₦airaland Forum

madridguy:
Na today you know?

Aswear na today I see am oo

I just updated my WhatsApp and I noticed an upgrade where you can change language, among all the Nigerian languages it is only Hausa that was there. Hausa is indeed one of the most beautiful languages we have in Africa and a fast-growing one.

Gentlelife50:
Form unions you mean?
When una don convince us say the job na stop gap and person no supposed to dey do am forever, abi una wan dey do am forever like those baba wey dey use am train thier children in high institutions?

Lol I'm only saying it on behalf of those people driving especially in Lagos.

I sympathise with them on how those Task force extorts them daily.

I still stand by my words ehailing should not be a full time job or at least you should have other things running for you.

YeyeGbami:
They have a formidable union.

I think Ehailing apps should also think of forming such unions.

BAZ001:
Gbam…
From your personal Experience … The hustle is not sustainable
We talk from experience not assumptions.

Brand new car engine self dey knock.

Na here we all dey , wey Cheerful giver matrix knock, he go ladipo taya no hope. Car no gree come back to life, before telegram group said he bought 2013 Corolla without loan.
We no ask them if na with loan or HP o? Na dem just add without loan to it.

Cabu cabu, Yellow Taxi, airport taxi is more sustainable than Ehailing in Lagos
All those baba’s will sleep in their parks either playing cards or ludo. You will go there to meet them, they will bill you 12k mainland to island , if you like walk round the park they will all say 12k or you lucky to get one person that will agree to go for 11,500.
If they get to your house and see luggages they bill you extra for loads or turn back to their park, no stress. if they get to the road and traffic is too much, they will put of their engine, leave you in d car and go under shades and probably bill you more for traffic.

No fear of 1star or getting blocked, no drivers score
No AC little fuel
No fake transfer na only cash
Lastma, police, LG tout they avoid them self.

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Why dem dey avoid them abeg?

Abi craze pass craze

oyin44:
The Easterners are the most stupid tribe l have ever seen in the my life...

Why are they nursing grievances against any one who opposes obi's misfortune?


Just cos she expressed her own political feeling like everyone of us ,these foolish people have started throwing Stones at her...



The same thing they did to Seun , femi Reno, and other likes

I called them emotional babies

Nice views from all of you.

Best wishes

lakoomoyi:
That's why i left out 25%.

How many people can boast of that ones that has level?

I just laugh when i see people talking about sustainability in E-hauling, if you can comfortably pay bills and save small fund to plan other things, then why complain?

I see someone talking about how many E hailing driver can afford Dubai ticket, the question is how many 9 - 5 workers can afford it too, we just have to stick to what works for us and all is about each individual.

What's one definition of success? some are very contented and even consider themselves big boys or girls receiving 80K/month and living in a face to face apartment and not even planning to go or grow bigger, ome are contented with 150K salary and living in mini flat, while some own 1 or 2 house(s) and still not contented. It all boils down to your goal in life and one definition of success.

If one consider himself successful and contented owning a car or driving throughout his life on E-hailing, that's as far he can see, no problem, his life, his goal, his rule, while some are driving to safe up funds for biz, to jap or to finance a project.

Its always funny to me when I hear people say have an exit plan, the truth is that all people posting dash have plans too, Cheerful as an example, who says he doesn't have his own plan too.

Every aboki get wetin e dey pursue and wetin dey pursue am, the difference between him and most is that he is working harder, and probably working smarter and making more money than most in the same line of hustle while he still can.

We get people like pope, pearl, Glix, ReadaDream, Yeye and many more that are doing well in the biz.

Tell me about hustle wey no get him own wahala for this country.

And I apologize for the 10 pages of essay.

Well, you said it all we all have our definition of contention.

Cheers

Conner44:
Yes it’s true, vehicles are machines and things do get screwed up on a whim especially if it’s caused by a factory defect but concerning the issue of hitting your sump on the floor and damaging it to expose an oil leakage I will chalk up to carelessness or inexperience.

I mean, your vehicle is low, the road is terrible yet you decided to chuuk head and even did so without reducing your speed of course anything that happens next is definitely your fault.

Then when I was little, a classmate of mine’s dad was a taxi driver. He had 3 other siblings and that man trained all of them from nursery to university on a regular city taxi service job with his 504. I know this was over 25 years ago but if it was possible then tell me why it isn’t possible now especially as those same city taxis are still very much in operation with family men manning their wheels?

Lol, it seems we have different visions and how we see life,

No disrespect but the way you quoted how your classmates dad's trained his children to university by doing taxi work, perhaps you are the type of person that will be contented with solving his basic and immediate needs without looking into the bigger picture. If that's the case then ehailing will give such contention.


But if you are the type that sees the bigger picture of freedom other than solving basic needs and "training children to University" then you need to look for an alternate source of income or plan B because ehailing won't pave that road to freedom.

Conner44:
In the case of engine knocking, compressor seizing or gearbox spoiling it’s all the resultant effects ignorance or improper maintenance.

In the case of accidents I will like to introduce you to a fairly old concept called comprehensive insurance

All this vices that you listed is not ignorance somethings just tend to happen.

For instance hitting of bottom plate without knowing which will result in the leaking of oil and engine knocking etc.

I'm not supporting 9 to 5 jobs but I'm also not encouraging drivers to solemnly depend on Ehailinng.

lakoomoyi:
That's why 75% of workers feels like killing their bosses.

Bro, peace of mind is far from most doing 9 - 5.

9 to 5 jobs get level bro

Pearl1910:
Lolz... people never come and say how much they make and how well they r spending and enjoying d money...but when car spoil they will know how to type.
Repairs and Maintainance is part of the Hussle...if u use ur monthly earnings on repair d next month, so be it. It's part of the risk of the job.
Some bankers don't go home with their salary, some sales managers also have the same risk; paying off loses with their salary.

Every workman keeps his tool well maintained and in good working condition.

Still the risks that comes with this job is on the high side. As someone said your 8 months' savings from this job can just disappear into thin air if any unforeseen circumstances happen. (Accident, Engine knock etc) God forbid


While salary and other low-risk businesses you will always have peace of mind and less problem to worry about

Barbiturate:
I went there today. They scanned it. Its the compressor. They said I'll change it and also change the condenser. They'll give off the gas and refill. Everything plus workmanship 140k!!!

I just fixed the engine few months back cos it shorts oil. Changed rings and some other parts around it. Spent about 150k.

Na like this I go take hit the millions ba?!

Same thing Vikings and Baz001 plus Muhammadson and the rest are trying to point out. This hustle will wreck your car while you were thinking you are earning big. This ehailing work supposes to be part-time.

Pearl and cheerful giver are not telling us the downside of the business they are always pointing out the good side until investors such as Dru would come in due to the mouthwatering dashboard thinking they will hit it big which is not the case.


Sorry bro

Conner44:
My brother don’t mind them. They think every job is the same. As a new employee, with below 3 years experience unless you’re into oil firms, politics or Infotech and working for an overseas coy you can’t earn the type of cash that e hailing gives you.

True getting a job is good but before you start achieving you must have worked for some amount of years and taking extra courses first to climb the career ladder. I know people in the banking industry that have worked for donkey years yet earn peanuts with the hope that once they retire they will receive gratuity. Even government workers don’t earn that much but hope for pensions and bonuses.

You drive on inDriver and make approximately N30k every single day, if you keep it up for one month that’s at least N500k in your bank as savings and this is as someone who has no prior job experience or taking extra career courses or calling someone ‘yes sir’ as a servant

I know someone who just landed a job in the IT department of a new generation bank and his total pay is approximately N400k (without subtracting tax, loans etc). This person will buy food for his family, fuel for gen, pay monthly utility bills and other personal overhead like data subscriptions, groceries, laundry etc even before he can start looking to save for rent, kids school fees, vehicle purchase, landed property, family and friends emergency monetary help, medical bills etc. and the worst is that due to the economic situation of the country and it’s draconian policies you can get laid off or retrenched at any time

My brother . . . Which is now the rat race between e hailing and an entry job in Nigeria?

Asides from unforeseen incidents in ehailing like Lastma/task force impounding your vehicle, accidents, periodic maintenance or license renewal what else is stopping you from making that money on the road ?

Let’s say you just graduated, found a job in a bank, they are paying you N250k a month after taxes, you then decide to park you car in the company garage from 7am till 5pm all because someone tells you that it’s better to have a salaried job than drive on ehailing full time , you then close from work and say you will still drive a little after working till like 9pm before heading home and make an extra N10k or thereabouts from it to add to your salary daily.

N10k in 30 days is N300k plus your salary of N250k = N550k (before tax). Now start subtracting your overhead as I mentioned above (feeding, maintenance, savings etc) and how much are you then left with? meanwhile the person who graduated and used his vehicle strictly for e hailing full time has already saved N500k after all expenses

You who is working and driving will struggle for years on the job to progressively clinch promotions to increase your basic salary (an increase of less than N50k at most per promotion) while the guy driving manages to make the same approximate pay month-in and out and is able to purchase his new cars in a few months, pay his rent in a few months, buy his lands in a few months, start building in a few months etc so far his health and zeal on the road allows for it

See, the only people I know who will never work at a job and consider driving part-time on ehailing (if they had the opportunity) are those who earn roughly N500k and above OR they just don’t fancy moving the whole of Lagos upandan.

I’m not advocating for people to resign from their jobs oh, I’m just pointing out some scenarios that are in line with reality. Do what works for you and try to make hay while the sun shines.

The problem is you are just short sighted you don't look at the long-run scenario. I know many people that are working and with time they climb up to the top hierarchy and so their salary increased.

Muhamdson, Dru and so many others cannot say the same about Ehailing

BAZ001:
God will bless cornner44 for me, even though I want Mohammedson to deal with him on behalf of me and Dru…

Ehailing was used to pay bills, food to eat and car maintenance.
If I get 100k job in Nigeria, I would have been driving bolt only on weekends and will never resign.

Google how much be flight ticket now and see if ordinary ehailing driver can afford it. People working in big coys will still sell property to relocate abroad.
By d time u convert millions of Naira to dollars and aboki give you dollars you go hate Buhari the more.

I’m not talking down on the job, stop twisting my words, I’m only saying don’t sleep in it, you can’t break even or sustain a family with it.
Na job wey no dey make some of us drive olosho up & down.

You are always saying the truth bro. Even though many people wants to argue with you but when reality hits them their eyes will clear.

Don't be tired of spelling out the gospel truth.

Muhammadson2020:
Emancipation ! Emancipation !! Emancipation !!!

Alot of pilots here still didn't get my message. They will get it. when I launch my mission with full force.

This guy dey make me laugh

He fit strangle uche if he jam him for road, because na uche rip am off not Bella


I understand his frustration sha

ScamHunter:
You're not making sense just like your APC government. these people were unarmed and your government went against them with guns and killed so many. Now they're armed and you still support your army to kill innocent people. Are you not a fool? Don't you know that's why Boko Haram became formidable today? They too were unarmed years ago. When soldiers kill non combatants, they make it easy for local militia to recruit new foot soldiers. Those families you kill their brothers would have other surviving brothers join and carry gun. Boko Haram is already decimating your soldiers. ISWAP too. And now unknown gunmen. Can your army fight one group effectively not to talk three? These are all organized militant groups with military or quasi military trainings. I didn't even count the well armed bandits in NW. When the body count becomes unbearable and people become afraid of joining the military as they are already afraid, what happens then? Asymetric warfare is hard to win. US failed in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. Russia failed in Afghanistan. They'll also fail in Ukraine when the Ukrainians are finally defeated and resort to guerilla tactic. Nigerian Army will also fail in the NE and SE. That's certain. If they fail the country is gone and not even your hatred for Igbo would stop that. That's why it's sensible to be Sensible and embrace dialogue and peace.

What's the dialogue about? Give them Biafra right? No country will let part of it's territory to seccedd so easily

Emergingnation:
You mean attacking innocent civilians . That's what your terrorist security operative are known for ..

Most cowardic army on earth...

Yes and we will be happy seeing them killing the innocent people as long as the so called innocent people will not fish out the unknown gunmen

This useless flat!no at it again!!!


If the soldiers went ahead and ransacked every community they will start crying wolf

Viking07:
I thank God for my job honestly. If not how bolt wan give me 200k wey I spend in 1 week fixing my car after my top gasket burnt? How many bolt drivers fit comfortably boast of having 200k cash in their account? Na after I join a group I know say majority are just surviving on loans. Last week one guy in the group was looking for 10k loan make he use pay bolt commission.

The best way to enjoy this hustle is by keeping your operational costs very very low. If you can save up & get a car of 900k-1.2m, it is way better than hp car of 5m. Anybody wey fall for the eldorado stories here about buying cars in 3yrs OYO.

Lol, my guy, your thought about this hustle has started aligning with that of Baz001. Reality has set in, I remember some months back when you were one of the cheerfulgiver fans.

That means Baz001 was right all this while, Muhammadson is also somehow right you can't have tangible savings doing this hustle.

You wan eat Bambi?

Revolution2022:
I am still surprised that no Fulani bandit kidnappers has been arrested and paraded even though there were photos of one of their negotiator,shiek gummi handing over ransom payments worth several millions of naira to them.What is going on here?

Stop disgracing yourself and family, a simple google search or Nigeria police force YouTube channel will save you the embarrassment.

Lot of fulani have been paraded since before the Arrest of Abba kyari, he was even the one parading them.

xpressionx:
If it were a Northerner killed in the south ,Northerners youths will start ethnic drums of War.
Thus is a southerner in the north.
Hope the killers are brought to justice

Just like you people killed that innocent fatima with her 3 children right?

IPOB retired olosho.

Atiku or Tinubu will definitely be our next president

SIRG120:
See wetin frustration don turn this one to

Una go swallow the bitter pill when the time comes.

Rubbish

I can swear or Bet anything That this election would be won by Either Atiku or Tinubu


Quote me after the election.

tsephanyah:
since when he started wearing red cap he became more of a communist. Acting like he own everyone in Borno, not knowing that some people will never bow to him, never.

Well personally I'm not his fan even though I'm also from Borno state. He is too arrogant and vile

But we have no choice since the party have chose him. I would have preferred El Rufai

tsephanyah:
Osibanjo is our candidate and Buhari was caution not to endorse him because Tinubu will destroy APC. Now we are atikulated

Despite the VP coming from your state? Kashim shetima

tsephanyah:
Christian group bought by tulumbu
A Muslim group will never do this to their top politicians.

If tulumbu and k.shekau can buy bishops to attend their EVIL gathering, they can surely buy some hungry "youth" group

This woman again.
Have you left APC?

Pearl1910:
Abeg them dey catch cruise for there too.
Are there clowns and jesters on that thread?

Serious asker

You wan japper too?

My bro was the one snapping the pictures

obynzo:
Kai your daftiness is like Zee world. Extraordinary everyday. Guy man some months back was in Anambra nothing happened to him. Make una get small sense naaa

Because he is their sponsorer IPOB won't like to touch the person that bankrolling them, rather they will support him directly or through proxies