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Misopinions: Who Really Are The Poor? by Nobody: 11:06am On Jan 11, 2020 |
#MisOpinions . Theme: THE POOR. . Today, as I was heading somewhere, I decided to ply the Bata axis to Park Road (Abia State). There was a traffic congestion which left everybody pins and needles. . As the bus was moving by inches like a drunk with his dancing road, there was this beggarman who came to the window and began beseeching the passengers for alms, with his left trousers folded to his laps. . He narrated how he was widowed (killed by relatives) and how he needed support to cure his daughter of something ..lapalipsis or was it ..cadaisis? ....and concluded with "may God bless the hand who helps." . The touched passengers were moved by commiseration and donated money to him.., maybe N2500, maybe N3000 or maybe more. . It wasn't up to five minutes our bus accelerated (though slowly). I saw this beggar in another car's window gesticulating! Surely retelling his yarn! . Well, I signalled to an elderly woman selling sachet water bags (with her crying baby knotted to her waist) to bring two water bags. . She gave me them, and I handed her N100 (my bal. would be N80). She was jogging after our vehicle as she untied her hair scarf to produce my balance from the money folded in it. . I could see how one woman smirked at me accompanied with a sigh clearly meaning I was foolish for giving the woman money without taking balance first. Another man just giggled '..JJC.' This was a woman who donated N500 to the first beggar! . I think the man donated N200 or thereabouts. It wasn't like I didn't know of some fraudulent lot who run away with money though..I was being instinctive. . I did give the money to the seller intentionally. The car was moving faster now, and the water seller was still running behind me under the scorching sun to return my balance. I had to signal to her to keep it. . Why do people feign compassion for beggars and cannot help the poor who still "hustle" and work hard for survival? Most of these beggars (esp. in Bata) wake in the morning and bathe to go to work (to beg), and when they reach work, they park (sit on the ground) then send their children to attack pedestrians! Well, not all but 90%! You need to see them counting the monetary dividends after a 'toiling' day! . The irony is some people feel complacent to help corporate beggars who 'quarantine themselves', and cannot leave N5 for their opposite who work running in traffic under the scorching sun! You can simply help traffic-runner sellers by leaving a few balance! . #WhereIsTheCompassion? #TrafficRunnersAreHumans . (c) RichLord Jude . https://mobile.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=692972911508066&id=100023860908087&refid=17 |
Re: Misopinions: Who Really Are The Poor? by popsy2(m): 11:27am On Jan 11, 2020 |
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