₦airaland Forum

Realdeals:
The useless value system that has brought Nigeria to its kneel. Should the value led to breaking of the rules, value should not be demanded, it should be earned not feeling entitled. Older people should set example for what is right and not erode it.

interesting

realG101:
Truth is the Lad lacks good manners, there's no nice approach to asking an elder to leave a seat, we are Africans not Americans, respect is part of our culture and it's even written that 'give honor to whom it is due'..

yet another "This is Africa" person

There is no nice approach to ask an elder to leave a seat THAT YOU PAID FOR

I personally would have let it slide, but that is at my discretion
anyone who also did not want to let it slide is also acting at his own discretion

just be polite about it.

googi:
I have no problem with you since the story of your uncle said it all. I just wonder where he got that from and passed it not only to you but his children.

But the the President of USA was cultured enough to give up his Bed on Air Force One and slept on the floor so that an elder former President could rest his old bone.

There is an Igbo proverb that says even when respect is accorded to the elderly, reference is given to achievements.

We have a 85 year old, whether or not he achieved anything, has become a subject of dispute over a seat. Are these Africans children?

Another one with this "African" thing again

smh


What does being an African kid or not have to do with anything?

BluntBoy:
You misunderstood me, my Queen.

I have not passed judgment on who is right or wrong in this case. I only reacted to the post that accused people of asslicking.

I don't see how it is asslicking. I remembered my time in Lagos. How I used to stand up to let an elderly person have my seat. In Lagos of those days, you will see elderly people standing and holding on to overhead rails while young people sit with headphones to their ears. I always gave my seat out to these people. Is that asslicking? I do the same for handicapped people and pregnant women. Would that pass as asslicking?

With the way things are going, it would soon be asslicking to do things that we once held dearly as Africans.

With the way things are going, it would soon be asslicking to do things that we once held dearly as Africans.


this statement above is funny

what are the "things" we hold "dear" as "Africans" that is not done elsewhere

Africans like you tho

Standing up for someone to sit is being considerate, and it is at your discretion, which is a good thing, not exclusive to Africans

EagleSquare1:
If he were rude then it is unacceptable. But if he weren’t, then we should respect the young man’s decision to retain or claim his assigned seat. Who knows, the dude might’ve specifically chosen a window seat so he could gaze outside while he reflects on his life or a relationship or something that bothers him. Or that seat number may mean so much to him. Just my thoughts

exactly

Jaqenhghar:
Funny enough you are describing the same entitlement mentality that the prof displayed

exactly

Venerable612:
Culture is part of all we do; not less when Nigerians are the parties in the circumstance. You can argue all you want about it - you are simply sympathetic to the modern Nigeria, which is fine.

But you are deep wrong. I have had white lecturers and Nigerian lecturers. We can call the whites by name for all we care - but we dare not call our Nigerian lecturers by name - even though we are in the UK. The reason is because they grew up in Nigeria like ourselves. For the blacks who grew up abroad they care less about respect. It’s possible you have had different experiences - Buh I work with my Nigerian bosses in the UK and trust me / there is a chain of Nigerian responsibility in our office. All our Nigerian bosses are Mr/Mrs but I can call my Indian boss Navpreet even though she is way older.

I guess I am just trying to say respect is personal thing. I care less what tribe he belongs - he owes a duty to respect elders.

There is really no point going on about this though. It’s just fine to hold your opinion.

interesting

everyone has his own viewpoint tho, and none is wrong because these things are subjective

what is deemed respect to one may not be respect to another....

the "Yoruba" standard for "respect" is also not the same as the "Igbo" standard for respect

these things are thus subjective

but the common denominator for disrespect is insult, which should be discouraged

that said; Africans should quit that "moral high ground illusion"
they are not better than anyone else

GrabHisBalls:
I had to stop reading from page 2. Yes, it's the guy's right, but speaking of 'human right' which they're holding dear. There a provisions in which your fundamental human right would be trampled on if National interest comes first. In that, they don't have a basis for this argument on rights.

A right reasoning person who had the right grooming would allow the old man seat, not even that he's a prof, but that this man is in his 70s. Nature has a way of dealing with people. I pity the women that will end up with these brainless, prideful and arrogant guys as husbands in the future.

What Soyinka did was WRONG
The man asked him to go to his ownseat

what is wrong Witt that?

it is mentality like this that makes Nigerians the way they are

You guys cannot stand up for what is right no matter what

The only ground I would have said the young man was wrong is IF he was rude to the old man
that one is inexcusable

but as for asking politely
that was the right thing to do

ifyalways:
Are Nigerians truly going to Brazil to use free healthcare

Or they are paying for the healthcare via private hospitals in exchange for a second passport?

If its the latter, fair enough then but knowing how Nigerians usually are , they will go for freebie even when they can comfortably afford .

Trust Nigerians na

The polluted environment have conditioned the average Nigerian to be a rapacious opportunist and exploiter of every available thing

its too bad

irepnaija4eva:
FREEDOM OF SPEECH THAT YOU ARE ENTILTLED TO..
FREEDOM AFTER SPEECH, THAT AM ENTILTLED TO

IDIOTS DURING JONATHAN'S ERA NASO ALL OF UNA DEY RUN MOUTH FORMING ONLINE SPATACUS..
NOW A NEW GOVERNMENT IS HERE YOU'LL RUNNING AWAY.. LOL.

look at another one

TeraHawks:
Go on CNN and any other major TV station and see if there are no stories based on social media feeds.

If you would not stand for the truth, the least you can do is not to stand in the way of others who would.

Trying to justify it as you are doing reveals a profound lack of intellect.

Your name is a contradiction.

his moniker betrays his logic

a real intellectual will not reason that way

UncleJudax:
E no easy. Na greed, shortsightedness and heartlessness de worry many politicians. See Olisa Metuh...the fooll follow keep Abia state the way it is... shouting with federal voice...to rig out Alex Otto

How far now...him de hear am

They/we never learn though

exactly

the POLITICIANS in general are short sighted has forger that power is hit forever

Shebi Jona is out
And Soon the current idiot we have as president will soon be out as well.....

let's see what will become of them after their foolish master leave power...

what goes around.......


Shame of a country

ugo4u:
In ur warped and binary mindset anyone that talks against the anomalies of the government is now a PDP person. It is a total waste of time engaging cretans like you.

those one's are irredeemably stupid
just leave them

Intellectual201:
Bill Clinton you quoted ordered the bombing of a shoe factory in kenya. Has he been tried for it? The answer is capital no. As a professional you can't start a TV show where you dish out unsubstantiated social media rumours and expect nbc not to act. As an educated person you should know better.

what is this one saying

crackhouse:
Guess what? Nobody know her that's why the camera guys were busy taking shots of the known celebrities and she just took her friend to one corner to take this shot.... I guess it would be a different thing if it was in Nigeria but hey this is Yankee and nobody know you here gal...

?

SirLakes:
Bad belle pipu full nairaland
Tarrr!

unfortunately

bencliff2017:
Well it all depends on our individual belief because I have seen people not in hundreds making it without traveling out of the country and not all people who travel out make it ,there are a lot of Nigerians here who have spent more 20 years here and they are yet to find there bearing .the country is not as bad as we paint it but we Nigerians need to change our mentality

"Nigeria is not as bad as we paint it"


lmao

For a small pool of us who are from upper middle class homes upwards, it may not be

but for the multitude, it's HELL.

We should not use our individual stance to judge the country as a whole
the collective well being of the country is amongst the worst u will see out there and you know it

because a small pool is "making it" does not change anything.

baba4thegehs:
I just had a funny thought.

Let's assume all countries of the world is visa free, that is you don't need a Visa to travel out of your country.

Just get International passport and pay for flight.


I think by now Nigeria and some African countries will seize to exist.

Maybe just the president and his families.

#fixyourcountry

Fix wetin?

meobizy:
You’re here looking for an argument? Sorry, I won’t give you one.

naaa
No one is looking for any arguments

Halifaxguy:
I'm in my early thirties, I make more than 1.2 million naira every month. But I feel the money is not enough for me due to my extravagant lifestyles. I wish I can cut down on some of my lifestyles. Btw, I am Full Stack Web Developer, plus I have a skill in digital analytics using (Google Analytics).

You can still rein in on spending tho

meobizy:
A well thought one. Now post your own.

calling her "an old slut" is a well thought comment to you?
interesting

meobizy:
1. She looks like an old slut.
I guess her body now matches her mindset.

2. Whoever she’s paying to compose her write ups don hammer.
For an English major her grammar construction was horrible, no different from what I see here daily.

3. Since when did depression become a big thing here?
We are monkeys: our thought processes are too simple to conjure something complex like depression.
All we do daily is wake up, hustle for food, burn thieves alive, sleep then rinse and repeat.

what kind of comment is this ?

ausuch:
Certainly there is a mole(s) within you guys ranks. I believe part of your trainings is for situations like this. always expect the unexpected.

there are moles indeed

Amanew:
Yes!
Boko Haram must continue to be humiliating Nigerian Government until they Divide this country!
Nigeria Army you guys are not ashamed of una self capturing two guns and rejoicing,NDE Ara!
God punish Nigeria!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what is this foolish person saying?

shadeyinka:
You forget he could be going to his girlfriend's house!

Only poor childish and myopic people fight over ethnicity!

Yoruba folks cross that road to the south east too
or at least take a flight there

alleging most Yoruba don't use that route is indeed myopic on the part of the person you quoted

EVILFOREST:
LAGOS is FINISHED NIGERIA is Gone

lmao

philip0906:
Do you by any chance know who the airlifted person is? Why are you bitter because he/she was airlifted? Oh! you're part of the crew who think everyone who lives above the poverty line in Nigeria is part of your problem and misery? So your head tells you EVERY wealthy Nigerian is part of the mess the country is in today?

Some of us are working our butts off to live way above the poverty line, putting in the shift legitimately. We want and will be wealthy, and it will be foolhardy that when it's time to count scores, one dunce somewhere who spent his time hating ALL rich people will come out yelling about how I was a part of his problem.

Well that is another way of looking at it...

Not every rich man is responsible for the mess in Nigeria

But then....

Flagrant displays should be discouraged sha, even tho it is not illegal

magicminister:
I doubt the authenticity of this video. How was the helicopter able to locate them from a cruising altitude? Was there some form of indicator which I’m not seeing in the video.

If this video is real, why are most commenters “tapping into the blessing” instead of condemning this flagrant disregard for Traffic laws and norms??

Most Nigeria see money and they forget themselves.

lmao nwanne

We now worship money in our society overtime

PotatoSalad:
Don't mind him bro. It's the typical Nigerian mentality. Next thing you'll hear is "God pick up my call" or "I tap into his blessings"
Palm wine tapper

Well that is the story of Nigeria

gbosaa:
There is something that I find a bit strange with this news. It’s the mentality of the people: those around the scene, the so called celebrities who reacted and majority of online comments.

In Nigeria we seem to normalise absurdity and praise stupidity or vice versa.
No one has said anything about the cause of that prolonged traffic problem along that road instead the focus has been on ‘wealth, big boy, money pass money, level pass level’. That to me if the real ‘poverty mentality’.

For a country that lack emergency services, where accident victims or very ill persons do not have access to decent ambulance services, where RTA victims would be packed in a hot open back pick up trucks, where no one cares less or doesn’t seem to mind the problems and potential dangers which that chopper posed to the vehicles and people around that scene....the noise, the dusts, the panic. I find it strange.

Did this ‘rescue’ unplugged and airlifted his vehicle from that scene? If not, I pity the poor chauffeur driving this man to wherever.

The one thing I saw or learnt from this experience is the reinforcement of the belief that in a difficult situation, those with means and resources will find ways of escaping the horrors, damn the people around and find their way to safety and comfort while the awkward and bad scenario persists.

Focus should be on finding a way to end the perennial inconveniences which travellers go through in Nigeria.

Well that is the story of Nigeria

Bar1941:
The people around should have prevented the helicopter from taking him, he must have in one way or the other contributed to the sorry state of the road, he equally needs to taste the bitter soup the poor masses swallow on a daily basis.

What kind of comment is this?

is he the minister of works?
or the permanent Secretary?

babzo:
We used that term billonaire so loosely now. How do you know he is a billionaire? Who valued his monetary worth? Who Verified the valuation? Who certified it?
You dont even have to be a millionaire to afford such. Just know the company that offers it and pay them.
And if you are a valued worker for a company or rich individual, they can use such services for you if there is an urgency.

Soon they will start saying only billionaires fly in the air!!!

don t mind these bloggers