[b]MOST TIMES WHEN WE WALK INTO BIG MALLS, BOUTIQUES, SUPERMARKETS, WE NEVER QUESTION THEIR PRICES. WE PAY EXACTLY WHAT WE SEE ON THEIR PRICE TAGS AND EVEN HAND OUT TIPS TO THE STAFF. BUT THE MOMENT WE ARE OUT OF THESE SHOPS TO BUY BANANA, OUR BARGAINING GAME GETS OFF TO THE ROOF. POOR WIDOW WITH 12 HUNGRY CHILDREN TELLS YOU BANANA IS N100. SHE EVEN TAKES OUT TIME TO EXPLAIN HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS FOR HER TO EVEN BUY IT, HOW THE ECONOMY IS SO TOUGH. BUT WE INSISTS THAT IF IT'S NOT N50, WE ARE NOT PAYING. SOME OF US EVEN STEP BACK INTO OUR CARS AND MAKE TO DRIVE AWAY. BUT BECAUSE HALF BREAD IS BETTER THAN NONE,THIS WOMAN IS FORCED TO CALL YOU BACK AND SELL TO YOU AT LITTLE OR NO GAIN. IN HER HEART, SHE CRIES, SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT HOW SHE'LL SURVIVE WITH HER CHILDREN. SHE SILENTLY REASSURES HERSELF THAT IT IS WELL. GOD WILL DEFINITELY PROVIDE. WHILE YOU'RE HAPPY EATING THE LUSCIOUS BANANA, TAKE SOME SECONDS OUT AND THINK ABOUT THIS GUYS.
I'M ALWAYS MOVED TO TEARS WHEN I SEE PEOPLE WHO GENIUNELY AND HELPLESSLY HAWK PETTY GOODS JUST TO FEED AND SURVIVE THAT DAY, ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
PLEASE DON'T BARGAIN HARD WITH VENDORS LIKE THIS. THEY DO BUSINESS NOT TO BUY DESIGNER BAGS, GUCCI SHOES AND DESIGNER CLOTHES BUT TO EAT AND LIVE FOR THAT DAY AND THE CHILDREN SHARE THE REMAINING MONEY TO TAKE TO SCHOOL THE FOLLOWING DAY (THAT IS IS THERE'S ANY LEFT).
''HE WHO GIVES TO THE POOR, LENDS TO THE MAKER.'' [/b]