The city of Lagos Nigeria can be one of the most interesting places to live in. It is usually filled with a lot of activities from one place to another. It was on my first visit to Lagos that I found out a street (Awolowo way) where people are always moving up and down even up till the dead of the night.
Living in Lagos however comes with it's own required special skills. One of such skill is "street sense". YES! This could mean many things to many people but here, I would be focusing on the street while you are trying to rush onto that bus or even while inside the bus/vehicle.
For us that are still catching the bus at the bus stops or those who chose to once a while when they think they needed to let the car take some rest lol. Have you been a victim of an "obtained pocket" at any point in time. Okay, i will share my experience this past monday.
We were at the bust stop and was on my way to work. As customary, we were certain to rush into any bust declaring intent to navigate the Ikeja route from our Ketu location. One of such vehicles had parcked and everyone (about 25) had rushed for a 14 persons capacity "danfo" bus (A common volckswagen bus used for public transport in Lagos). Suddenly, we found a phone low wnd phone on the floor, apparently from one of the "rushees". We announced "your phone has fallen o" repeatedly in the heat of the rush. Suddenly, one of the prospective passengers came out of the bus with claims that his phone was missing.
Monday morning rush shot taken by myself.
What! how? We saw a phone on the floor, is that not yours? Apparently, it was his phone and the phone fell off while another passenger picked his pocket while struggling for a space in the bus. So, I quickly volunteered to hell in dialing the phone number. Thank God! the phone rang, but no one to pick... Second trial, someonw picked after a long ring but we couldn't get right what was being reported at the other end.
Thesame thing was repeated on 3rd and 4th trial and by the 5th, we got that nightmare report "the number you are calling is switched off".
I could feel thw cold shivers run through the spines of the owner.
It had once happend to me like that too, so I can relate. I had rushed onto a bus from Ikeja along and had my phone in my pocket. I highlighted from the bus and took a keke to the last destination home. It was then I needed to communicate to my phone and it told me "easy easy, location changed". Funny right? I latter suspected the phone had been picked either while in the or while I was about getting in.
From this day henceforth, I had learnt to always have my phone in my hands. No matter how important that rush is, i will hold my phone tight to my hands or worst case, if I was carrying a bag, i drop it securely in the bag before the hustling. This is something I learnt the hard way and not willing to get caught up again anytime soon.
I hope this post is helpful.
Have you had such experiences before?
What's ur experience like?