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    What I Suffered Today In The Market Looking For Naira Notes To Make Purchases

    I think in some ways, we are also our problem.

    I was at the market today for the month shopping. Got to New Market with no cash cos as at this morning neither I nor hubby had upto a 200 naira cash. So i got to the market and needed to withdraw through POS and they told me 2k for any 10k. I just laughed thinking it was a joke, I went to another and same thing. The rest of the vendors didn’t have cash. Anyway, me like this can’t give someone 2k to get 10k cos that’s exchanging 12k for 10k. I quickly went to my mother in-law’s shop in the market and told her the dilemma I was in, she pointed at her bag of money and asked me to check how much that was there. I counted twenty something thousand so I took 20k and vamoosed into the market.

    I got to the woman i buy stock fish from and after we were done selecting the ones I wanted. I asked for her account number to transfer 36k to her and she opened the mouth she uses to eat yam and oil to tell me she wants cash. The way I eyed her ehhh. I asked her if I have ever given her cash all these while I do come to buy from her. I told her if she won’t take transfer, she can keep her fish while I try another vendor. She then accepted. As I was doing the transfer, a girl walked into her shop and asked if she has 500k cash. She said yes. The girl pleaded to give her 500 naira per 10k, this woman refused. She said she will only accept 1k per 10k. This means she wants to make 50k from her 500k. Nya, she will give the POS girl 500k and the girl will transfer 550k to her. The girl pleaded continuously to pay 25k. She vehemently refused and the girl left. I stood there wondering what kind of madness is this one.

    The woman that sells dry fish said she doesn’t have account therefore can’t receive 10k transfer from me. I told her bye. It’s not this cash wey I manage hustle I go give you. I went to another vendor that accepts transfer and bought.

    The onions lady wanted to play same trick, I told her that I will just go elsewhere. Apparently, she doesn’t have an account so she called her husband to receive the transfer on her behalf.

    Garri woman said she wants cash. I look am laugh. Me, give you cash. Aunty, do you want transfer or no patronage. I am not here to play. Aunty accepted.

    The people I paid with cash are vegetables and tomato people.

    Any bulk payment more than 5k, it’s either you take transfer or another vendor gets patronised. It’s not me Naija will stress.

    My dad said in Jos, that POS also does same. For each 20k you pay 2k.

    Na we de do ourselves. Home and abroad, the only cash I have now is 2,300 naira and I will hold into it cos the kind suffer I and hubby suffered to get cash yesterday night to buy fuel for the house will not happen again. All POS machine were declining cards. Both his and mine. If not for one supermarket guy that we know who agreed to give us 2k instead of the 3k we wanted, I don’t know how we for do.

    Naija, I hail thee. I will rather work from home next week than be subjected to these stress. I can’t deal.

    No cash
    No light
    No water(for some Enugu residents)

    You have money but can’t spend it. E be things😂😂

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