Every parent knows how difficult it is to call their gamer child for dinner as the latter’s eyes are fixed onscreen that they don’t listen to what someone is saying.
The same happened with a father who was tired of asking his son to come down for dinner and it became more difficult for him than making the food.
Patrick Curran from County Kerry, Ireland, used to shout on his son Jason to invite him for dinner but all in vain as the teen loved to stay in his room playing game with his headphones on.
The 59-year-old electrician father came up with a genius idea to solve the problem and he decided to fit a strobe light above his 19-year-old son’s TV which he was able to activate from the kitchen.
Patrick spoke to LadBible and said: “I got the idea to install the light as I was sick of calling Jason down the stairs as he would not hear me with his headphones on. It took about a half hour to install.”
“It has been very effective, he comes down the stairs the minute I turn it on – only problem is after dinner he usually comes back down the stairs to tell me to turn it off as I forget.”
Before the lockdown, the father-son used to eat takeaways and fast food outlets. But after the pandemic started, Patrick who lost his wife, mum and cook Susan in 2016 has been facing the issue of getting his son to come down for dinner.
Patrick continued: “My wife Susan did all the cooking before she died suddenly in 2016. It left a big hole in our family but we are very close and we think of her every day.”
“Jason seems to be enjoying my cooking. I cook spaghetti, steak, salmon, full breakfast, burgers and things like that.
“I did try to make chicken fried rice one night but it didn’t go to plan, it was my first time using a wok. I poured the oil in and turned it to high like I usually do with the frying pan and I turned my back for two minutes and suddenly there were big flames going up really high.
“Jason just so happened to be sitting on the kitchen counter at the time, I grabbed the wok and ran out the back door with it. We were all fine but the chicken fried rice didn’t even make it to the wok – they both ended up in the bin.”
The father says he will continue cooking even after the end of lockdown as he has improved his cooking skills. He said: “I think when lockdown is over I’ll keep the cooking up and only get takeaways now and again, as I’m in a new routine now and it’s better for us.”
“I guess it’s a positive thing that has come from all this.”
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