₦airaland Forum

AjaraEwuro:
How many of your stupid, fu cking Nigerian brothers and Sisters are in other people's countries with fake papers and with no papers at all? What are you talking about? Do you think at all?

Oh boy! Someone really is pissed!

@ Poster
If you're thinking of going into IT, you're probably looking in the right direction with Oracle. Since you don't see your self in a lab coat, goggles, and test tubes doing titration, then the application certification may be a short route to getting into the market.

All the best.

iice:
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I think i scared her. . .she resigned quickly [/color]

You probably daunt her. . . Would you be considered intimidating/overbearing, or is her confidence lacking, or both?

@ aisha2
Nice post - Your former employee was a physchological basket case. I have learnt to cut such a person lose ASAP, otherwise, the office environment will slowly transform to mirror his/her crappy inner self.

My story:
Back in the day, I had a subordinate transfer from a Western Europe country (same company) to a team I led. I went through hoops to make sure he got relocation allowances, etc, due to him, and generally ensured he was settled. As soon as the weasle found his feet (in 3 months), he'd started intimidating high qualified colleagues, some of whom were on a higher level than he was!

The last straw was when he went around telling people that I fought to bring him in so he can take over my job! I traced the rumour to him, he admitted (red-faced and head bowed).

Of course, I sent his a** back to his country. Talk about a "This is not the person I hired" moment.

What irony!

LAMENTATION OF A POLICEMAN

Gloomily sit I, gazing afar;
Gazing afar, far ahead,
Today again, just like yesterday,
My comrade died or is killed!
Yes, Today like yesterday;
A widow, an orphan is made, clear.
O! Death why more my clan, the police!
For why do you strike me, alone!
Yet I must smile and work,
Not minding the scorn,
Forget also the ridicule,
Not even the outright, assault.
Protect the society, I must, a must!
Yet another comrade must lie;
Buried, buried and forgotten.
For how long this sadness must continue!
Thus lament I the police.

By CSP Lawan Jimeta
Peacekeeping Department, FHQ, Abuja
14th August, 2009

Source: http://www.nigeriapolice.org/index.php?view=category&id=23 (Scroll to the bottom of the page)

@ AjaraEwuro
In defence of the poster - Does it not take a "jungle" for foreigners and few corrupt indigenes to access the wealth of this great nation, while the majority languish in darkness, poverty, closed universities, insecurity, etc?

Just saying oh. No be say I get time for argument.

Gamine:
@Canuck
This is the Boss o

LOL! A terrible manager and an ugly freak. . .What an eerie combination 

tkb417:
im sacred he'll read this - dont want wahala

You've said it all with above quote - I hear you loud and clear! Keep plugging along.

@tkb417 and @Gamine

Please don't keep us hanging. . .tell us about those may-I-never-meet-one-like-you-again boss

LOL! Rib-cracking!!!

chosen04:
Cos majority of the people have integrity issue does noT mean WE all. Cos majority of Nigerians are scammers doesnt mean we all. I cant understand what u intend to achieve with your generalization. To paint all Nigerians Black?=== PLS MIND your USE OF ENGLISH.

until he/she can do something and believe they can get away with it, and does not do it. ====
I think you made a lot of SENSE with the above statement and i commend u for that quotable quote.

OK, truce! I enjoyed the back-and-forth with you

lawrence83:
Ribadu must be a voodoo priest?
How on mother earth did he perform that magic?
Coming into and out of the country witout any security agencies noticing is no joke!

Abi na incompetence on the part of the NPF?.

True talk! Next thing we hear, Onovo will stand by a well and say Police has unraveled a mysterious tunnel dug by Ribadu from Oxford, through the Mediterranean Sea to Ikeja GRA

chosen04:
IF sonny was to be alive TODAY i will MAKE sure that i get him to APOLOGY to HONEST, RIGHTEOUS AND GOD FEARING Nigerians for that "I CANT UNDERSTAND GENERALIZATION"

Again, no one is HONEST, RIGHTEOUS and GOD FEARING, until he/she can do something and believe they can get away with it, and does not do it.

That is when one has fought and won that natural "grab-grab" inclination. That is the pratical definition of Integrity. NO ONE IS BORN "HONEST, RIGHTEOUS AND GOD FEARING." Get off your high horse.

Leaders are a microcosm of the people - From the leaders we've seen so far (presidents, senators, university lecturers, police officers, bank executives, office managers, educated, uneducated, etc), we, as a people, have integrity issues because we avoid facing personal issues.

How else can the "new guy" on the block Onovo, look into the cameras and send verifiable untruths into the airwaves?

iceland:
There is something spooky about that photo for real.

I'm off topic here, but Iceland?!!! Kai, naija dey try o . . . With Iceland's 320,000 total population, the whole country will know you o  

All the best, Bro. Hats off to you.

chosen04:
Verse:
Our ambitions to be millionaires

We all want to be millionaires

Oh, let's save Nigeria, so Nigeria won't die!

And things weren't even this bad when Sonny Okosun composed this song in 1984 - Which way Nigeria??

Sorry Sonny Okosun is a liar. We all dont want to be Millonaires as Sonny claimed. But we dont to be able to eat 3 sq meals daily, have electricity that we pay for. See the taxes that we pay work. Have good Roads. Have good and functional schools ETC. and more importantly make sure that the people in govt that steal to become millionaries doesnot oppose us with their ILL gotten wealth. the lyric of that song reads to be rewritten.

Oh, let's save Nigeria, so Nigeria won't die!==== Who shld save nigeria? abeg make the jagajaga country die make all of us rest.

Whao! I see you've given up on the entity called Nigeria, and probably for good reason.

But let's dissect Sonny Okosun's lyrics a little, shall we?

Almost EVERY one in power (past/present) in Nigeria came from very humble (OK, exceedingly poor) backgrounds. I mean self-proclaimed people from humble backgrounds e.g. Aondokaa, IG Tafa Balogun, Obasanjo, IBB(?) etc.

If we, as a people, do not possess this "grab-grab" mentality, shouldn't these politicians/bureaucrats be content with 3 square meals, etc? No! They loot, and loot, until they loot the loot!

Most Nigerians do not know what's in them until they touch power. Check out the corrupt government of student unions on campuses!

If one has never had the power to do something and get away with it (at least, in one's mind), then, one has not really been tested. Power reveals who you are - And Nigerians, so far, have shown the "chop & quench" mentality.

PS: Sonny Okosun is now deceased - At least show some respect, even if you disagree - Calling him a "Liar!"

PSS: You just displayed another weakness in us Nigerians - Misplaced Aggressiveness!

@ deezah

It appears that you're working for an OK company (with a network of 'stations'/branches), but for a BAD manager. If so, have you explored the possibility of transferring to another branch, instead of leaving the organization?

You already know which manager has great raves from his/her staff, so you can choose wisely - You may just end up with a worse boss if you move to a different company!

Just my two cents. All the best.

Toludo:
My Hr manager in the company where i am doing my youth service is a very stubborn man, issues query like a no man's business, talks down on people and he feels youth corpers are a piece of thrash that can be messed up with.[b]I told him point blank that i must not be retained since they have turned a bsc degree holder to a dispatch rider.[/b]Our MD is female and she is nice though very strict but i think the HR guy needs medical check up.

Are you kidding? Okada skills are not commonplace (unlike the ability to drive a car); how did they know you could ride one? Na wa for some ogas o!

Allta:
Na wa for Papa God self, how long will it take him to answer our last prayer "To build a nation where peace and justice reign"?

Because, per your NL signature, 'As a man (or family/team/nation) THINKS, so is he (or they become)'

lbotus:
which way Nigerians!!!!!

the IG thinks nigerians are as stupid as he is. Shame on ONOVO and all those thieving and lieing bastards called leaders.

Thanks for reminding me of the lyrics of Ozziddi himself, Sonny Okosun, which rings true:

Chorus:
Which way Nigeria (x2)
Which way to go?
I love my fatherland
I want to know
Which way Nigeria
Is heading to?

Verse:
Many years after independence
We still find it hard to start
How long shall we be patient
Before we reach the Promised Land?
Let's save Nigeria, so Nigeria won't die!

Verse:
Every little thing that goes wrong
We start to blame the government
We know everything that goes wrong
Because we're part of the government
Let's save Nigeria, so Nigeria won't die!

Verse:
Inefficiency and indiscipline
Is ruining the country now
Corruption here, there, and everywhere
Inflation is soaring high
Let's save Nigeria, so Nigeria won't die!

Verse:
We made mistakes during the oil boom
Not knowing that was our doom (bang on!)
Some people now have everything
While many, many have nothing
Let's save Nigeria, so Nigeria won't fall!

Verse:
Our ambitions to be millionaires
Is running the country down
We all want to be millionaires
And to live in the (air?)
Oh, let's save Nigeria, so Nigeria won't die!

And things weren't even this bad when Sonny Okosun composed this song in 1984 - Which way Nigeria??

kaytues:
UNMMMM I NEVER EVEN TALK MY FACE DON BEGIN FROWN, MAKE I NO JUST TALK ABOUT MY EX NOW, OTHERWISE ILE ASU, ILE AMO LORI ORO EX BOSS ME

Hmmm. . .your Prologue is intriguing, Chapter One please

davidylan:
beat her.

Oh come on, davidylan, you're too much for that

RichyBlacK:
Two hot slaps 0.2 seconds apart, has been demonstrated to do the trick. Some advocate one slap, others say three slaps, however, current research published in leading anti-nagging journals including the famous Nagicide Journal recommends only two hot slaps. The 0.2 seconds interval is optimal to ensure immediate silence by the nagging wife.

Haba Richy!!! Ogini? Ki lo de?

No be long tin, See muzzle in the pic - Either you use it or she uses it

kalmebad:
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, To have a woman Boss sometimes is the worse thing anyone can wish for, You can be a threat, Am quittin come Dec, starting New year on a clean slate even without a job at hand yet, The height of it my people

You all should wish me luck.

I've found that ladies either LOVE their female bosses (e.g. exchanging make-up tips, etc) or HATE 'em (e.g. mustering every ounce of self-control not to strangle them). It's like there's hardly a middle ground.

I wish you the very best as you press on!!!

Mr Kelly:
Way back in 2004, I lost my job due to company liquidation and after fruitless search for job, I decided to settle for a security guard job in an oil servicing firm in PH. I was doing my part time Master Degree program then. My supervisor will always refuse to give me time-off during my lectures and exams. Educated guards are usually sent to do clerical tasks or man the cctv but in my own case, I was often sent to man the armoured gate. At a point, out of frustration, I have to withraw from the program but was later encouraged by my pastor to go back and completete it. I knew this guy is mean but I really wondered why he had a strong hatred on me because I am the most humble and obedient employee anyone could have.

Anyway, I left the job two years later when I got an appointment in one of the biggest oil firm in the courntry.

Whao, A very uplifting story indeed - Working as a security guard, while pursuing a Masters Degree, in Nigeria!!! Hats off to you and the pastor who encouraged you along this arduous path.

celebritee:
Fine thread. My worst boss was a two-faced son of the devil. This guy would take boys (my colleagues and I) out for a couple of drinks at Cubes at the Galleria. Una go do everything together. From chasing girls to talking about past gals. The next day, a query might be waiting for you for 'not meeting targets'.

After a while he started approving 2-week working suspensions where you would be given half pay at the end of the month.

LOL, Talk about sending out conflicting/confusing signals. Or could it be the classic case of "carrot and stick"?

@ Topic

A bedroom with sound-proof walls and a conveyor belt packed with food for me and me wifey

Which one concern me concern "romantic" and "Carribean Island"

Pack up and move across the street

[quote author=,mama-gee link=topic=323377.msg4542895#msg4542895 date=1252950042]Eating at McDonalds restaurant. [/quote]For the whole weekend? Super Size Me - Part 2!!!

vikiviko:
My first Boss almost killed me with unnecessary shouts, deduction of salary, late closing hours, abusive language, restrict my female visitors etc

It was an experience that defined , shaped and exposed me to shrewdness, guts, confidence and kindness.
He was tough and kind, abusive and advicing, restrictive and accomodative.

The day i resigned he couldn't believe it, i had no job in sight but the humiliation and shouts were too much for m young mind to take. He practically almost cried when i told him i am not interested in his job again, he said Mr Man in 2 days you will come and beg.

I now laugh at those moments because it was a process to make me a better person.
We still communicate and are happy friends.
God bless Mr daaaaaaaaaaa,

You definitely have a large heart to see the experience in perspective and still maintain a relationship with him afterwards.

mystikal:
i never thoought I'll enjoy working for a woman, but my boss is the best ever, easily.

I've had a few crap bosses, jealousy would be their crime.

Jealous? Why so?

BTW, saw an earlier post by you gushing over your current female boss - I go love oh

^^^ Word! Tell 'em!!