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I couldn't believe I would be in such a silly situation in a restaurant. I have been listening to people sharing their experiences about how they were embarrassed at the restaurant due to a lack of payment or lost wallets.
I will discuss what happened, and I hope you all enjoy it.
My case was not a stolen or lost wallet, but it was hilarious. This scenario happened last week.
I live in the city, and it's even the busiest city in my country. The name is Lagos City.
Other African friends of mine are also aware of how busy the city is.
The worst part is that if you work on the mainland and live on an Island or vice versa. You will spend more hours of your day in traffic.
That's how terrible the city looks.
Every day, many people return home late at night.
It had been a long time since I had worked on the island, so when my boss sent me to the island. I was down with thoughts on how I will spend a lot of time in the traffic sweating like a frog.
Even if you are inside your private car and switch on the AC, you might sleep off on the wheel due to too much fatigue.
This scenario has happened to me before and I fell asleep on the wheel inside the AC, one man rescued me by knocking at the door. I caused a lot of traffic on the road, and people were laughing at me.
I never repeated the error after that.
The Hilarious moment
I went to the Island on this day in the company car. I checked my Google map and saw long traffic on the third mainland bridge. If I decide to move at around 5 pm,
I will be in traffic till 10 p.m. So, to have a clear road, I decided to wait until 10 pm to drive.
When it was around 8 pm, I drove to a nearby restaurant to have my dinner. I already called my wife to say that I would be staying at the company accommodation for the night, which was located on the mainland.
She was tired and told me that she wanted to rest, so we said good night to each other.
There was a football match that day; I was watching the match with some guys in the VIP section of the restaurant.
I'm a fan of Man United, and the rest were Chelsea fans.
Chelsea was the one playing that night, I
I was making fun of the Chelsea fans.
I was having a night time, enjoying myself and cracking jokes.
Time To leave
I checked the time, and it was 10:05 pm so I wanted to make payment with my Atm, but my bank was acting up.
My bill was not much; it was N5k, that's about $5.
So I asked the attendant if maybe I could make the transfer.
This time around, my local bank app was not responding.
I was trying all means for 30 minutes, and the attendant was about to leave for home; at this time, he just said in a loud voice,' Mr man, I know you don't have any money in your account, and I will not allow you to leave here.'
Everyone burst into laughter; those I was mocking before started shouting at me to pay my money after making fun of their club.
It was not funny again; I told the guys to calm down and that I was only joking with them, but they kept laughing, and some even said the attendant should not free me.
Everyone departed the restaurant, leaving the manager and that server alone.
I called my wife, but she didn't pick up. I called 4 of my friends, but they also didn't pick up. I was now scared something it's wrong with me because I hadn't experienced that before.
Two of my local banks refused to open; I now thought maybe the Chelsea fans' mockery was responsible for the bad moment.
Then I started praying silently to God that the attendants should free me. I talked to the manager and showed him the latest videos I did on-site.
I told him that I'm an Engineer, and when they saw this, they sparked up again that I won't go without dropping my phone.
I was now thinking how a big boy like me would drop my phone just because of $5; it was such a crazy moment.
They refused to let me go; they said I should drop my phone or any valuables. But I was scared to drop anything; it looked embarrassing to me.
Nobody leaves the scene till around 11 Pm.
At last
When it was a few minutes after 11 pm, one of my friends returned my call, and I told him about the awkward moment I was experiencing; he couldn't believe it. He also laughed at how they could detain a whole Engineer because of small money.
So my friend paid the bill, and I was free; on my way home, I was furious, and everything was just like a film to me. The flashback of those guys joking about me couldn't leave my memory.
I hope I won't be in such a mockery moment anymore.