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Re: Who Wants To Be A Bus Conductor For Life? by oliidell(m): 11:15am On Apr 06, 2018
Talk2Bella:


yels grin

Nice write-up as always. It's been a while. Trust you're good.

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Re: Who Wants To Be A Bus Conductor For Life? by norriswood(m): 11:25am On Apr 06, 2018
those are the kinds of job Nigerians outside the country ..it depends how you present yourself .
izzou:
grin

You try with the write up

But errmm... Stop making it sound like the guy's dream was to be a conductor. He only found himself in that position.

Nobody wakes up and decides that I'll love to be a janitor, driver, LAWMA sweeper, and all these menial jobs we see.

Most times, it's just the way life takes us too, and we have the survive. That's why

Anyways, you said we could save up for something bigger, so all I typed now may be trash

How Ibadan sef? angry
Re: Who Wants To Be A Bus Conductor For Life? by Worldbest281: 11:28am On Apr 06, 2018
nice one, I love it#inspirational

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Re: Who Wants To Be A Bus Conductor For Life? by Eastatlantaniqqa(m): 11:42am On Apr 06, 2018
Nice write up


gotta keep the hustle real

I am in a similar situation

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Re: Who Wants To Be A Bus Conductor For Life? by demum(m): 12:05pm On Apr 06, 2018
Hard work is important, big dreams important. But God has the final say.
Re: Who Wants To Be A Bus Conductor For Life? by Nobody: 12:10pm On Apr 06, 2018
shankara7:
Translating those Yoruba lines wouldn't kill you.
THANK YOU MY BROTHER..

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Re: Who Wants To Be A Bus Conductor For Life? by Grupo(m): 12:18pm On Apr 06, 2018
adetoroamos:
very huge capital my bro cos I bought a half cord printing machine cost about #850k plus a #50k year rent of shop, u shaa need like 1.5 because you will feed yourself for about 6months before things plum

Good. I have another hustle too, so I can manage to sustain myself for six months.
Another question, do I need to be a graphics designer?
Sorry for the many questions.

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Re: Who Wants To Be A Bus Conductor For Life? by Nobody: 12:25pm On Apr 06, 2018
Grupo:


Good. I have another hustle too, so I can manage to sustain myself for six months.
Another question, do I need to be a graphics designer?
Sorry for the many questions.
yes, u can learn that on YouTube cos I do the same and am perfect now, and you must know how to operate the machine too
Re: Who Wants To Be A Bus Conductor For Life? by darlingnuel(m): 12:25pm On Apr 06, 2018
You should have translated this “O wo le, o sa re bo, oya ma canvassi lo, eeeehsss e ro ra na, aunty yen fe wo le, e se der der na” for non-yoruba readers. Haba!
Re: Who Wants To Be A Bus Conductor For Life? by Grupo(m): 2:23pm On Apr 06, 2018
adetoroamos:
yes, u can learn that on YouTube cos I do the same and am perfect now, and you must know how to operate the machine too
What about getting a graphics designer to take care of that aspect of the business, what do you think? And what profit margin can one expect at the end of the month once the business has stabilized?
Re: Who Wants To Be A Bus Conductor For Life? by Nobody: 3:50pm On Apr 06, 2018
Grupo:

What about getting a graphics designer to take care of that aspect of the business, what do you think? And what profit margin can one expect at the end of the month once the business has stabilized?
depends on ur area and your popularity before you open the printing wrk
Re: Who Wants To Be A Bus Conductor For Life? by Nobody: 4:57pm On Apr 06, 2018
Talk2Bella:
A young man really impressed me with his bus conducting skills this morning on my way to work. I have met a lot of conductors, some not too cheerful, most are grumpy and hardened because the job had made them that way, others well…… depends on the passengers.

So this wonderful glorious morning, I boarded this danfo bus, the guy who picks me to work isn’t available so it’s been public transport for a week now. All I kept hearing from this handsome Youngman man was “ O wo le, o sa re bo, oya ma canvassi lo, eeeehsss e ro ra na, aunty yen fe wo le, e se der der na” oh lord Jesus such passion, patience, cheerfulness, such control.

When elders say the youths of our generation are lazy, I have always found this to be a big disrespect to us, we do more than enough, we have taken the mess they created during their regime and made something wonderful out of it. Their failure made us very creative, the jobless state of the economy has made the entrepreneurs in us alive.

There is dignity in Labor, Legal Labor I might add. I was born into a hustling family, my mother is a great inspiration, I watched her evolve from a woman sent out of her home by in-laws to getting a degree, moving from a one room apartment, to a flat and then became a landlady, I have watched her excel at her civil service job with such diligence and branched into Agriculture and Poultry farming.

When I see bricklayers, Vulcanizers, Welders, and other artisans I feel so proud, I feel so proud to be called fellow citizens with them. Manna doesn’t fall from Heaven, even before it fell from heaven the children of Israelites prayed and fasted and trekked in the desert under the scorching sun.

Do not look down on any job, I remember a time my dad had a financial crisis, he did so many menial jobs and being a conductor was one of them, I saw him once on the job, the memory still fresh as day, he was working with so much passion that when it came to a time I was broke I found no shame in going to a building site and asking to be a laborer, I was rejected of course but was given some money to go away.

There is Dignity in Legal Labor, the work of your hands shall bring you riches in abundance if you’re diligent and believe with so much passion that you’re truly working and not showing off.

Now who wants to be a Bus “Conductor for Life? No one, it’s risky, stressful, and not healthy, but “Man must Wack” but would you rather remain idle? No!!! That’s worse. If you find yourself in this situation and there’s no other option, work a little save a lot and venture into some entrepreneurship, who knows? You might be the next Jeff Bezos.

Isabella Ibeji.

http://www.talk2bella.com/2018/04/who-wants-to-be-bus-conductor-for-life.html


Conductors in Nigeria average 2k naira per day.

Thus they earn more than a lot of civil servants.

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Re: Who Wants To Be A Bus Conductor For Life? by Kehvyngrey(m): 1:43am On Sep 04, 2018
Ibadun people, how v na

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