Lagos people

okay now more on lagos....the people in lagos are strange! given that they are staying in an underdeveloped country, one would think they would make more efforts to work hard, get new ideas and try and improve their living. living standards here are not say pathetic, but worse than similar cities in india (such as mumbai). mainly because electricity is a major problem.

so main thing one notices about the people here, is the sheer laziness and the unwillingness to work. prime example of laziness are the maids, security guards and drivers. they can go off to sleep at the drop of the hat. my maid lays the table, then sits on the stairs and dozes off. when i call her, she says 'ma'am'.......and i wait for her arrival, only to find she has again dozed off!!

unwillingness to work really borders on rudeness. you can experience this when you go to purchase something. in places such as china market, they will ask you to leave the shop if you ask them to show more than 2 things (even small things such as purses or sandals); and God forbid if you ask them to open any clothes packet and NOT purchase it! then you are almost thrown out of the shop.

this is not restricted to smaller markets, but also to malls/supermarkets. we went to buy a food pro and waited for almost 45 minutes for the salesperson to attend to us. when i asked the guy to give a demo of the food pro, he told me rudely to read the instructions and went off!!!

all this definitely made me regret my treatment of the salesmen in india, esp in the saree shops i visited. poor fellow did not even let me know, visually or audibly (audibly! the guy would surely have lost his job), what a let down i was, after asking him to open 5-6 yards of saress and not buy! imagine the time he would have spent in folding it back with precision!

still, i do buy stuff in malls and bargain shops, and try not to get insulted or thrown out! each experience makes me hail the indian salesman......rocket singh or no rocket singh! :)

ciao