OFTEN TIMES I HAVE BEEN DISAPOINTED BY MY TAILORS. INFACT NOW I JUST FEEL IF YOU SEE A STYLE YOU LIKE ON SOMEBODY, ASK THEM TO REFER YOU TO THEIR TAILOR TO SEW THAT PARTICULAR STYLE. IF YOU CAN’T THEY JUST TAKE IT YOU MIGHT NEVER GET THAT STYLE IN YOUR WARDROBE BECAUSE WHEN YOU DRAW UP A DESCRIPTION TO YOUR TAILOR AND ASK HIM OR HER IF THEY CAN GIVE YOU THE SAME STYLE THE RESPONSE IS FOREVER THE SAME; YES, I CAN.BY THE TIME YOU RETURN FOR WHAT TO PAID FOR, THEY WILL BEGINTO ARGUE WITH YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU ASKED FOR, THEY EITHER CHANGE THE STYLE OF THE NECK OR THE SLEEVES OR IF YOURE LUCKY THE BODICE MIGHT BE TOO LOOSE SUCH THAT IT CAN BE AMMENDED BUT IF IT’S TOOLOOSE, THEN OOPS. THE NEXT THING YOU’LL BE HEARING IS THAT IT’S NOT SO BAD AND THAT YOU CAN MANAGE IT LIKE THAT.
THEY DON’T OFFER TO RETURN THE DEPOSIT OR AT LEAST FORGET THE BALANCE. EVEN IF YOU LEAVE THE WASTE MATERIAL WITH THEM THEY STILL GAIN MORE THAN YOU DO. NOW YOU DON’T JUST LOSE THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE SPENT ON THEIR PAYMENT, YOU ALSO LOSE THE AMOUNT YOU BOUGHT THE PIECE OF FABRIC AND THE POSSIBLY THE AMOUNT YOU SPENT CALLING TO FIND OUT IF YOUR OUTFIT WAS READY AND MAYBE THAT WHICH YOU SPENT ON FUEL TO GO PICK IT UP BECAUSE THEY PROMISE YOU IT WILL READY TO BE PICKED UP AT A PARTICULAR TIME AND THEN DO NOT KEEP TO THE APPOINTMENT.
ALSO, A CONSTANT PEEVE ON THE ROADS IS THE ATTITUDE OF THE BUS DRIVERS WHO DELIBRATELY DRIVE CARELESSLY TO BEAT TRAFFIC. SOMETIMES WHEN THEY ARE STRUGGLING WITH PRIVATE VEHICLES, YOU HEAR THEM UTTER STATEMENTS LIKE “NO BE SORRY, IF I BASH YOUR CAR I GO JUST TALK SORI DEY GO MY WAY”. MOST TIMES WHEN THEY AVOIDABLY HIT A PRIVATE VEHICLE AND ARE BEGGING THE PASSENGERS IN THE BUS BEGIN TO GEB ON THEIR BEHALF AND TELL YOU HOW YOU ARE” BIGGER THAN THE AMOUNT YOU WANT TO COLLECT FROM THEM”. THIS IS TOTALLY UNFAIR BECAUSE IF YOU HIT THEM, NO ONE WILL COME TO YOUR AID OR IF YOU HIT ANOTHER PRIVATE VEHICLE WHOSE OWNER IS “BIGGER THAN THE AMOUNT TO BE SPENT”, YOU WILL HAVE TO FACE THE CONSEQUECE OF YOUR MISTAKE.
NOW I WANT TO KNOW, WILL IT BE SO BAD AN IDEA TO TAKE BACK THE MONEY YOU SPENT TO PURCHAE THE FABRIC THAT HAS NOW BEEN DAMAGED AND WHATEVER YOU MAY HAVE PAID TO THE TAILOR. AFTERALL, THEY PARADE THEMSELVES AS TAILORS AND WE GO INTO THEIR SHOPS EXPECTING NOTHING ELSE BUT PROPER TAILORING ESPECIALLY AFTER WE ASK THEM IF THEY THINK THEY CAN PULL OFF THE JOB AND THEY ASSURE US THEY CAN. IS A VERBAL AGREEMENT NOT BINDING ENOUGH FOR US TO SAY “HEY, YOU DID NOT DELIVER” AND GET OUR MONEY BACK? I THINK IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE WHEN WE AGREE TO THE PRICE THAT THEY MAKE SURE THEY COLLECT FOR THEIR JOBS, THERE ARE NO WRITTEN DOCUMENTS EITHER. AND WHEN WE MAKE APPOINTMENTS IN OUR PLACES OF WORK OR BUSINESS, THERE ARE USUALLY DIRE CONSEQUENCES IF WE DO NOT MEET UP TO OUR COMMITMENTS.
I KNOW THAT IT MAY SOUND VERY TERRIBLE. BUT UNTIL WE ALL COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR EVERYTHING WE SAY AND DO AND PROMISE, WE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD AS A PEOPLE AND AS A NATION. WE ACCEPT MEDIOCRITY AT THE LOWEST LEVEL AND THAT IS THE REASON WE GIVE SOMEONE THE MANDATE TO LEAD US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BUT SIT BACK AND ACCEPT IT AS THE NORM WHEN THEY WITHOUT EVEN HIDING IT, FILL THEIR OWN POCKETS AND LEAVE WE THE PEOPLE TO WADDLE IN POVERTY. THESE TAILORS AND BUS DRIVERS ALSO SIT WHERE THEY ARE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY EVEN THOUGH GIVEN THE OPPURTUNITY THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY
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