Nigerian markets are very chaotic environments full of shoppers and sellers. The noise level in these places is out of this world.
Everybody seems to be shouting on top of their voices to be heard with occasional fights between sellers or between buyers and sellers.
The main activity that happens in this area is shopping and with that comes various characters. When you enter a Nigerian market, you’re sure to meet one of the under listed people.They could be either shoppers or sellers.
Below are 10 different people you’ll meet in a Nigerian market.
1. The Single Item Shopper
This group of people come all the way to the market to buy just one item. Even though they can get these items in small shops in their community, they’ll still come all the way to the market to buy them. It could be the price.



2. The Bulk Shopper
This is the one who buys either for the week or for the month. They are mostly the favorites of the market women since they spend a lot of money when they come to the market. They buy everything they’ll need at home, over the next week or month.



3. The Annoying Buyer
This shopper is quite annoying, will complain over practically everything. From the price to the quality of the item to the way the seller is handling the items. You can’t win with this shopper, you can just tolerate him/her because you need the money. The way they talk mostly gets a lot of sellers angry.



4. The Annoying Seller
We just spoke about the annoying buyer but that is nothing compared to an annoying seller. He/She doesn’t have any respect for the customer. It’s either you take what she has the way it is at the price quoted or you bounce. She doesn’t believe in pampering the customer and wouldn’t waste a minute asking you to go somewhere else.



5. The Prayerful Seller
This one is almost always either reading the bible or singing a gospel tune. Once they get to their place of work, they spend some time praying and seeking the face of God for the day. While arranging their wares, they sing along to gospel music. They also pray intermittently throughout the day and you might catch them at it when you approach them to buy something.



6. The Noise Maker
This one makes more noise than anybody else in the market. They shout on top of their voices to attract customers and also when they are interacting with their colleagues in the market. There is no dull moment with them. Once they spot a customer, they’ll shout to draw their attention and let them know they are at work.



7. The Chief Bargainer
This buyer will bargain over everything. Even the lowest price will still be bargained by this customer. Once they see what they want to buy, they’ll ask for the price and then enter bargain mode. Until they get it at a price they feel comfortable with, they’ll never buy. To say they are misers will be too much so let’s just say they are economists.



8. The Price Comparer
They move from shop or stall to stall asking for prices for certain items. They do this to compare the prices so they know which seller has the cheapest price before they buy. They can move from one end of the market to the other just asking for prices. They’ll then go to the seller with the lowest price to make their purchase.



9. The Sellers Favorite Buyer
This buyer doesn’t argue much, he/she buys whatever has been quoted. They have no time to waste and therefore don’t spend a lot of time arguing over prices. They also buy in bulk mostly so they are loved by all the sellers. Once they are spotted, each seller makes an attempt to have them to their stall. They, however, always have a favorite seller.



10. The Seller Who Fights Everybody
This one doesn’t relate well with her colleagues, she fights them over practically everything. She has issues because her colleagues seem to be getting all the customers while she struggles. She fights and insults them even when they haven't done anything to her. She mostly doesn’t have friends among her friends and nobody cares about her or what happens to her.

The olosho that is passing by.

Chief bargainers get to me, more especially when they clearly have the money but simply refuse to pay.

Taking from the already poor!

Gerrit?

ashewoboy:
Let there be space in between your write up.

noted

those coming to collect levies for government. This set of people are so heartless