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AmazonTopaz:
Where Folake4u and Magnoliaa.

E don tey oo.

How una dey?

Happy New Year to you.

Tallesty1:




I have not met one that celebrate Val.

N.a. wa.

Tallesty1:
More reason to date a lawyer or rev sister. They don't do val

That's a lie.

Farfalla:
Happy New Year everyone.
*hangs head in shame for starting my year in February.*

Special shout out to Folake.

Hello Farfalla! Been a minute.

Happy New Year to you, darling. 💖

Na anytime person comment, na there new year start oh.

Awwww. Thank you so much.

Tallesty1:
Nah, not pastor.

Evangelist is better, rugged evangelist.

lols, crazy but special days mean nothing to me. Christmass, Easter, Val, Birthday etc. They are just another day as far as I am concerned.

Why go to bed now wey I just dey come? I dey pursue you?

Lol. Pele oh, rugged Evangelist.

Oh I see.


Early to bed, early to rise.

Tallesty1:
Hehehehehe.

I can be a Catholic just for today nah.

Romans 12:15-18


I was a catholic until I left home though, Mom still is.

Hahahaha. Pastor Tallesty, Well-done Sir.

How did you celebrate Val today?


Make I go sleep sef.

Tallesty1:
You catch me

I come dey wonder.

Tallesty1:
I am.

Oh, nor be Pentecostal churc you go that day with your mum?

Tallesty1:
Happy ash Wednesday

I'm not Catholic oh.

Baby you wan see my wire
Oya say your AZA, omo say your AZA, baby say your AZA
Baby you wan see my wire
Oya say your AZA, omo say your AZA, baby say your AZA

Davido - Aza.

I like that song.

GloriousGbola:
I am a stickler for process. Especially when I am engaging private enterprises.

I worked in a maintenance role for 5 years and a lot of people had our oga at the top on speed dial. So I expect good service as well. I have actually copied ceos in instances when I was getting poor service.

So when an Uber guy told me to take a ride offline I was vexed and I went to the Uber thread to complain. I forgot I am in Nigeria where people love gaming the system. I got a lot of insults which I gave back.

The issue for me is - Uber or bolt is providing you the platform. Connecting you to client. So by going offline with a client bolt connected you to - you are stealing from bolt /Uber.

All that talk is just justification. If you feel Uber or bolt is not fair to you then you can simply opt out.

This is basically the situation when you engage a contractor for a service, and then his boy comes to you and says I can do it for you at a better price. Stealing his ogas customers right in the office.

You are not seeing it up north possibly because the guys up there, for all the bad things I say about them have more integrity.

Now let izzôu come and lay into me

Oh, I get your point now.

You're right as well. That's actually stealing.

Yessss! It's not common in the North, particularly Abuja at all. The Bolt guys are satisfied with the online trips or if you want to tip them, that's also fine.

Coming to Lagos, I'm seeing so many abnormalities.

Thank you.

GloriousGbola:
Izzôu come and chip in.

You know how I feel about offline

Lol.

You don't like offline trips? I didn't know they're risky actually.

When the Bolt guy said they don't get the full money, I just oblige the offline trip to support their ministry. I nor too think am.

Acidosis:
Not everyone has evil intentions though, but you may never know. These things are not easily discernible. We have read reports of how some drivers molested their riders on Twitter, and so on. People believed their stories because the victim (rider) came with receipt and all. For someone who cancelled a ride, he/she will struggle convincing anyone.

For many of these drivers, it is just greed and nothing else. Going offline is as good as canceling your ride/order and choosing to enter a 'one chance' scenario.

You can easily compensate a driver who chooses to stick to the rules. You could see how concerned this guy has been about his safety and financial gains, so it is every man for himself, dear. Stick to the rules and compensate later if and when you feel like it.

Alright, Acid.

This is duly noted. Thank you.

Acidosis:
I have made my point; so always ensure you check people's profiles very well before asking them to go offline. Try that with me, and you'll be tagged a potential ritualist. We'll both have to stay online and monitor my destination together. If you want to ride offline, go and register your car with a state taxi council.

You're not the only freelancer paying commission to a platform. You don't want to pay commission but wants the privileges of the platform? How does that make sense please? Go and ask freelancers and upwork workers and employers how much they pay per gig.

The crazy examples you're citing aren't any different. Before Bolt, conventional taxi riders pay commission to their owners and levies. The bottlenecks, registrations, and the known faces make them relatively safe.

With bolt, you can't risk my life because you want to cash out. You're not doing me any "huge favour" by choosing to drive offline.

And please quit the cheap lies. I frequent the bolt rider thread on NL and I saw firsthand how you people were rejoicing for making huge money after Bolt increased passenger fares by over 50-100% before Christmas. Who wouldn't rejoice seeing how Bolt billed riders 15-18k within Lagos state??

Na only una sabi complain, yeah? If you think it is easy to cough out 8k from Ojodu Berber to Ikeja, go and dump your car and try to be a rider for once. Staying online is for your own safety too.

Hmmmmm.

In Abuja, no Bolt driver had ever asked me to book offline. I don't think I've experienced that.

But coming to Lagos, my first trip, a driver asked me to book offline, I was suspicious but he then explained that the fare is not commensurate to the distance he'd cover. I just obliged him.

I've been doing offline for a while now. Didn't think it was that risky.

The floor is very neat.