Last Friday, I received a harsh lesson in patience.
The kind of lesson someone with my temperament wouldn’t naturally be open to. I
had just rounded off my activities for the day by attending a special program
of music and Comedy at the Pistis Centre called NJOY with my wife. Leaving the
venue in high spirits and heading straight into the OANDO traffic along the
Lekki axis, my wife and I recalled jokes from the event as we drove and then
all of a sudden I felt a sharp jolt.
We had been hit from behind and I looked through
the rear view mirror to be sure it wasn’t a set up, got out of the car to
assess the damage and without even looking at the other driver (lets call him ‘Moshood’ for the purpose of
this piece) got back in the car.
As I settled back into the driver’s seat, I looked
at the clock it was about 9:00PM and I figured it was a dangerous time to be
making trouble so as I prepared to drive off I felt yet another hard jolt, this
time a slightly louder sound from the SUV Moshood was driving. This couldn’t be
happening, was this guy deliberately trying to provoke me? For some reason I
chose to ignore him and kept driving. I must note that it took a lot for me to
not even look at or talk to Moshood, the driver of that car.
You see I have always known there are really mad
and irresponsible people in Lagos but talking about it is one thing and seeing
it play out is another. Still stuck in that traffic we kept moving, my wife did
all she could to calm me down and then I began to see reason, but just as I was
cooling off and making excuses for Moshood’s conduct in my mind thinking maybe
he was drunk and all, another loud BANG! From behind. Hell no! I wasn’t having
non of this sh#%t no more…
I got out of the car keeping my distance and
avoiding a clear line of sight should incase a gun gets pointed at me I examined
my car once again, just a minor scratch on my bumper and I approached the
driver: “ are you looking for a fight, of have we met before?” I asked the
driver. His exact response was this and I quote: “ I have hit you exactly 3
times. 3 times is exactly what it took for you to come find out if I had a
problem.” Then he kept quite, maybe waiting for my reaction...
To be Continued...
If you are still reading this I would like to ask a
simple question:
what would you do if you were in my position?
I am particularly interested in your responses
please leave your comments.
--@gozzim
--@gozzim
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3 punches ...thats all!
ReplyDeleteInitial response will be to curse heavily at him to move him to make the first move, but because I am deeply analytical I will quietly analyze his countenance be sure it isn't a set up then look for the deepest and meanest words in my vocabulary to sternly warn him to desist from his stupid act. Noticing he has done it for the second time I will walk straight to his car and smash his glass. get back into my car try to switch lanes and make a move for it. or wait till will get to a clearing and throw something hard from my car to smash is screen and make sure I don't miss.
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