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Becareful out there!
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If you travel by air a lot, beware of over friendly chatty seat neighbours.

The older lady comes and sits next to me inside the plane. She asked me to help her put her bag in the overhead luggage compartment. But a gentleman sitting across quickly came through. (I am not very tall and the overhead luggage compartment is something I try to avoid at all costs.

Immediately she sits down she strikes up a conversation. She was very pleasant and well spoken. So we chatted all through the flight to Dubai.
Suddenly, when the pilot announced that we were now proceeding to begin our descent into DXB, my good friend 'developed' stomach pains. Me with my good heart, I pressed the stewards button, and the stewardess came to find out what the problem was. I told her my seat mate was not feeling well. And this lady, she suddenly began to address me as 'my daughter'.

The stewardess told me that there was nothing they could do except give her some painkillers and wait until we landed. The pilot announced that we had a medical emergency on board and advised us all to stay calm. My new friend was crying and sweating like crazy. And she refused to let go of my hand... everyone assumed we knew each other.

So we landed at DXB and the same gentleman who helped put up her luggage in the overhead compartment removed her luggage. But as he removed the luggage, he advised me to distance myself from this lady and make it clear to the cabin crew that we were NOT travelling together. He was a godsend!

So indeed, the cabin crew came and asked me if we were related, I categorically told them we had met on the plane. I didn't know her at all. So we began to deplane and as I said goodbye she kept begging me to carry her handbag. I was so torn... but the gentleman looked me in the eye and emphatically shook his head. He passed me a note telling me to let the cabin crew handle her.

So I exit the aircraft and leave my 'new friend' to wait for the wheelchair and be handled by the cabin crew feeling very guilty.

As we waited for our luggage to come through, I hear this commotion. My 'new friend' was running, trying to escape the cabin crew, having gotten out of the wheelchair! She left the stewardess with her handbag and just ran towards the exit with the rest of her hand luggage! Luckily the airport police were faster than her. They got hold of her and brought her back in handcuffs.

This lady starts calling out to me.. my daughter... my daughter!.. how could you do this to me..... that's when I caught on. She was carrying drugs and she was trying to implicate me!

Luckily for me, the gentleman who had helped her with her luggage came forward and told the airport police that me and her had just met on the plane. The police took my passport and asked her to reveal my full names if it was true we were travelling together. By God's grace, I had not even told her my first name! I was still asked to follow the police to a little room where I was questioned extensively. Where did I meet her?... where did I board... where did she board. Etc... And my luggage was extensively searched and dusted for fingerprints.

They dusted all her luggage and my fingerprints were not found anywhere on her luggage or on her handbag!
I was let go with advice never ever to touch anyone's luggage either in flight or at the airport. So from that day, I don't care how much luggage you have, you will deal with it yourself. I will not even offer you a trolley to put your luggage on! Your luggage... your problem.... is my policy. And if you can't reach the overhead compartment, and I am the nearest person, please call the cabin crew because all I will do is give you a blank stare and then look away!

A lesson to glean therein for intending air travelers.

Please move to front page let save some lives.

Old but an eye opening story.

Hmmmm!

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Same Vehicle, but N40m cheaper. Op, fear God na.

A video game controller steers the vessel. I rest my case here.

@OP, thanks for the clarification.

May help locate her.

Ode, even the VIN confirm say na 08 model. Why post 09 as advert?

Some men are Nigeria with Ecuador size.

9ja i hail.

I can personally and proudly state that i have been to the island (snake island).

Nice history research.

AbuSadeegbiz:
"I wish someone could just take the thoughts in my head and shape it into a work in progress then I'll continue from there."

NEWSFLASH:
No one is coming to save you.

No one can do you better than you would.

No one can give expression to your thoughts better than you who bear the vision.

It's either you BUILD your dreams irrespective of your fears, one step at a time... Or

Admire what others are building and feel pathetic and sorry for yourself.

Which would you choose?

Friendly advice: start small.

It's okay to feel overwhelmed, MANY TIMES, and when you do, take a break. Don't quit ❌

If God says "be anxious for nothing" (Philip 4:6), it tells you that anxiety is a choice.

Do this instead:
✅ Wipe your tears and encourage yourself. 🥹

✅ Pray and ask the Lord to help you stay disciplined. 🙏🏽

✅ Write out the thoughts bothering you on a paper 📜

✅ Write out the plans you'd like to achieve in their order of priority. ⚖️

✅ Do the easier task that'll not take so much time first. A sense of micro achievements will encourage you to do more. 😊

✅ Get support and expert opinion on things that seem beyond you. Two good heads are better than one. 🫂

✅ Lastly, starve your distractions, especially the endless scrolling on social media, looking for things that'll make you feel pathetic of yourself.

This is not a golden rule but doing this will definitely set you on a productive track again.

I hope this helps you 👍🏽


Have a productive day and week

These are words to be inscribed on one's personal marble.

Only put off for me is the manual transmission. Other than that, its a good ride for e-hailing.

Impotant notice, all "Japa" candidates should please gather here.

Useless record like the useless b*tch.

I'm beginning to love him again like I use to during his tenure as Lagos state governor. I pray he makes Nigeria great again.

Just as Messi surprised all critics, so will Pep do the same.

Even the out of position plate number show say the car don enter plenty ditch.

Comments alone on this trend shows we are still divided.

OP, na you send who?
Abeg, we no pray for bad thing.

SirBanty:


In this time of rising cost of fuel in spite of the harsh weather condition and lack of power supply, you need a power station to help recharge your phone, laptops and rechargeable fan when there is no light.

That Romoss portable power station go buy every thing wey dey that room plus pay the rent.

sexyking1:
During PDP, #18,000 is equivalent to $90
APC #33,000 is equal to $44

Please did APC govt actually increased the minimum wages or decreased it?

Louder bro!

Can the YouTube part 1 to 13 help one to be proficient in UX design?

Can't really get any meaningful myth that was demystified.

4th according to the list.

Everybody should please calm down.

Epistle of?

We go back to feature phone then.

Zelensky in trouble.