Yesterday, I realized how much I disliked lousy people. I was on a short trip and this lady was on her phone throughout the ride till I alighted and boy was I relieved. I felt so sorry for others who would have to endure the torture of her lousiness. So let me break it down, first rule of public engagement if you can help it please and please reduce the volume of your ringtone or use a more subtle sound instead of that Olamide sa no wo le song and I love Olamide but it's a ringtone we want not sound that can send shocks through someone in deep thoughts. Back to my lady, she kept going on and on about how "Buhari is a fucking idiot and ASUU strike is the best option". She was on a call with "aunty Yemi and told her she doesn't have money to buy weavon or wigs reason she weaves her hair for 300naira and aunty Yemi should try it". Wait, let me take y'all back to the beginning. So when we started the trip, she was instructing a man to flush the toilet to see if it would flush. She was receiving the call with one phone and had another in hand. Do you know why this is problematic? Yesterday I knew her name, where she works (she is a corper) and how she claimed to be from Lagos state to get the 50k that Lagos corpers are paid and that she studied law. Remember those days when people receive calls from 419ers who know almost everything about them? Well this is how most of these people get your information. Why do you have to talk so loud sis? I always imagine lousy people are also the one's who chew with mouth open, use your lips and close your damn mouth. I truly, cannot stand people who talk too loudly. I always get asked if I'm sleeping whenever I'm on a call because of how low I talk. Talking is a chore to me, the only calls I take grudgingly are work calls and my phone is permanently on silent. I've gotten used to it in almost 3years, I'm not a doctor expecting emergency calls or a Parent yet because I know how necessary it is to expect calls from home concerning your child from your spouse or family but please you can talk and be heard on the other end without the next person hearing one single word of what you're saying. Respect people's space, unless they are deliberately trying to eaves drop reduce the volume of your voice biko.
