In these days phones, mobile phones are essential part of our lives. I cannot imagine a single day without using phones. However, some places are not allowed using phone or talking to someone. For example, mosques, museums, cathedrals or hospitals maybe. Here I would like to talk about a place where I’m not allowed to use the phone. This happened for me around two years ago. I went abroad and visited one of the famous cathedrals. When I walked around, when I was walking around, my phone was ringing. Then I saw my mom calling me, was calling me. After that, I asked for the tone and started talking to my mom. After that museum stuff came around and said you cannot talk in the cathedral, you have to go outside and you can talk there. Then I realized there is some special place about religion and talking from… It seems really respectful behavior. Then I feel very, very shamed actually, because there’s just some relatable place when my behavior was very disrespectful. Then I said really sorry I cannot think about that then
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These days, mobile phones are an essential part of our lives. I cannot imagine a single day without using my phone. However, some places do not allow the use of phones or talking to someone. For example, mosques, museums, cathedrals, or hospitals. Here, I would like to talk about a place where I was not allowed to use my phone. This happened to me around two years ago. I went abroad and visited one of the famous cathedrals. While I was walking around, my phone started ringing. I saw my mom was calling me. After that, I answered the call and started talking to my mom. Then, a museum staff member came over and said I could not talk in the cathedral; I had to go outside to talk. Then I realized this was a special place related to religion, and talking inside seemed very disrespectful. I felt very ashamed because my behavior was inappropriate in such a sacred place. I sincerely apologized, as I had not thought about that at the moment.
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