Aysegul All
Bad Luck Follows Me
We are facing a terrible problem here in Nigeria where so many citizens are finding it difficult to eat. This is just a result of the less cash flow in Nigeria. Banks were supposed to open to make things easy, but they are not just helping issues but instead locked up.
Change in the Nigerian currency has made suffering explode to the highest level. Those who are rich are lamenting talking of those who can only feed from hand to mouth. Queue in the banks is just like the ant's passages in a linear order.
Sequential order has caused serious problems for individuals. A case happened where a guy needed to get himself nicked just to have the avenue to withdraw his money. In the end, he was not given. It was a waste of time pulling off his clothes in the first place.
I left home for the ATM boot just to withdraw some amount of money last week and what happened is not something I could keep to myself. So many people were there waiting for the bank workers to open the gate for all of us to enter, but we stood there for over 2 hours without responding. How can a bank disallow its customers from entering? This was a mess. So many people were sitting in the sun as well as myself taking numbers. I chose number 101 as 156 customers were waiting to withdraw money at the ATM. We were all with our ATM cards and ready to collect money.
Banks on the other hand have limits on the money customers would withdraw per day. The withdrawal was just #20,000 and some other Banks were #3000 only. After some hours of queuing, about 50 customers had collected their cash. I'm now shifted to number 51. I was happy that it was getting closer to me.
The weather changed and everyone was trying to find a way to hide their heads while still knowing where they belonged. I was not ready to leave and stood in the deep and heavy downpour just to collect my money. After a while, some of us waited and left, making the queue to be reduced to the minimum level. I was so happy and must collect my money before leaving.
I'm now standing in 10th position from 101 customers. One of my friends with whom we were together left hoping for me to call him when it was his turn. Although I later called. He has been bothering me to leave and wait until the next day, but I was so adamant not ready to listen to him.
I told him I must collect my money before leaving this place today
Now, I have spent over 6 hours standing and waiting patiently.
Hurrah…. It's my turn. I dipped my hands in my pocket to bring out my ATM card only to find my working identity card.
What a waste of time…
Supposing that was all, I immediately called my wife to bring my ATM card to me. She brought it within 30 mins. I was happy and others allowed me to go to the front again. I don't know whether bad luck was following me that very day. I inserted my ATM card into the ATM and immediately, the network was out.
It wrote "out of service".
Why me?.... After a while, it came back again and I was so happy. I inserted the ATM card once again and the unexpected happened.
The ATM swallowed my ATM cards and that was not my bank. I cannot claim the atm card at that moment.
This was bad luck, I guess…