Lagos Life

 


I always thought I was a Lagos girl till sometime in December 2024 when I got into a bus that gave me a better and clearer perspective of Lagos, Nigeria.

Yeah, it’s story time this time around😉

So, apparently, my bus stop happens to be one where it is a whole war to find a bus; an affordable one for a student at that. 3 big Sanford buses could legit take a U-turn and would get full even before completing the U- turn, reason being that passengers would have already crossed to enter the bus on sighting it.

Oh well, very unfortunately for me this day, 2 big buses made a U-turn but wasn’t full yet so I decided to go for one of the buses. My flat mate and I got into the bus and decided to lap but this strange guy told us to sit. “No sir, we’re lapping and the conductor knows” was my reply. “Sir, we lap everyday so don’t worry” came my flat mate’s reply before I had even completed my statement but this stranger persuaded us till we gave in…and we did give in because he offered to foot the three seats (tell me why a Nigerian, in this T-pain era especially, would just decide to spend a thousand and five hundred naira on two girls you didn’t know if you didn’t have something under your sleeves).

Fast forward to when we all alighted from the bus and I looked around to thank “my helper “ that morning only to spot him on a bike already. Oh well, I was only checking myself out as I usually do when I alight from a bus but only to find my bag half opened with my phone nowhere to be found!!!😦 (I wan run mad). I have never racked my head the way I did that morning. “Should I take a bike and go after this guy?” “Should I try finding the bus I entered?”… but how???

Everything felt so… I don’t know because I couldn’t even cry or think or even tell my predicament to anyone and so I just let it all go after waiting for a week, hoping for, I don’t know, a call or something.

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Whateverrrr, anyways, lesson learnt already- do not only reject an offer to pay my transport, make sure to… to maybe… I don’t even know but lesson learnt sha

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Someone please give me a very good response to give the next person who offers to pay for my transport. Thanks for reading🫶


Comments

  1. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM

    Dont decline ooo, let them pay again.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM

    Just hold your bag well next time or keep your phone in your hands

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  3. ChocolateFebruary 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM

    Lagos can be crazy at times.

    Something similar happened to m

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM

    🫶💕

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM

    thank you, i’m okay this way
    (but not all people have ulterior motives though).

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM

    Mad oo😂😂😂

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  7. Etim 💕February 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM

    😂😂 chaii, baby sis 😭

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM

    Allow them pay joorrrrr😂
    But hold your bag o😂😂

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  9. KÖPsFebruary 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM

    Give them your phone next time as a sign of appreciation 😂😂

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  10. Remi_loraaaFebruary 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM

    Lagos is a crazy place please😭

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  11. Remi_loraaaFebruary 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM

    Lagos is honestly not the place for the weak😭

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  12. Won Da 🥷February 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM

    Crazy😂

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  13. Mamacita 🌸February 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM

    Crazy 😭😂

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  14. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM

    Ehnn! No try am o. Na so una do the last time take thief my phone.Trade by barter style. Stealing from harmless girl like me.
    Will you gerrarrou here.

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  15. PrideofAllFebruary 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM

    Tfare guy: Don't worry I'll pay for your transport, I insist.

    Ify: Ah thank you oh, then proceeds to put money back in bag and guard your belongings properly.

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  16. NancyFebruary 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM

    Only a good person does that without having sth up his or her sleeves.
    Just be discerning whenever someone offers to pay your fare.

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  17. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM

    Just stay guided when you are at Nigeria streets😂

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  18. LeoFebruary 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM

    Damn😂💔

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  19. MosesFebruary 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM

    Omo 😂😂
    Please be mindful next time and also commit your ways into God's hand. Discernment will also help you

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  20. SharonFebruary 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM

    Let them pay oo,just be careful next time ✨😩
    Just commit everything to God's hands as you have and he'll surely surprise you.

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  21. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM

    This one shock me 😂💔

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  22. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2025 at 5:20 AM

    Let them pay abeg 😂 just be careful next time
    Welcome to Lagos 😭 a place for the strong not for the weak 🥲😂

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  23. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM

    💯

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  24. ProfFebruary 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM

    Very sad experience. But not all helpers are bad.

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  25. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM

    Mann!!! Crazy shit!!😶

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  26. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM

    Not a helpers are bad.
    One should just try to conscious.

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  27. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM

    Not all helpers are bad
    One should just try to be at alert and conscious of the people in the bus.

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  28. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM

    Mhenn let them pay but my dear hold all your property well 😉....na why one of the statue in Lagos says shine your eyes 👀 we think say na joke until it happens

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