Gidi Chronicles: Paranoia

Gidi is a hustle city, there's a popular saying that goes thus: if you dont make it gidi, you cant make it anywhere else, false to me though, you can probably make it on wall street but even to get the visa and funds required to land there requires serious hustling, a lot of people capitalize on this and have created their own avenue to earn a living by dupping people. Its super crazy, my friend just got called by a number that her bvn (Bank verification number) has been blocked and she needs to pay some certain amount to unblock it, my girl yelled "You are a learner'' or one time where my friends and I went 'sushing' and some guy was posing by her car and dangling keys, the dude was also forming some billion talk on the phone, he then said made an attempt to get her number, she played along, gave him a fake number, whilst he was trying to dial it, she pushed him entered the car and drove off, you wont believe the guy had the effrontery to hail us, no more shame in this city. Scammers on the loose! beware!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just when I thought I had heard it all from scammers, the various types of ponzi and pyramid schemes came to play and are still playing. I was of the opinion the wailing last Decemeber would have taught people harsh lessons, I was wrong. In gidi people only wail for the moment, all that matters is making fast money, gidicians opt for the easy way to cashing out and that's why the entertainment industry is saturated with new entrants and the some industries are almost going into extinction. Heart breaks is no news in gidi, infact if your bae has not misbehaved gidicians think she/he is super smart, there's no such thing as being faithful. love died in Romeo and Juilet or love perished in titanic, thats what gidician would yell at you when you mention the 'l word'.

I have been heart broken a few times and I decided to take a break from love matters not because I think love is dead but because I decided to ask myself salient questions, like why do I attract the wrong men? I found me in the process and learnt some good habits. I met Tunde at a seminar, we bonded and he wanted my number, I skilfully faked a phone call its a gidi thing #wink and ran off in my cab but somehow he got my number and we kept in touch so regularly that 'my circle of besties' were oozing with jealosy. I bluntly refused to hang out with him but he was persistent and finally I agreed, he made me choose a venue, I chose my usual spot and we both looked forward to the day.

I walked into Hard rock Cafe, I knew I was definitely 'burgering' away, I ordered for two and began chatting with my friend Eno whose house is just some minutes drive, she became my date for the afternoon when Tunde called that something came up, we ate to our fill, I landed back in my room and decided to visit Joro's blog, I had promised my friend, I'll get acquainted with the page before our montly hang out at Hard Rock Cafe, I read some many unbelivable stories till I stumbled on the summary of my frienship with Tunde. It was all too familiar, how we met at a seminar up to how I fixed our meeting at Hard rock to 'run him down',  how he cleverly called and left me, he even wrote he knew another guy would have fallen victim because 'I am pretty' and he hoped I had ordered what I coould not afford, so I can get the embarrassment of my life.

I was going to call him and lash him. I know the city is filled with mistrust but guy I can pay my bills, and the silly commenters had their keyboards typing crap, he actually thought I was faking when I told him I was awaiting my uber. Rubbish!  the only reason I dont have a car is because my parents think I would scare men away, and thats the same reason I have not enrolled for a doctorate degree either. After I had finished ranting, I came to a conclusion Tunde is probably jaded, maybe a girl had scammed his future badly, so he is extra paranoid, I just slid into a comfy gown and went to see a movie and behold Tunde, his wife and his four kids were sitting right next to me, he even had the nerve to introduce her to me as his wife, while blowing me a kiss.....



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