On boarding a clean bus of a well-known transport company from Lagos to Asaba:

“Hmm, they are wasting time in loading.” (The person saying it was the last to arrive).

“This bus go fit run so?”

Don’t mind them, they take old buses and refurbish it so it looks new.”

“This one they said AC bus, I hope it is really AC?”

“E fit be AC but the AC no go work.”

Finally the bus is loaded. The “pilot” enters the vehicle and turns the ignition. It purrs confidently to life. He puts on the Air Conditioning, it is functioning maximally. He heads onto the express and out of Lagos. One by one the passengers begin closing the AC vents (Not me, I love the cold).The driver complains that the vents need to stay open so as not to affect the compressor. The passengers ignore him. He sighs and puts on a movie.

“Na so so nonsense film dem dey put for this company”

“Don’t you have africamagic?”

“Driver na sleep we wan sleep for road? Move this bus na!”

“It’s not his fault. The engine is old. I will not be surprised if the bus has fault on the way.”

“Sir, this is a new bus…” the driver retorts irritably

“My friend, were we talking to you? Drive fast, we have appointments to keep!”

Peace and calm for a few hours. The bus stops at a restaurant at Ore for a quick meal. The driver was in and out in fifteen minutes. Yes, I timed it. I had nothing better to do. I don’t eat on journeys. As the passengers alighted:

“They just stop anywhere they like.”

“Where will we see food to eat in this dump?” (Same lady goes and buys Eba and Oha soup with fish)

“If I had known there would be all these delays I wouldn’t have woken up early.”

“Hmm, na so dem dey do o. Before this driver go chop come out, one hour fit reach oh!”

The bus driver comes out briskly and boards the vehicle. We wait another 15mins while looking for other passengers that have strayed. Eventually we move.

Another hour passes. Suddenly a strange hissing. There are gasps and shrieks on the bus.

“Please remain calm!” the bus driver barks. There is silence. He slowly clears the road and parks at the side of the express. He jumps down to inspect. One of the tyres at the back has gone flat. Other passengers come down to see what’s going on.

“I said it! Old bus!”

“Madam it’s not the bus, it’s the tyre that went flat.”

“Expired tyres! I’m sure they don’t have spare!”

“Thank God we were not moving at high speed oh, we for sumersault oh. Everybodi for just die!”. (Well thank goodness for one word of positivity, sort of.)

“Pilot what are we going to do now? This is another delay and we are in the middle of nowhere!”

“I will sue you people! Nonsense!”

“I have a spare tyre ma. This is a new tyre, you can look at the spikes and the date of expiry, we must have stepped on something for it to burst-”

“Shut up! Do you know who I am? (How does that even matter in this situation?)

The driver quietly goes about getting out the spare and changing it. After a while some men assist him (another good point). Another bus from the same company comes and the driver jumps down to help. It still takes about 45minutes before the tire is changed. The bus is on the move again. And the murmurs continue.

“When will this journey end?”

“I know I’m going to be late.”

“I’m not following this transport company again!”

“Don’t mind them, they think they have made name”

“See him crawling on the road.”

I turn to one of them “I’m sorry, but don’t you think all this negative talk might actually be contributing to your getting late?”

He looks at me surprised and pauses for a moment. Then: “It’s not my fault it is the drivers fault. I’ve been praying that we arrive on time but this man keeps frustrating my efforts!”

“Well I don’t know”, I proceed cautiously, “But you’ve been very vocal since we left the park, most of your words negative. I think your pastors normally preach for you to confess positively in any situation-”

“This one is different!” He cuts me short. I smile and face my front. The girl besides me nudges me and whispers “Are you a pastor?”

I laugh. “No o. Just-too much negativity in the air. If their words actually have power this bus should have aged 10 years by now.”

“Don’t mind them o, tomorrow they will go to church and start confessing positively with their mouth yet in day to day activities they cannot do the same thing.”

“My sister, naija dey frustrate person jo…” Eba-and-oha soup woman interjects from a corner. They start talking about politics and why Nigeria will never work. I smile inwardly to myself. I have diverted attention away from the driver. And we arrive a few hours late. But I’m not bothered. We arrive safely.

And to me that is all that matters.

We are wired to talk and how do one win attention of others, it is to speak or concoct "reality". It is sad that people who speak negative often wish for something different from what they confess or insinuate.

Eba and Oha soup woman.


This got me cracking

Its common everywhere bro.

Was in a bus heading to ozoro recently when the passengers started hurling insults at the driver despite knowing the road wasn't smooth.

One man even told the driver to "look for socks and slippers to 'wear' his car and 'carry it on his head' wince he's driving too careful "

That cracked me up

Akposb:
We are wired to talk and how do one win attention of others, it is to speak or concoct "reality". It is sad that people who speak negative often wish for something different from what they confess or insinuate.

I'm not wired to talk to people anyhow. Even if you talk to me anyhow I mostly ignore. My comfort is you can't beat me and the look of my eyes has made most people cower each time they provoke me and apologies mostly follow ASAP.

I kinda fear myself when angry.

Akposb:
We are wired to talk and how do one win attention of others, it is to speak or concoct "reality". It is sad that people who speak negative often wish for something different from what they confess or insinuate.

The same thing can be noticed from comments on here on nairaland. Just go to any "Toke slays in new outfit" thread and the first page will be full of insults. Like can't you just say something positive and move on or don't say anything at all?

And these same people will go to church or mosque and pray like they are the holiest

correctguy101:


I'm not wired to talk to people anyhow. Even if you talk to me anyhow I mostly ignore. My comfort is you can't beat me and the look of my eyes has made most people cower each time they provoke me and apologies mostly follow ASAP.

I kinda fear myself when angry.

The last time you were angry what did you do?

Thanks for this write-up

hahn:


The last time you were angry what did you do?

I'm someone who understands himself more than anything.

The last time I noticed the storm brewing I quickly left work and looked for the nearest poison. After I was calm, I went home to chillax.

The madman of a boss called and apologized.
Was glad the contract was about to end and thank God (the one I hold dear sha ) I'm without job again

correctguy101:


I'm someone who understands himself more than anything.

The last time I noticed the storm brewing I quickly left work and looked for the nearest poison. After I was calm, I went home to chillax.

The madman of a boss called and apologized.
Was glad the contract was about to end and thank God (the one I hold dear sha ) I'm without job again

O
K

Share of a story where you actually acted upon your anger because you did say you are scared of yourself when you get angry. I just want to know what you have done to come to that conclusion

hahn:


O
K

Share of a story where you actually acted upon your anger because you did say you are scared of yourself when you get angry. I just want to know what you have done to come to that conclusion

This hahn ehn, you're one kain pesin o....

That's something I wouldn't want anyone else to know, especially not online. No way.

Link on your siggy ain't working. Topic has been shut down.

correctguy101:


This hahn ehn, you're one kain pesin o....

That's something I wouldn't want anyone else to know, especially not online. No way.

You killed someone abi? Correct guy

Link on your siggy ain't working. Topic has been shut down.

You dey mind nairaland. It seems they banned my website like. Na them sabi

hahn:


You killed someone abi? Correct guy



You dey mind nairaland. It seems they banned my website like. Na them sabi

Almost got to that. And worst was the madman that got me that angry was a close pal.

Shey you know say after I nearly killed him and abandon him where his arm was being fixed, the madman called and was like "you fool, didn't you know I was high? " and that got me almost in tears as I began vomiting apologies. We're still very good friends. But I'm sure he's never forgotten I dislocated one of his arm.. Lols

Now you have it. Before you begin tell people say I be murdering madman



Was on your site. Nice work you've got there. If I'm to comment on it, I'll say you improve on the mobile version. And q lil more wicked design will do wonders.

Kudos.

correctguy101:


Almost got to that. And worst was the madman that got me that angry was a close pal.

Shey you know say after I nearly killed him and abandon him where his arm was being fixed, the madman called and was like "you fool, didn't you know I was high? " and that got me almost in tears as I began vomiting apologies. We're still very good friends. But I'm sure he's never forgotten I dislocated one of his arm.. Lols

Now you have it. Before you begin tell people say I be murdering madman

Anger is never a good tool

Was on your site. Nice work you've got there. If I'm to comment on it, I'll say you improve on the mobile version. And q lil more wicked design will do wonders.

Kudos.

Thank you. Still working on it though

hahn:





Thank you. Still working on it though

Aiit. All the best.