TO WHAT LENGTH WILL YOU GO...TO WHAT DEPTH WILL YOU CONDESCEND JUST TO MAKE SOME EXTRA BUCKS?

Now before you think I am here to judge you, let me CATEGORICALLY say now that I am currently struggling with the questions I posed in the title of this article! MY OGA at the TOP understands the details :).Yes, I am not here to straighten you out and point accusing fingers at you after making you feel guilty because yours truly is in the midst of a battle-a mental battle. So you are free to comment your advice to me in this situation below the article. I deeply appreciate that in advance. Yes to the article. Some scenarios bordering on the illegitimate ways desperate people make money these days particularly strike me at the core of my being. They seem to challenge the very essence of morals and ethics. These are the ones I will attempt to share with you guys. The first is - Conart - the art of deceiving people. Vulnerable, gullible, smart, innocent people. I would quickly add that ladies are mostly victims of these scammers. How do they operate? The tell you a sad story about themselves under a false identity and you buy the story hook, line and sinker (you even buy the bait at the end of the sinker!!!). Then your response would be to assist them usually, financially. When you part with your money, once or maybe a several times, and the conartist feels his or her schemes is about to be discovered, they disappear into thin air. They thrive on ignorance. Trust me I know what I am talking about - I have fallen for one before. They mix with your acquitances and tell them another story about you or themselves and try to earn their trust. Then they strike. The truth is, if you have regular conversations with your acquitances or friends bordering on your dealings with this, this...criminal, their dealings will be exposed very early before they inflict injuries that the victim may never recover from. A particular recent case comes to mind. On a very popular radio show,the presenter recounted how one of her guests came into the studio on invitation of course, and relayed to her a very gloomy story about being a widower and how he really wanted to find a decent lady to continue life with. He went on to say that he was a financial analyst by profession and that he was living at a particular address. Hmmm...one thing lred to the other and a good comapny of ladies fell in Love with him and were willing to "fill" the void in his heart LAdies!!! See why I believe ladies easily fall prey to these dudes? Well he was able to meet with one of them and and within a very short period told this lady he knew the host of the show that arranged for their meeting for about 4 years! Plus so many other lies that were uncovered. He even made her part with her unsigned cheque book!!! I hope you are not planning to ask me how that happened. So how did the beans get spilled? Communication! This other lady, was talking to the hostess about the guy how she wasn't too comfortable with this guy when she realyed to her what the guy had said about knowing the hostess for about 4 years. Indeed, these guys thrive on ignorance. It's a pity that there are vulnerable folks that still fall for these scams. So the question that begs for an answer is what kind of hunger or lack or deprivation will push a guy or a lady to that extent? Before I forget, he had a lady accomplice. Yeah! Well lets move on to scenario 2. Once upon a time I was in the company of friend who was driving down a very popular street in the estate where I live. He explained how on his way into the estate much early in the morning, say 4 am, he saw young ladies of different shades and sizes, scantily dressed, littering both sides of the road. Of course they were waiting for male customers to patronize at that time. Now prostitution has taken different forms these days. Ranging from ladies who have several men friends who they call "Maga" in Nigerian parlance or you may know as Sugar Daddy. Female marketers who have to yield to their male clients or vice versa so that the client may patronize their business and so they can meet their target for the month and hopefully get a raise or get promoted. Hmmmm...it even gets more pathetic. Politicians and business men who have lots of money to spend, arrange for bus drivers to go to universities and pick girls young enough to be their grand daughters to entertain them at wild parties. Still bordering on sexual matters, young girls are trafficked either with or without parental approval. Whether the girl gives her consent or not, she is kidnapped to an unknown location and made to sleep with as many as 20 men a daay for outrageously small amounts of money. This is happening both within Nigeria and outdside Nigeria. Surely we must have heard of the "Italian Connection" Now which of these have YOU considered in the past or are even considering presently? It's not news that whatever we do now is a seed and will produce harvest in future. Men who defile people's daughters should not forget that they too have daughters. Prostitues who by their actions are breaking homes and heart should remember that one day they will desire to have a family or theirs. Same goes for ladies who feel comfortable dating married men. While you attempt to answer the question, let me look for a way to hit some extra bucks without hurting someone else in the process. Indeed that's what ultimately matters-the end should not justify the means. Enjoy.

ON GREETING, RESPECT & TIME WASTAGE

in this piece about business practices or malpractices in nigeria, let me share the experience i had on a bus popularly called BRT-meaning bus rapid transport. Picture this, everyone was seated and the driver had started the engine about to move when a skinny pupil, Halima, steps in. Immediately the driver tells her to get out of the bus. She obeys. After the staff outside pleaded for her to be forgiven, she climbs in again only for the cycle to repeat itself-she got thrown out. Why? She failed to say Good morning sir! Hmmm.

In the Nigerian society, folks still care about kids greeting elders not just at home. Later that morning, an elderly lady inside the bus asked the ticketer at another bus stop to issue her a ticket. What did she get? Please mama, come down and get it jo! Huh? What disrespect! A woman old enough to be her mother. What have we become? Of course, her action got reprimands from folks on the bus.

Ok, the final scenario, happened on Another occasion- a red bus this time. A little background will help. Usually 2 buses owned by different companies wait for passengers at a bus stop called CMS-trust me that doesn't stand for Content management system! However one must get filled before the other to save time. But this evening was different. You won't believe that both staff were selling tickets at the same time on a weekend! Let me tell you what that means. It means fewer passengers filling up both buses at snail speed. Bottom line-they wasted our time.. Worse still they rendered no apologies for this gross misconduct. They put up impudent faces that said-do your worst we don't care!

My submission is this-to do good business in Nigeria and anywhere, you must treat the client right in fact all parties should be mutually appreciated. Think about it. Enjoy your day!

SOMETHING FRESH ON P.O.R.N.O.G.R.A.P.H.Y

Some one is probably wondering what's fresh about an industry that is almost as old as the world itself. That old? Yeah. I mean consider the fallen angels who beheld the daughters of men and saw they were fair, or the sons of Noah who gazed on their dad's nakedness, or David who lusted for Bathsheba or David's son who wanted his step sister who was a virgin so badly or even Herod gazing at the daughter of his illegally acquired wife who danced for him on his birthday...hmmm quite a number eh? Or you don't agree these were forms of porn? Well as long as what they saw was strong enough to make them covet or provoke action on their part i consider it porn. Feel free to disagree. However, i came across an idea by one Pastor Evans. This idea is what i consider a new perspective on porn. Here it is- a man who is married and uses porn to spice up his lousy sex life is simply saying he is not strong enough to love his wife. The porn folks say Okay let's offer him an illegitimate means to help him ease stress and teach him some new moves. Now if you are a normal man that is an insult and a bold affront on your God given male ego. You do not need help to love your wife well! Who taught Adam how to love Eve? Eh? GOD of course! So if He's the same for all time he can do the same today. Avoid porn like a plague! All the people i mentioned from the Bible were inspired to do the wrong thing after beholding or committing lookery-any word like that? We'll continue this gist later. Enjoy your day!