A wise man once said We learn everyday or something like we keep accumulating knowledge, anyways I don't remember the exact words, but just know something is being added.
You'd think at this age, one must've come across all the major scams that are in existence. But I realized there's one that's not much talked about and that's the Ember scam.
This ember has nothing to do with a burning piece of wood and NO, once again it has absolutely nothing to do with that other wood you're currently thinking about (if you'll kindly get your mind out of the gutter, then we may proceed).
But like a glowing piece of wood the end result will leave you with nothing but smoldering Ash.
The ember scam has to do with the ember months, November and December. It's that time of the year when we all want to have some fun and simply let go after a year of working non-stop.
But it's that time of the year that the popular five letter word BILLS keeps trying to find a way to sneak into your life.
One of the forms in which bills have been trying to sneak into my life is from the opposite gender. You know that gender that no one ever seems to understand, Yes that exact one.
Sometime earlier in the year, I was checking through my list of people you may know on Facebook and saw a fine face. I immediately sent her a friend request and was patiently waiting for her to accept, the notification never came.
I had a few other cases like that and after a while I forgot about them. Fast forward to this month, I was scrolling as usual and voila there was a notification on my device.
Queen XYZ had finally accepted my friend request and of course It improved my mood.
I was looking forward to shooting my shot, but I somehow got busy and postponed it. Over the weekend though, I got another notification and it was Barbie XYZ this time who had finally accepted my friend request.
I was like wait a minute 🤔, if it smells like a fish, then there's definitely a fish hiding somewhere.
I quickly located my screwdriver and screwed tight the few loose nuts that weren't allowing me think properly and voila the answers came pouring in.
Of course it was just a month to December and any girl I talk to right now means a possible date and a date is simply another word for BILLS.
I went back to view both profiles and I gave them the Shaquille smile Babes, I'm familiar with your game 😁.
Experience is the best teacher and I've learnt from my previous encounters that you could be a baller all through December, but just like the lull before storm, January's version 10.0 brokenness is patiently waiting for you.
You could choose to ignore my words and play at being Elon Musk for the reminder of the year. But just keep in mind that you'll drink enough garri to the point of depression before you finally receive your salary for January.
Right now I'm currently unavailable for dates till March next year (you don't want to be caught in the Valentine's scam as well). I'm not falling for the Ember scam this year.