So this guy was relocating and decided to help his struggling friend by allowing him to stay in his apartment since the rent still had about 5 months left.
The agreement was simple:
‘Manage the place till the rent expires and move out.’
Fast forward to when the rent finally expired, the caretaker and the landlord’s lawyer came to inspect the apartment before collecting the keys.
That was when wahala started 😭
The house was practically empty.
No ACs.
No gas cooker.
No oven.
No water heater.
Even the wardrobes were gone 💀
The guy was confused because he genuinely thought those things belonged to his friend.
So he quickly called the friend and said:
‘Bro, the caretaker and lawyer are asking about the things in the house o.’
And the friend casually replied:
‘Ahh no na 😭 those things came with the apartment. He actually thought his friend left them for him.
Omo.
His jaw literally dropped.
This guy had sold EVERYTHING 😭
3 ACs.
Gas cooker.
Oven.
Water heater.
2 giant wardrobes.
Everything.
The painful part?
All the things he sold for ₦1.3m are now being valued by the lawyer at almost ₦6m.
Now the landlord is refusing to let him leave the house.
His options now are:
• Replace everything immediately
OR
• Renew the apartment for another year at ₦4.5m and provide all the missing items before the next tenant moves in.
Police are already involved.
He has signed an undertaking not to disappear.
Omo my guy entered debt just like that 😭
My mother, Alhaja, as she was fondly called, was a drama Queen. I will narrate just one story today.
So my mother entered a bus, and the driver drove past her bus stop, even after she called his attention.
When she complained, the conductor suddenly chose violence 😭
He started abusing her loudly:
“Awon iya aje! Eko osi kuro! Iya aje!!! Huuuuu!!!”
(You witches! Poverty-stricken Lagos! Witch!!!)
The bus stopped.
At this point, my mother calmly reached into her bag and brought out a small container of Saturday Night powder.
She blew it lightly, snapped her fingers kpaa! and muttered some very strange, very unnecessary words 😌
Then she stepped down from the bus.
As she looked back…
😭😭😭
EVERYBODY in the bus had alighted.
Men. Women. Everybody.
They were walking towards her… genuflecting… prostrating… begging.
“Ma, please forgive him.”
“E ma binu ma.”
“E joor, e ma binu.”
They were now scolding the driver and conductor instead.
My mum said calmly,
“You people will take me to your office.”
💀💀💀
Everybody agreed immediately.
The driver reversed the bus and drove her straight to the office.
On getting there, my mother said,
“Bring the conductor.”
The passengers shouted in unison:
“DOBALÈ!!!”
The conductor prostrated flat.
My mum brought out the powder again.
Looked up to the sky dramatically.
Blew it.
She muttered another fake incantation, and the whole crowd responded:
“ASE!”
“AMIN!”
She gently placed her hand on the conductor’s head…
SLAPPED IT 😭
and said:
“Go in peace.”
😭😭😭😭😭
When she finished narrating this story to us at home, we almost died of laughter.🤣🤣🤣
Honestly…
African mothers are not normal.
They are a genre.🤣🤣🤣
I miss her so much.😭
“Can I bring my baby to the interview?”
The message came in at 11 PM:
“Hi, I have an interview with you tomorrow at 2 PM. My childcare fell through. Can I bring my 8-month-old? I understand if you need to reschedule.”
Old me would have rescheduled.
Unprofessional. Distraction. Red flag.
New me replied:
“Absolutely. See you tomorrow.”
She showed up with her baby on her hip.
She apologized three times before even sitting down.
Ten minutes in, the baby started crying.
She tried to soothe him while answering questions.
She apologized again.
I stopped the interview and said:
“Hey. You’re managing a fussy baby, answering complex questions, and staying calm under pressure. That’s literally the job. Handling chaos while staying professional. You’re already proving you can do it.”
Her eyes filled with tears.
We hired her.
She’s been with us for a year now.
The most reliable team member we have.
Why?
Because when you’re used to handling a screaming infant at 3 AM and still showing up to work the next day, workplace stress feels like nothing.
Working parents, especially mothers, are some of the most organized, efficient, and resilient people you’ll ever hire.
Yet we lose them because our hiring processes are built for people with zero caregiving responsibilities.
If your interview process can’t accommodate a parent facing a childcare issue, you’re not filtering for professionalism.
You’re filtering for privilege.
@thecreativexx Even the outfits at the wedding, for a movie you had been planning on for so long? The groom's sisters outfit was not her size. The aso ebi ladies wore ankara??? The mothers couldn't match? Was the cooking scene necessary? The movie was just an advert. I agree with your review