₦airaland Forum

Sapasenator:
About three years ago. It was a bitter winter and I was dining at a restaurant around 11 pm in the night. It was very cold and if I remember correctly, it was -35 degrees Celsius below freezing point and if you pee outside, it freezes before hitting the ground. cold.

The restaurant was filled with everyone white except myself. I looked behind me and it was crowded with delivery drivers working for the delivery app, Skip the Dishes, waiting to pick up food orders. Nine delivery drivers and all black guys mostly Nigerian looking.

Imagine what it means to have to drive constantly in the bitter cold to deliver food when most people are either sleeping or enjoying themselves in a warm restaurant.

Some of these guys are even delivering with brand new SUVs purchased on credits and after a deeper dive, I came to realize our people here live mostly above their means to impress fellow Nigerians. They buy houses or cars they cannot afford and now have to work three jobs and drive on the side to maintain their fake lifestyles.

This is not a healthy way to live guys, learn to relax and enjoy yourself once in a while, do not live above your means and the fact that you are pre-authorized for that big mortgage, loan, or line of credit does not mean you have to accept.

Learn to live your life without trying to please or impress anyone and occasionally, take time off to have fun and enjoy yourself, take vacations.

You are drawing a conclusion about Nigerians that live in North America from one incidence where you saw some dark skinned individuals lining up for food delivery in adverse weather condition.

I know everyone is entitled to their opinio, but I must say that your sample size is very small and statistically insignificant. As such your inference do fall in the spectrum of "fallacy of generalization."

I may be wrong, but I sense you may be bored or have some downtime, hence trying to generate a conversation. This is a public forum, after all.

I will advise you to expand your circle so you can have a better insight about how Nigerians in North America work and live.

No doubt, most immigrants have an adjustment phase when they have to dig deep, be underemployed while they strive to build a career. The people you saw may be in that phase if truly they are Nigerians.
Having said that, I know quite a few Nigerians, and the bunch I know work hard and play even harder.

Some acquaintances of mine have been in Paris in the past 2 weeks watching the Olympics, some others just returned from Japan , another with his wife is planning to tour Europe in a few weeks. My humble self is on vacation, the reason I have downtime to respond to your writeup.

I believe the premise and the conclusion of your observation is faulty. But what do I know, we are just having a conversation in a faceless forum.