I Interviewed 3 pure water sellers and according to them: sometimes, it takes about 6 hours to sell 20 sachets of water which amounts to a total of N200 which is even less than a dollar now.
From the N200, the profit is only about N40 as the pure water sellers have to pay the wholesalers their money back as well as cover the price for ice block which was used to cool the water.

The long and short of it is that some of them make only N40 in 6 hours of hustling under the hot sun, risking their lives on express roads.

As if that isn't bad enough, when passengers and drivers reach the traffic stops, they prefer to dash N20, N50 or even N100 to beggars and fake sufferers who sometimes make about N1,500 a day doing nothing but begging, leaving them richer, luckier and safer than the pure water sellers who are young entrepreneurs serving the larger community with their trade, and trying to make ends meet.

So when next you are at a traffic stop, please:

1. Dash (tip) the pure water seller instead
2. Buy pure water to patronise them and if the change is (N10, or even N20, you can leave it with them)
3. Say something nice to them. Greet them, encourage them.
4. Slow down, don't knock them down.
5. Even if you wont buy the pure water, if they ask you to buy, rather than ignoring them and facing front as if they are not humans, you can look at them, smile and say "Thank you"

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Nice one...sometime ago I saw an old woman selling old/bad shoes along Oshodi railway under a heavy sun. As I approached her I wondered who would buy those shoes from her, I thought about what her day and previous days has been like without even selling a pair. I offered her #500 note and I could see the excitement on her face, she was beginning to sample the shoes to me cause she thought I wanted to buy them.. I just smiled and told her the money is not an exchange for her wares, I told her to get something and drink with the money and she started praising and praying for me.

I was so happy through out the day for putting a smile on her face.

[quote author=Skyfornia post=64680015]Nice one...sometime ago I saw an old woman selling old/bad shoes along Oshodi railway under a heavy sun. As I approached her I wondered who would buy those shoes from her, I thought about what her day and previous days has been like without even selling a pair. I offered her #500 note and I could see the excitement on her face, she was beginning to sample the shoes to me cause she thought I wanted to buy them.. I just smiled and told her the money is not an exchange for her wares, I told her to get something and drink with the money and she started praising and praying for me.

I was so happy through out the day for putting a smile on her face.[/quote
may God reward you abundantly

I'm touched,
God bless u op.

Nice and thoughtful

It shall be put to practice