Dr Freaks Journal - All That Glitters Is Not Gold

Before you "de-friend" that "big boy" friend of yours or disown that brother or sister of yours because he or she is "enjoying" and seems to have forgotten all about you, read this.

 

I once worked in an establishment where some of my travels were done via private jets (known as PJ in the Naija parlance) by virtue of the status of my then boss who would not have anything to do with commercial flights within the nation. Deliberately, I refused to post the pictures at the material time.


Of relevance is a particular experience when I, my "Oga" and that naughty boy -KJ travelled to one of the South Western States where I had had to relocate to for 14 whole weeks to contribute my little quota to the Governorship election petition at the Tribunal. 

After one of those private jet trips, KJ and I needed to unwind and we had gone to the Bar in search of three different Gifts, to wit, Guilder for KJ, Heineken (my brand at the time) and Suya. On getting to Mt Moriah, we found out we hadn't come with the "lamb" (money). Wow! Between the two of us, I think we were able to raise a sum of N800 which could not even get us 2 bottles of drinks, let alone get us Suya.


For the very first time in my life, I hated my profession. Here was this young man, in a 4-Star hotel, aboard a private jet few hours earlier. In a convoy of about 5 cars few hours earlier, with less than N1,000 in my pocket and bank account.

 To the uninformed, I was rocking my world.


Dejected, we sat there and an idea sprang up. We were in an hotel, even though we had no express permission to collect any item and sign but I was ready to take the risk. At worst, I would ask the management to pass the bill to the account of Mr Governor, after all, we were having sleepless nights over his case. Guess what, the idea worked! That was how we started collecting and sending in our apparels for laundry services and signing.


Long and short of the story is that most of the things people put up on the face of social media are a mere flash in the pan. It is advisable not to base one's assessment on such. If you do, you so do at your own risk.


Sometimes all that "glitters" does not even glitter.

Stay Safe

It's Kunle