Have been thinking alot, about getting a job. Some work to bring in money. The cost of everything is just too high here. You buy everything even pepper, and onion, just about every little thing. Its not like bak in the village where most of that is just in the garden. I tell you even borrowing sugar from your neighbour is a taboo. You want to loose friends borrow salt from them, you see no one no more. But that is not the only thing, here your neighbour borrows from you, big things like TV and they dont get bak no more. The boys smoking glue, they would tell you where the neighbour went with the TV but they no talk to no one either
When a neighbour gets friendly its because they want to borrow, like the other day Bobo goes to Njoka's house, he has a shop across the burst sewer. But Njoka is not alone, anyway if he was Njoka's wife would not have let him in, he was with a smartly dressed gentleman. Njoka says the gentle man wanted Njoka, they go in but Njoka is out getting stock for his shop. They sit a while, then leave. It could have been left at that, but the gentleman comes bak the next day with a car to get the TV in daylight! Now who no brains person dressed up like that steals TV in daylight. Njoka this time in the house , a fight ensues. who in the ancestors name sold the TV. Gentleman says it was Njoka's wife...HOW she doesnt no nothing. Oh you do, me and Bobo were here, Bobo even got the remote from you for me to test if the TV is in good shape!
HA!! Njoka's wife just goes...blenk. Since when did using someone remote in their house adds up to testing a good in the shop????
Here it does,all Bobo had to do , was to pretend he knows someone in Njoka's house, and fills up the rest of the story with blanks that even Njoka's wife wouldnt catch, but will agree in thinking it is normal coversation, and the deal gets done. So a fool and his money parted, and Bobo was no where to be seen.
Here you have to be really careful they would sell your shoes, and everything you are wearing while you are at the busstop, then come and borrow it, on your way bak from wak in the evening, it happens....so u just dont buy expensive stuff keep it minimal, invincible and always even if you are Njoka, always make sure you have no change available for big money!!!
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Borrowing neighbour
Posted by Fibs at 1:25 AM
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