording, a young couple had a marital problem and got divorced. When the wife and her aunties went to pack her belongings they met the husband at home, and they started abusing him. He used his phone and recorded everything.
Some elders from both families later intervened and tried to reconcile them, saying the marriage had not even been long. The husband refused, when they insisted, he later brought out what he recorded and played for them. The people were shocked.
The father of the wife was also very surprised because he wouldn’t have believed his daughter could abuse her own husband, he was very disappointed in her and he told her so. In fact he said whatever he was told about her he would believe it.
The damning thing about such recordings is you cannot deny it. If the husband of this young wife didn’t record the abuse, she can deny it and some people like her father would defend her, vouching for her good character.
Nevertheless, now that people are using the technology of the cell phone in this negative way, one can only imagine how some can cause trouble among co-wives, and half sisters or brothers that are not on good terms.
Besides, this could even creep into the work place to blackmail junior workers that are recorded for discussing their condition of work, for instance. This could lead to victimization.
If such mischief makers were caught, they should be disgraced. Even if they were to give you a recording of your perceived enemy talking negatively about you, you should chide them instead of being happy; because it could be you they have recorded. And given the chance, they could easily record you and use it against you.
So beware of that person fiddling with his phone sitting next to you. It is this bad.