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raumdeuter:
Our upper middle class dey all go to India for medical treatment, I like our boldness, we no dey pick our mates carefully like Ghana, Cameroun Senegal, Na India gangan we wan Ganusi

Na that confidence makes us Nigerians sha

I think Elder is posting those things as rage bait, he can't really be serious.

Emaprince:
I swear.

The way the guy go just drop one topic or qoute...and let you guys drag it for pages.

Person wey dey finish 15k soup in one sitting. Smh

Emaprince:
Elder just dey drop lamba upon lamba for una, make una use am dey fill pages here.

He dey farm for Seun workshop

Nezzjnr:
Na those guys wey go dey shout “Oga move front”

Dem go dey press you make you no dey aware

You know the matter, na inside that gen-gen pressing phone dey loss o.

TemporaryHansel:
Whatever anomaly that can be found in Nigeria can also be found in India. Tribalism, uneven development, corruption, archaic religious practices and thinking. The form of tribalism there is even worse.

You forgot to tell us India has 7 nuclear power plants.

You forgot to tell us there are over 1000 car factories in India that provides hundreds of thousands of jobs to their citizens.

You forgot to tell us they have over 20 major oil refineries and several minor ones o.

You forgot to tell us they make billions of dollars from people leaving their countries to undergo major medical procedures in India.


Shebi Nigeria get all these things too ba?

TemporaryHansel:
You're giving India too much credit. They're a 3rd world shithole like naija.

There's a reason why China was still using that developing countries tag. Do you know China purposely keep their currency down, because they fear if it gets too strong, or as strong as the dollar, their exports will become too expensive for other countries. Keeping that developing country tag let them run some magomago shii to scam other major countries like the US.

lolz

The fact that u believe Nigeria and India are on the same level just expose ur ignorance about a whole lot of things.

Keep believing what u believe , u hear?

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Na so oh

You better carry small axe to cut off my hand, because my phone no dey leave there for outside [/color]

When I see people crying that they stole their phone from their bag , I do wonder who still keeps phone inside bag for this Lagos in 2025.

afrodoc2:
Carrying STEM for head is part of the efforts setting them up for further development?

The point has always been that STEM and Huminities/Business/Finance are equally important to a nation's development.

I mentioned STEM and also mentioned how their nationals repatraite funds from abroad back to their economy. Their nationals who own business abroad make sure to source for raw materials from India first before any other source. They can have STEM and not develop if they don't handle the business side of things well and it is the non-STEM professionals that handle that side of business.

Nezzjnr:
Wasp standing 😂😂😂

Na that time phone dey miss😂

😭😭😭😭

Na so I lose my first ever phone in 2006 for Ikorodu garage. The phone na that red slim bird phone with blue screen. As we rush for the molue dem Don move the phone I no know.

Na after we dey inside bus I realize say phone no gum me again.

Na why till date I no dey ever keep phone for pocket, na my hand e dey always dey. Anybody that wants to collect it will try Sha.

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izzou:

U sef see am na.

We Wan dey shame India say dem dey struggle, but na the bus wey dem manufacture for their own country after usage for several years we dey import come naija to use support our own transport system.

If u see the way people dey patiently wait for this bus to reach "standing" stage for Oshodi lasan 🤦‍♂️

raumdeuter:
India is a Nuclear power

Naija never fit run NEPA nor Ajaokuta steel

Nuclear Power even go far; naija wey no fit feed herself without depending on massive importation.

We dey use that country dey compare India wey get industries that manufacture cars, machinery and equipment. Na Tata buses wey dem Don use several years ago for India we dey import come naija to use ply Oshodi -Ketu-Mile 12 to Ikorodu.

Theflint1:
Actually they recently gave up their developing nation tag, but their developmental spread still lags behind other first world nations.

One must give if to them that their PR game is very strong. They carefully show the industrialized china on social media showcasing robots and contact less point of sales services online.

They don't show the rural China and it makes Elder think the whole of China is Eldorado. Because India's PR is not there yet, it makes him to look India with "less" eyes.

TemporaryHansel:
Doesn't change my initial statement that India is just a bigger version of Nigeria. Everything is basically the same. Just Nigeria on a global scale.

😂😂😂

India is far ahead of Nigeria in a whole lot of ways. Do you even know how much India makes from Medical tourism? As in, people who travel from Nigeria and different countries of the world to undergo major surgeries in India.

Nigeria wey we dey import other countries' finished products while India na major manufacturong hub.

Keep deceiving yourself gbag Nigeria and India are the same

TemporaryHansel:
China isn't a developed country? Are you serious?
Theflint1 do you agree with this?

You see why I say you don't know what you think you know?

China officially identifies as a developing nation. If you doubt it, ask Google. There's still regional poverty, and uneven access to Healthcare & education in China. They still have rural areas that are wayless industrialized.

Theflint1:
China no be India mate, but Nigeria sef no be India mate, we're closer to Somalia or Uganda than we are to an India.

Don't mind him. In years to Come India will be just like China of today. The way they carry STEM for head, their nationals in other countries repatriate funds back home like mad and even the ones who own manufacturing plants in countries like Nigeria they make a policy to always source for raw materials from India.

All of these efforts is gradually setting them up for further development. Make Elder dey Nigeria dey laugh them because he see pothole for their road. As if some American roads sef no get pothole

TemporaryHansel:
That's a normal problem for overpopulated countries? Then, why doesn't China which is also overpopulated, have such problems?

You know nothing, yet you speak as if you know what you are saying.

I hope you know China used to be a poor country until 1978 when they had some Reforms which yielded results over time. Even as of today China is still not considered a developed country because there is considerable inequality between the rich and the poor and their GDP per capita is still.lower than that of developed countries.

China may have turned the curve, but the Indians are not far behind with following the same aggressive industrialization path China followed.

TemporaryHansel:
India is just a bigger Nigeria.

Not true in any way.

Dem get normal problems wey overpopulated countries dey get, but the good things wey dem get we no fit match them in any way at all. We can't match their industrialization neither can we beat their medical facilities

Olowunl01:
Baba, if you where person would you just send Thanks for the referal? Based on your previous posts on you showing appreciation, I don't think you would.

What I am saying is that this is not the expected norm, atleast not in the Nigeria I know.

At the time my guy helped me, I only told him thanks for his help. Everything else I did was years after when I had means to show my appreciation with action.

If person Don talk thank you, it's enough. Anytime the person has means, he will surely do whatever he feels is right. Even if he doesn't Ur own good deed will find a way to come back to u.

The norms I know is for someone to be appreciative which the guy already did. You guys are the one who feel it's not enough for reasons best known to you.

afrodoc2:
What about if one says thank you and the second one says thank you so, so much and the third one says na man you be.

Nigerians like karamo well well

monerozi5590:
Lets say you did favour to two persons. One said, thanks and the other said thank you very much. Which one will go down well with you?

Probably he has done that kind of favour to some others before and thats not the kind of appreciation he is used to getting.

Whether he says "thank you"or "thank you very much, God will bless you.... Blah... Blah..", I see both as same thing i.e the person is appreciative of favor and that's what matters.

I will only be offended if he didn't show any appreciation and sees the favor as his right and not privilege.

Life no hard at all, na when u start reading unnecessary meanings to things like that u go dey give urself unnecessary stress

Ihebu4chelsea:
Do you really think he was the only one amongst his circle of friends who needed a referral to boost his business? No forget say tomorrow still dey oooo

You are saying " tomorrow still dey" for someone who said "Thank you" . So what will you say for the person who didn't say "Thank you" at all?

I don't know anything about their circle of friends but the fact of the matter is someone did a good deed to his friend and the friend appreciated him by saying "thank you".

Na Una know when thank you no longer means show of appreciation.

afrodoc2:
If you never rababa, you never dey grateful.

The matter weak me.

Anybody that sees them crashing out would've thought the guy was one of the 9 lepers that never returned to Jesus to say thank you.

One won't know that their grouse with him is that the guy's thank you no weigh heavy on their own "thank you scale "

swiz123:
I don’t know why he is manufacturing angles. His initial statement was that the “thanks for the referral “ is sufficient appreciation.

What should he have said instead of "Thanks for the referral"?

You people are so unbelievable. If the guy never said thanks, maybe your anger could've been justified.

If you go about expecting everybody to always come to your house to prostrate, then maybe you should tell them from beginning that your good deeds come with a price.

GloriousGbola:
As an aside - Madam no go understand. Certified day 0 bros

She doesn't ; she only says " I know Mr. A is Ur best friend Sha because the way u love him like a brother u never had ehn. "

She's doesn't know the extent of how deep that love goes.

Ibime:
These are norms in society

11 years ago one of my padi (not the closest) was getting married. I bought all the drinks for his wedding, both soft and hard drinks. The Baba wasn't strong then but is stronger now. His wife has never forgotten that act till today. Anytime we see which is probably once a year, she will pack all manner of foods for me. They even insisted we stop by their house for 2 nights while we were driving round the country on our summer holidays this August and she asked us to send list of every kind of Naija food we want to eat in advance which she meticulously prepared.

Even as of 2 weeks ago, he called me and my wife asking for our shoe sizes and our childrens shoe sizes, e be like say he done see better hookup for shoes. My wife asked why the guy is always going over the top for us, I said it's a Nigerian thing, Baba is still showing appreciation for what I did at his wedding 11 years ago.

I have a friend who helped me in school when things were really rough for me. He was my secondary school mate who was working and running a part time program in a different school while I was doing full time program in my varsity. I was dead broke that period and he came through for me by sending me cash despite having his own responsibilities.

I was his best man on his wedding day and contribute significantly to his wedding ceremony. Evey December I give him at least 25kg of rice and a pack of drink. Till date I still send him money at random (At times when I get an allowance at work, I just make sure a part of it gets to him without any explanation as to why he's getting the money). I told one of our friends that there's nothing that guy can ever do that will make me mad at him or never speak to him again; he earned that right.

All this being said, me O I don't expect people to go above and beyond or cross the 7 seas to repay any good deed I do. Neither do I make an issue out of it if someone just says Thank you for any favor I do. I don't have high expectations, and I don't usually get disappointed.

Ibime:
Nope, I doubt someone that can mobilise N4.8m in sales from friends in 3 weeks will be seeking small "something", he done pass that level

It's either the guy showed the appreciation in a phonecall, or he didn't show appreciation with that lousy text.

Someone who can casually generate N4.8m from friends in 3 weeks just by casual referrals is probably highly social and has built habits around social norms (like expressing gratitude)

Then that confirms my suspicion that the guy is "vain". He wants to be regarded as the sole reason why his friend has food on his table. If he is really not about any financial gratification, then he should accept his guy's appreciation and move on.

Kimbeast:
Maybe ungrateful is a strong term to use. His friend was apathetic.

The guy might have expected something more than just " Thanks for the referral" hence his disappointment and I can understand that. His friend show of appreciation doesn't match the favor he received. He literally saved his business and he replied with an half ass comment written by chat gpt.

That was why I said the guy is "vain" and yes I know people like that in real life. They expect so much from people and would always be disappointed most of the times.

If you do someone a favor and he appreciates that favor, just say "u are welcome " or "what are friends for ?" and move on. The good you have done is from the bottom of ur heart and good deeds always finds its way to come back to you. That is how I live my life and it has worked really well for me .

You would only be overworking yourself when you set your mind to particular acceptable standard of appreciation from people.

GloriousGbola:
Years ago I helped a friend who was sacked get a job. One day out of the blue the guy and his wife showed up at my place with cartons of juice for my kids.

This country is HARD right now and it is these acts that can make or break people.

Perhaps this guy that was helped with sales referral still has the plan to buy bag of rice, a carton of chicken and a pack of juice to appreciate in friend by December.

Nothing he has done thus far has suggested he won't be as appreciative as ur friend. Shebi ur friend too showed up out of the blues to gift your kids ? It's not like he came from his first pay day to pay you "tithe"

Kimbeast:
You are inventing another angle to defend your stance. The tweet was quite clear and straightforward. As others have said going by the information from the tweet the friend was ungrateful. There's no two ways about it.

In what world is saying thanks to your helper termed as ungrateful? Does thanks have another meaning in your dictionary?

The guy is literally complaining his friend only thanked him. The quuestion nobody has been able to answer is "what does he want aside thanks?"

Ibime:
Anoda angu.

It is possible that in the process of the discussion where the N4.8m figure was given, the friend has already showed appreciation and the text is just a follow up.

It looks likely the matter is about financial gratification. Every other thing na just blowing hot air over nothing.

He is probably vexed because his guy no reason am "something" out of his unexpected sales.

liveLongNprospa:
Lmao... Bro that reply doesn't match the level of help he received.
I've seen people show more gratitude for receiving 10k than what that guy received for saving someone's source of livelihood 😁.

At the very least you'd have offered to take the guy out or something.
Some of these things are unwritten rules.
Probably the guy nor rate who help am.

Answer the question: How did he know the exact amount the guy made from the referral sales?

Olowunl01:
Bro, It is expected standard nothing to do with getting something back. As a yoruba you are expected to also call the next day to say thank you for yesterday... atleast na wetin my parent knocked into my head.

I think most of you are reading a totally different narrative to the story which is different from the facts presented to us by the poster on this matter.

The Tweet is still up there, and the fact therein are as follows:

1.The guy complained he helped his friend whose business was making low sales to get referrals which led to him making more sales. The guy mentioned the exact amount his friend made from those referrals which to me mean the friend disclosed this to him. If the friend didn't disclose the sales amount to him, then he must have asked those people whom he referred for how much they spent patronizing his friend (This is premium gutter behavior and suggests he didn't help his friend out of his free mind but for bragging rights).

2. The friend who was helped with the referrals sent a text of appreciation in which he said thanks bro.

3. You said the expected standard is to be appreciative and not necessarily about getting something back. If that is the standard, why is the friend vexed he only got thanks? What was he expecting apart from thanks?

4. If the guy had complained the friend ghosted him after helping his struggling business with referrals without saying thank you, I would've been mad at the guy that was helped. But u see this performative anger at him for only saying thanks, I no dey buy am at all.

5. If the guy wants anything aside the thanks, he should just come out straight and let the guy see if he can accomodate his expectations from the proceeds of the referral. Simple !