"If you succeed in cheating someone, don't think that the person is a fool. Realize that the person trusted you much more than you deserved" therandomvibes.com
Everyone in this platform knows what cheating means and I believe in the possibility of that 90% of us here on read are guilty of cheating. Hehe! I am personally guilty of that since my childhood till present in one way or the other and so is some persons around me, but the big question is why? Why do we cheat?
Personal memories
Humans with their brain are smart creatures. We can make anything happen in reality as it is in it mind, either by process it hack. That is just our nature and how unpredictable we can be. In so many instances that is not falling in favor of us, or not happening as we want, we try to outsmart the situation by making some moves which might be offensive to our environment or people around us. Cheating for me is just like telling lies, it could be for positive or for the opposite but in whatever way, it is what it is.
My Childhood.
My childhood memories consists of funny and mean moments. Being among the last in the family, I found myself amongst four elderly siblings. They did pamper me as a child but my tender brain worked smartly to get that which I always wanted, either at home or outside home. Those days, when mom gets back from the market, she buys snacks for everyone to share. Sometimes I knew I was to get the smaller snack because my elder siblings have to take before me. I found a way to solve and I kept it to my little self. I would always be the first to know what fruit or snacks mom brings back and would be the one to wash them and get them ready for eating. Before bringing them out, I would choose the bigger one and hide them in the kitchen. After my siblings have taken the bigger fruits, I take the smallest one and leave the bigger one for my last born brother, which after I have my fill with that one hidden in the kitchen. Heh! That was a Smart move right? I did this for countless times and was only caught by my mom who said nothing.
Adulthood and present
Currently, I wouldn't call myself a cheat and that doesn't mean I am not guilty of it sometimes. I do cheat in a more professional and advanced way if I may say because, childhood and adulthood has a great distance. The more we grow, the more smarter we become and the more accurate we reason. It is even difficult to cheat as an adult because grown ups knows what you already know. Make some moves and someone would tell you what you're up to. Nobody wants to be cheated and that doesn't change the fact that people will always cheat. Nowadays and like I said earlier, I put a hack to things instead of following a long due process. I figure out some benefiting cheats that would make things easier and better for me. Sometimes it is reading the summary of voluminous books instead of going page by page. Sometimes I cheat for fun while playing card games with my siblings and friends. I can be a champion in card games when Playing dirty. I also cheat in performing some functions anytime I am tired and look for an excuse to give. It all works bit needs to be carefully planned and executed. I enjoy cheating at home but as we all know, I hate it when I am cheated.
How does it feel cheating or cheated
"Cheaters always want you to be loyal while they are being faithful" marriage.com
It is fun and cool to eat someone else's food but never the same when we see others eat our food. The feeling of cheating on other is fun and intentional. Anytime I do it, I know what I am doing and carry it out so well. When I cheat on people, which ethically is wrong, I do it with confidence prior to my goal of doing it. I know I am doing it for a good reason that favors me and so, I would say that cheating is fun and intentional.
In the other way round, being a victim of cheat is always a serious thing. The damaged feeling I have whenever I realized I am being used by someone else, lol! Being paid with my own coins, is not funny at all, no one should try that with me please, I could take it personal. Thanks for understanding 😊.
Other places where people commonly cheat
Church: The church or other places of worship is never free of cheat. I have cheated in the church once on my childhood days and I still remember clearly how I did that, even though I later made it up to the church. I remember I was given some money for offering which I thanked my dad and went to church. Those days, cheese balls was trending in my class. Everyone eats cheese balls during break time. I always wanted to be among the trend and kept the offering money to myself with intentions of buying the trending cheese balls on Monday during break time. It happened as I wished and after I have ate the cheese balls, I realized it was just a normal snack I could live without. It was later that I gave the money as offering in the church. Forgive me brethren, The cheese balls tempted me.
School: School Is another perfect place for cheating during exams. I don't have to say it before you know that I have fallen a victim of that countless times. It just a miracle that I was never caught for once. I use to see others get caught and failed automatically but maybe I should thank God I was never caught. I don't do so now anyway. I write my papers myself and I never failed in any of my exams as an adult.
Office: People cheat in the office regularly, I don't work in an office but I know that on daily bases, there are cheats in one way or the other. I have heard stories of recording less than the actual sales in a firm and industries, so many cases where managers cheat on the workers and owners of the company or industry. This is really bad and has brought down so many companies.
Market: Cheating in market is a huge challenge in my country. Marketers would do everything possible to sell fake products and incomplete goods to their customers. I nearly fell a victim of that once. That day, I wanted to buy cooking condiments and was nearly brainwashed to buying fake things. So many complaints about buying cheap things in higher price. Market is the center of both cheat and fraud in my country.
Thanks for reading and have a lovely day.
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Cheating will never be good especially when we plan to have a diet yet we still eat what's not supposedly good for the diet