Bay of Biscayne

I believe in God.

[Bay of Biscayne @Decentaviator]

Gun control simply means: "guns for criminals but not for you"

[Bay of Biscayne @Decentaviator]

@joszterry I been dey admire the babe that year based on say she fine. Until she start dey tweet some very Gba feminist takes.

[Bay of Biscayne @Decentaviator]

@Tomi26606 @Connor1386862 I'm not arguing with any of you people. Una fork off

[Bay of Biscayne @Decentaviator]

Guy forget..., the man fvck up.

We all have favourite domestic staff at work that we send on errands and we often give them more cash than what is required. In some cases, the cash we give them might not be enough, so they use their initiative to either pay up from their pockets and get refunded later or they take the items on credit.

They do this because they have been incentivised over time through the excess cash we give them to get things done for us BY ALL MEANS.

That gate man was just an entitled illiterate.

[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

Are you always this foolish or just a terrible human being? This classism in Nigeria is why we can't move forward.

In your high mindedness and desperate brownnosing to your colleague, you actually thinks she does him a favour giving him N1k tip for sending him on errands. It is not his duty to get her lunch. She can as well get up and go get the lunch herself. Why would you expect a security guy to use his money to buy your drink? That N1k is not a favour. It is payment for service rendered. If you actually had respect people regardless of their position, you won't be spilling this nonsense.

If your colleague is foolish, must you be foolish too? Abi all of you are stupid in your organization? Your responses all over the comments gets more annoying and embarrassing as if you dropped your brain somewhere. You are an extremely very terrible human being.

[Bay of Biscayne @Decentaviator]

@Connor1386862 Please get out of here. Getting salty unnecessarily as if the man was related to you. Fork off my timeline

[Bay of Biscayne @Decentaviator]

@Connor1386862 @Tomi26606 One would think the security man was your father. Na why e dey pain you.

[Bay of Biscayne @Decentaviator]

Why are you people this toxic? For real, why are you people this toxic? Can't you just engage in a civil debate like a normal human being and move on? Why must you behave like someone bitten by a dog infected with rabies?

[Connor @Connor1386862]

@Decentaviator You're just a fucking fool and the illetrate, and if you think I just dey insult you for insult sake, do mistake try justify how the guy take dey entitled make you see say na you gan gan be illiterate.

[Bay of Biscayne @Decentaviator]

@Connor1386862 Why are you people this toxic? For real, why are you people this toxic? Can't you just engage in a civil debate like a normal human being and move on? Why must you behave like someone bitten by a dog infected with rabies?

[Bay of Biscayne @Decentaviator]

Same. I never chop anybody breakfast. Not even sure I ever got cheated on. All breakups were initiated by me. I see signs and I mentally log off until she gets the message and moves on.

[elewa @Promythious]

My super power for dating (which is why I’ve never had a bad relationship); once I see signs, I never wait for wonders.

[Bay of Biscayne @Decentaviator]

@Maxgoodness4th Now that he is no longer getting the 1k nko? Are you still sick to your stomach?

[Bay of Biscayne @Decentaviator]

So, you are saying that he did that because he was a security man. Lol

Okay oo. Now that his daily 1k has stopped, why is he reporting the lady to HR?

[BabaCave @baba_cave]

I'm not missing any point at all.

It's all about profession and job description.

There are cleaners and there are also concierges in every organisations.

A cleaner is expected to clean and go home. Not running errands.

A concierge is expected to run errands not do security or cleaning job.

We're all working in substandard organizations that combines 5 roles into 1 and complain when workers don't meet up.

You can't judge his attitude without correcting the causative factor. If they have left him in his security post alone, we won't have been having this conversation.

[Bay of Biscayne @Decentaviator]

People who cheer when soldiers are getting killed and decapitated are a funny set of people. If only you knew that the deaths of those soldiers are what stop terrorists from advancing to your house to kill you. If you come across 100 kidnapping incidents today, 10000 more have already been prevented.

[Johnmark Obiefuna @jayhemz]

Men typically zone out when details become irrelevant to the subject matter.

Why exactly do I need to know the colour of the woman's shoes and the bag she just bought in order to understand how she offended you at work?

[Dr. Afo 🩺 @Dr_Afo]

I don't go around broadcasting it, but I was one a kidnap victim and it's not an experience I pray for anyone.
Not even APC supporters because I've seen someone killed in front of me because she pleaded with the terrorists.
I've seen countless ladies raped and then raped again and again until they lost all zeal to live.
These people aren't human but worst than goats.
But you know the funny thing, the dirty people you're seeing online, these dirty dogs are not the real threat.
These dogs are only allowed to do what they want because they're the foot soldiers of the masters.
The real threats are the educated religious leaders who coordinate the whole operation..
Those people will never show their face on camera. But they are always there controlling everything.
We need to put a stop to this rampant terrorism in Nigeria.

[Dr Alhaji Kowope Cole 🇳🇬🇸🇸 @Magixlamy_]

Aww sorry to break it to you

That Sharia thing is stuck with Kwankwaso and will be used against him

❤️

[Bay of Biscayne @Decentaviator]

One thing about Twitter is that people think the opinions of certain prominent accounts here can never be wrong. Forgetting that he or she is just a human being like them.

Once a controversial post makes it to the timeline and one of those prominent accounts agrees or disagrees, everyone goes with what they say like sheep. Often, they wait for their favourite prominent account to say something before they can talk.

[Bay of Biscayne @Decentaviator]

Would his points be inaccurate if it were a cleaner? The point you guys are missing is that this is not about his profession but his attitude.

[BabaCave @baba_cave]

Your points are accurate.

Just to chip in a few:

Sending a security man errands when he's actively on duty is extremely wrong whether you're tipping him or granting him a favour. Even if it occurs, it should be at an extremely low probability.

It's not a security man's job to buy fuel, pump water, sweep the compound, or buy lunch.

Tipping him on how he mans his post is valid.

Tipping him on how he does his job sleekly is valid.

Tipping him on how he's able to detect every moves in his environment is valid.

Granting him favour in whatever way you deem fit is valid too.

But tipping him on running errands is wrong at all front. Because he ought not to be doing that.

Security is not casual work. It's a solid profession. For lives and properties to be secured, he must always remain in his duty post.

However, because we are in a paralyzed and dysfunctional society, the abnormal is constantly celebrated over the normal. Abnormal is the norms over here.

[Bay of Biscayne @Decentaviator]

@jodambusta Allow am make he dey shalaye

[Bay of Biscayne @Decentaviator]

The counter is simple.

1. Where else would the security man get his daily 1k, which I assume is probably 2% of his monthly salary? It's a means of side hustling and you do whatever you can to keep the inflow of extra cash coming.

2. If he won't do it, there are many out there within her reach ready to get it done (for less). So Dickson's argument of "make she do am if e easy" is already moot. It's not easy quite alright, but it's easy for someone else within her reach.

3. He's a security man. Which means the food vendor is located very close to the office. Otherwise, he would not be permitted to go far. Well, in that case, getting the food is easy for him and on top of that, he makes 1k.

4. Dickson would still have complained if the security man were compensated with, say, 5k daily.

[Lukas Not Podolski @OtitoNosike]

Well-balanced argument. I wanted to counter it, but I honestly cannot find a loophole in it. I’d love to hear other people’s opinions, though.

[Cjay🌎 @AnyanwuMalachy]

Firstly, saying “it is definitely about classism” is a strong conclusion, because it assumes intent that isn’t clearly established.

Sometimes what looks like class bias is simply poor communication, impatience, or misunderstanding of responsibility on both sides. Not every disagreement maps cleanly onto class structure, even when class exists in the background.

Secondly, being a security guard doesn’t automatically make them immune from professional expectations and discreet approach to situations.

Thirdly, "not picking her call" during work hours isn’t automatically “deliberate disregard.”

As included in the initial tweet, "she was busy" and turning that into intent again pushes the interpretation toward certainty where there may only be ambiguity.

Since she wasn't responding, best he should have done is use his discretion.... use the N5k in his possession and buy the food she normally orders, and forget whatever else she's asking for and return to the office.

Also, it is not inherently wrong for a boss/colleague/mate to delegate errands, including things like food or logistics, as long as it stays within respectful and fair boundaries.

Workplaces run on delegation. The issue is not the act of sending someone on an errand, it is whether there is clarity, consent within the role, and absence of abuse or exploitation. Without abuse, delegation is normal structure, not oppression.

Lastly, even if the ₦1k is understood as part of compensation for an errand, it doesn’t cancel the place of gratitude in the relationship.

In any service or delegated task, payment and appreciation are not mutually exclusive.

So even when someone is being paid or tipped, it is still normal and reasonable for there to be basic courtesy and appreciation for the effort involved.

NOTE: Class dynamics are real, let's not deny that, and that someone is a security guard has never removee their status as a colleague, and hence, it does not erase the expectation of mutual respect, expectations, discretion, and clear communication expected of them.

[Bay of Biscayne @Decentaviator]

One thing about this app is that everyone wants to portray themselves as compassionate saints devoid of evil.

This is reality guys. Who no dey send domestic staff errands for work? Those guys gladly do it because of the little extra change they make from it. Imagine going home daily with 2% of your monthly salary.

And because of this, they become loyal to you and get your job done by all means. When the cash isn't enough, they pay up from their pockets or get it on credit. It's that simple.

[Cjay🌎 @AnyanwuMalachy]

Since our new security man resumed work in March, my colleague usually sends him to get her lunch.

She usually sends ₦5,000 to his Opay.

The food she buys doesn't exceed ₦4,000, hence the extra tip is for him.

She has done this everyday since that March.

On Tuesday, as she sent him as usual, she later called him on phone to add Tigernut which is sold for ₦1,700 without sending any extra money.

Only for our security guy to call her, and asked for the extra ₦700.

My colleague didn't pay attention to him, because she was busy at work.

Only for our security guy to come back to the office to ask for the extra ₦700 without even buying the food.

Angrily, she asked him to send back her ₦5,000 that she wasn't interested in the food again.

Now our security guy went and told HR that since this week, that my colleague totally snubs his greetings, and it is making him so uncomfortable.