Have you ever had a client whom you felt was not worth the headache but you have already come too far to go back???
That was exactly how Mr. Femi was to me. A serious thorn in the flesh. When I think about it again i tend to understand the fact that may be he had been cheated all his life so it would he hard to give a stranger that much trust.
And another part of me will be like, "why is it that its those customers that price anyhow that are the ones who give the most issue." Their pricing system is so outrageous but out of you want to show grace so that the person will return again they will just mess you up.
I'm a fashion designer by profession. So how i run a section of my business is that i get my clients through Facebook. I chat them up, tell them what i do and send them samples of my work to choose from. Most of them always tend up choosing seven, three, eight because they are good designs. So i send my price list to them. When we finally agree on a price they will send their measurements and in most cases if they don't have a measurement, they will kindly send their most recent pictures. The delivery fee to any location in the country in totally on us, on this case we were to deliver to Kaduna state, the northern part of Nigeria.
So far the business was good, we've delivered the clothes after this man kept disturbing us and giving us a lot of worry.
Do you know the funny part?
He hadn't even paid yet, we run the business with our money when the client receives the clothes he can now pay then.
A part of me actually liked the fact that he was disturbing then because it meant you wouldn't disappoint when we delivere the clothes to me. It meant he needed it too.
The clothes got to Kaduna state and our business policy was to always check on the customers review on the product. Which we did and we discovered that he had a lot of issues with the clothes from the material angle.
So from my angle i understood that the supplier gave us a low grade material, which i explained to him after i found out.
You know what? This man had never met me, i have never seen him in my life, this was the right time to block him and mock on.
But no, i deal with integrity, to make sure my generation won't reap curses from my mistakes and greed.
I told Mr. Femi that the brand will make three new clothes for him and deliver it to him from the companies purse just tomsay we are sorry for the disappointment.
This isn't the end of the story, this is just the middle of it ohh馃槀馃槀馃槀.
Do you know that this man gave me sleepless night for close to two weeks. I assured him sir, i am still picking your calls, texting you on WhatsApp, doesn't it show that you can at least give me a little trust.
This man told me that he will take me to JUJU (i.e he will use voodoo on me). I wasn't scared of this though because that will be him signing his death warrant. My angels protec me jealously.
Finally we were done with his clothes (praise God). I snapped it and sent the pictures to him. Took the package to the park, the driver called him and told him that when they arrived at Kaduna from Abia state they would give him a call.
Here I was thinking I'm done with this bad and ungrateful man. The car broke down on the way to kaduna and the driver wasn't picking his call.馃槀馃槀馃槀
This was when the real JUJU started "come you don't know me ohh, I'm a strong yoruba man, i will deal with you, you think you can cheat me and go unharmed, i will show you what I'm made off" this is just a summary of the threat this man made.
The car was stuck on the road for three days, and those three days this man was after my life. He didn't mind the fact that even though he didn't know who i was, hadn't seen me before i still picked his calls whenever he called, and replied him whenever he texted.
Finally, the clothes were delivered. We spent money on it and he loved it.
After everything he just sent a text "i have received the clothes" no apology or discussion for what he put me through during that period.
I pray that every spirit of Mr. Femi won't ever come your way馃槀馃槀馃槀
