Osoufia Moments 1

If you've read some of my previous blogs you'll know that my friend with the name of a horror movie can fall prey to Osoufia moments.
She told me this incidence that will have you laughing your ribs into cracks I promise...


Last Friday, she was invited to a party or club or . . . Something at the city center and that requires a bus or train ride
Because the place was before the train stop she opted for a bus and paid for a day saver. A daysaver is meant to cover your trips for a whole day via bus
So, she enters the bus, drops £380 (instead of £360, follow closely the Osoufia moment just began) in the coin space and tells the driver "to and fro" (instead of daysaver, no one says "to and fro" here)
Being a typical British, that didn't make any sense to him so he just rolled out a one way ticket.
She pulled it out and realized it had £160 printed on it that meant "one way" so she pulled out another print out saying to herself that the second £160 ticket will bring her back.
You must understand that if you pay for a one way ticket it will have the bus number, time and date on it so you can't use it in any other bus and at any other time. Meaning she had two tickets for one journey #gbam
Sure of herself she pocketed her tickets put on her headphones and sat in the bus, completely lost in her music she dropped off before her stop and after a bit of confusion entered another bus with her already purchased ticket.
Back to the headphones and music she now concentrated on finding her stop when suddenly the bus stopped and the "checkers" (that would be like VIO in Naija only these ones search for those without tickets) entered the bus
When they got to her she showed them her ticket confidently and after a few seconds they asked her to step out of the bus.
Being a typical Nigerian she began to plead her rights and accuse them of harassment
They couldn't understand why she had two tickets for the wrong bus and began to suspect that she may have picked it from the bus stop because it was already used.
she began to explain that she had paid £380 in the first bus she took and had pulled out two tickets because the driver hadn't given her one for the amount she paid for and she used the phrase "to and fro" again at that the "catcher" asked her if she was a foreigner and she said yes.
They took pity on her, found a bus for her and explained to the driver that she wouldn't be paying and where to drop her.
She had to muster the courage to tell me this story 2 days later for the outrageousness of it. . . Trust me I laughed at every stage and I'm laughing right now
I remember when we went to McDonalds and she asked for "chips" it got two other assistants and a few customers to finally decipher that she meant "fries"
I've had my moments but I've learnt to ask when I'm not sure which I tell you is quite often
It's time for some "Hustle" . . .

*osuofia moments is used to refer to times when ignorance was stupidity