In this TV game show, there are four lifelines, to wit, fifty-fifty, phone a friend, ask the audience and ask one person from the audience. Participants are advised to use these lifelines only in extreme circumstances.
In 2016 I bought a car from my friend and partner and maybe because we saw, walked and worked together almost everyday, we both neglected to fix the transfer of ownership documents.
About four or five months after the transaction I had yet to have ownership transferred to me. On my way to work one hot afternoon, a team of policemen flagged my car and demanded my vehicle papers. I quickly tendered the documents.
One of them politely inquired who the owner was and without blinking I quickly responded that it was mine. He further requested my driver's licence and behold the two did not match. Almost immediately, the policeman ordered me to alight from the car and alleged that I was a "robbery suspect" who was driving a suspected stolen car and declared that I was under arrest.
It was funny really because the car was mine in the true sense of it but in the eyes of the law, it wasn't. I appealed to them but all my pleas fell on deaf ears.
Later I tried to use 'ogboju' and that infuriated them the more but that was what I wanted. They threatened to take me to their station and that sounded great. I gladly announced that I would love to be taken to their station. Before I could say Jack Robinson we were on our way to their station.
Midway into the journey, I realised that I was making a grave mistake by allowing myself to be dragged to that station and I remembered my cousin who was a very senior officer in the Police. I called him and he asked me to hand the phone over to the most superior officer. He introduced himself and directed them to release me. In a matter of minutes I was left off the hook.
Meanwhile, right there in their presence my cousin asked me to put the phone on speaker. He expressed his disappointment and reminded me that as a legal practitioner cum "social crusader" which he thought I was, he expected more from me. He was like what would it cost me, a legal practitioner to print out a simple document and have it perfected in any of the courts which I visit everyday? I really felt bad but he saved the day 'sha'.
Few minutes later I called him to apologise for wasting my lifeline and we both agreed that I would never call him over such trivial issues anymore.
About the same period, a very close family member called me from another location and she was so livid. She had gone to the child's school where the teacher had reportedly slapped the child and she had gone to 'deal with' the assailant and 'torey come waw-waw' when they held her down and threatened to bring in the police.
About the same period, a very close family member called me from another location and she was so livid. She had gone to the child's school where the teacher had reportedly slapped the child and she had gone to 'deal with' the assailant and 'torey come waw-waw' when they held her down and threatened to bring in the police.
She was still threatening to 'call her lawyer' and sue the school. You know what, I listened to her story with rapt attention because she was my favourite relation but the moment she told me that she slapped a teacher, I quietly declined her request.
My father and mother were teachers and that poor teacher could have been my dad or mum. There and then I told her I was not her lawyer and asked her to sort herself out. She was angry but she later apologised to me and gave me assurances that she was going to have the issue resolved amicably.
Do not waste your lifelines!
Do not waste your lifelines!
Wow.........Nice writeup, I've learnt some stuffs from this writeup!!!! Thank you
ReplyDeleteAnother interesting one Dr Freak.
DeleteWow wow w-o-w, this is so good and true, thank you, Sir, never thought of it this way. Thank you
DeleteI look forward to Dr Freaks write up every Saturday,it's full of lessons and wisdom, I don't comment but had to today.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Do not waste your life line
ReplyDeleteSo your lifeline helped you when you were wrong but you wouldn’t help another in same situation
ReplyDeleteThat’s not how it works
Very different scenarios or are you saying he should have gone ahead to sue the school when his relative had slapped a teacher?
DeleteBut in his case, he did not assault the officers naw
DeleteDon’t mind him
DeleteReally? Don’t be that simple.
DeleteHe wouldn't help her in that situation because she already committed an offense by slapping the teacher.
DeleteDoctor Freaks, Sincerely speaking from me, I learnt something important from your write up and am seriously going to work on that.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this post. I learnt something. Your post are always inspiring.
ReplyDeleteNice read
ReplyDeleteAnnon 14:08,what Dr Freak did was very right,his offense was redeemable,I'm a trained teacher and my parents were,slapping a class room teacher is a very bad one,it's teaching children rebellion and disrespecting teachers before children.
ReplyDeleteWhat an eyes opener
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Dr Freak. Both parents and teachers should learn something from the post
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, the principle is the same.
ReplyDeleteThe Senior Police officer relative could have said the same thing he said to the teacher and still be 100% correct.
He shouldn't have left the woman without offering to at least help her settle amicably, who said he had to sue the school to settle? Are there not other methods of conflict resolution? "Why abandon a brother on the battle field?"
For me, loyalty to whoever I'm a loyal to is principal. He could have settled the case and then reprimanded this favourite relative and the excuse he gave in his defence.
Then again, my opinion.
Hmmmmmmm, another beautiful angle, I like how your mind works!
DeleteI don't agree with you. In his case, he would have been in jail under a false accusation. His relation on the other hand committed an offense by slapping a teacher, especially when his own parents were teachers.
DeleteI also felt the same way.Slapping a teacher is a big offence that I seriously frown at.But he would have helped them settle amicably while reprimanding the woman publicly for the heavy offence she committed
DeleteTwo very interesting tales.
ReplyDeleteWow!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting and insightful.
Thank you my learned Senior.
Interesting!
ReplyDeleteInteresting story to learn from, nice one sir K.
ReplyDeleteLessons learnt
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