They say that there's always a lesson to learn from certain experiences and I can't help but wonder what lessons I ought to learn from the series of somewhat disastrous events that occured today.
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It was the rather unfortunate event that occured on my way to school. I was to be in school before 11am and somehow, I woke up from my slumber by forty minutes past ten o'clock. I hadn't had my shower and I had barely twenty minutes to be in campus. Luckily for me, it's a ten minutes drive from home to school which left me with ten minutes. As you would imagine, twenty minutes wasn't enough for me to prepare but I still tried my best.
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I left my house ten minutes past 11 am and it was time to board a tricycle to school. Although I was extremely late and I knew it, my instincts kept calming me down. I had a strong nudge not to board the first tricycle that I saw which was filled with men. I've heard so many bad stories about such tricycles so I waited and soon enough, I saw another tricycle that was empty aandmaandmndineaandmaandmndinendnd so I hopped in.
A minute later, two other passengers joined me and then a guy who looked like a thug(who was a thug I mean. Who else smokes in the middle of the road in the morning?) joined us. The man who sat beside me immediately became uncomfortable and asked to alight. If he felt uncomfortable then something was definitely wrong and so I asked to alight also.
One thing about me is that I never forget a face when I see it once. I eventually entered another empty tricycle and two thugs joined me this time around. My nudge became very strong. I immediately alighted again. At this juncture, the thug realised that I knew what they were up to and so he confronted me. The first thing he said was "have you seen that rubbish act you pulled..". I didn't even want to hear the rest of the bullsh*t he wanted to say and so I walked away without uttering a single word in return. And to my utmost surprise, he didn't follow me.
Since the tricycle at that junction was infiltrated, I decided to start walking. I was over forty minutes late already. I kept walking till I got to a safe distance. I didn't want to spoil my day in the early hours and so I waited till I saw another tricycle that seemed safe. I boarded it and got to school with all my items still intact.
Because of the little incident that occurred, everyone I saw today seemed like a crook to me. I was so sceptical about everyone around me. This continued till I got home.
A friend followed me home and fell seriously sick at my place. I opted to call her sibling to pick her up but she said her sibling was also terribly sick. I didn't have enough money to board a private cab for her and I couldn't let her go home alone as she could barely walk properly. So, I made the brave move to take her home. I didn't know her house and moving around in the night isn't something I do but I wasn't left with so many options. On our way, I was scared of course because everyone still looked like a fraud to me but thankfully it was a smooth ride till I reached my junction again.
As I alighted at my junction, the familiar stranger thug approached my tricycle again! It was night for crying out loud. Don't they get tired? This time around he didn't come for me but for the tricycle driver. He began harassing the driver who was actively searching for cash for my balance. At this point I was supposed to be extremely angry and maybe start ranting but again, I remained calm. Strange stuff. Eventually, the driver settled the thug and he was set free.
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My question however is why? Why do people just wake up one morning and decide to terrorize others? Why choose to make another person's life miserable? People blame it on the government but truely, humans are the real problems. I do not know what happened to people who actually took the bait and went with the tricycle these thugs entered. It is very evident that they had an alliance with some of the tricycle drivers because why else would they allow thugs in their ride in the first place?
I honestly have gotten a lot of minute traumas for a day. This is one more reason why I love the comfort of my bed so much. The only thugs in my home are the mosquitoes and somehow, I have called a truce with them. On a more serious note though, I would really love to hear your views as to why other humans chose to make fellow humans' lives miserable.
Love, 🤍
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