DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!

Like they do in movies….let me just state this here.

“DISCLAIMER; This post is in no way affiliated with the previous post.“….. (lol, I’ve always wanted to say that) 

“Its time to vote again and everyone is out on the streets looking for their various voting centers. There is little or no vehicular movement because of the ongoing elections. There are people of all ages here (from 18 and above).  People have been sitting here since morning and there is no sign of the electoral officers. Everyone is stressed out and the  sun is blazing hot. People are now gathering in groups to discuss various issues concerning the country…..and voila!.. the electoral officers arrive. Now everyone is trying to get in line so that they can vote and go home. You can hear those at the back of the line screaming “no chancing…..no chancing”… everyone is tired. Now voting has not started because the officers have to set up their equipments, meanwhile people are still on the line, under the hot sun.

Voting has started and people can’t wait to register their vote and go. While on the line, a big black jeep pulls up at the voting centre followed by an entourage of other exquisite cars. A man dressed in suit wearing dark shades, comes down from the car and goes to open the passenger door. Just like they do in movies, the first thing we saw was a pair of brown shiny shoes. We were all  looking at the “side attraction” still taking note of our positions on the line. The owner of the shoe came out and  it was a big chubby man(cool way of calling an obese person) in his early forty’s. it was obvious he came to vote so everyone turned back to their primary assignment-voting. The man took one look at the line and walked all the way to the front adjusting his agbada as he went. He got to the front and stretched out his hand and said “I want to vote”. People on the line started screaming and shouting “no o, no o…ogbeni, fly to the back o….just dey go the back as we dey look you so”. The man acting surprised opened his mouth and with all his strength, he shouted…”DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM ???””…….you can already guess what happened to him, looool, with their anger and frustration from the voting exercise….the voters pounced on him and were ruffling him up…he was saved by his bodyguards.

A lot of people have been in this kind of situation where you are having an argument with someone and the person begins to shout “do you know who I am??”.  Most times when I’m confronted by such people I say to myself “really, who cares???”. These ‘proud’ people are always walking around with their heads held high [just like the peacock] trying to intimidate people with their ‘achievements’, for all we know most of them are self-acclaimed local champions from their various villages. You see them almost everywhere you go, really they just can’t be hidden. We see them at big events----yeah they show up when the occasion has gone halfway and walk all the way to the front row waving and showing their dentition to all who care to look. They are very prominent at the supermarket----oh yeah they see a queue at the counter and instead of lining up like normal people do, they walk all the way to the front like they have some magic potion in their mouth that will work wonders. Lets come down to the school arena, that’s right we have them in our classes too. Maybe its because they used to come 1^st in their various high schools et all [I really don’t care] they now feel like ”champions” {local ones of course}. They like to make sure they are heard, always arguing in class about certain facts even when they are wrong!...*sigh* I could go on and on.

 This question, as harmless as it sounds has been/is the cause of disputes amongst many people. Sometimes, the persons actions might not really annoy you but once that question pops up, you ask yourself…who do these people think they are. Although it works for some people i.e when they ask “do you know who I am?”,  the person they are talking to may be scared and run off.  Well it doesn’t   work for everyone though…in some cases you might just end up like that man from the election day. Sad thing is that you might not be lucky enough to escape.. My free advice to you…Thread with caution.

QUESTION; do you know who I am???

ANSWER; I ----- I

                 A -----AM

               M ---  MEEEE!!!

         

             GRACIAS.