Pinky's CORNER

Recently, a friend got a job to write a project for someone in the UK. I didn’t know about it until he ran into trouble. The person’s supervisor placed Chapters 1–3 on Turnitin, and it showed 100% AI.

He called and explained everything to me. I asked him to send the soft copy, which he did. I also told him to inform the lady in the UK not to reply to her supervisor’s email until I said so (the reason was to help her put up a proper explanation for submitting AI‑generated work and to tell her it was a mistake, and that the original work would be submitted immediately; just to buy time).

I told him he would pay me ₦100k to correct everything and also find the original data for Chapter 3, but he pleaded for ₦80k. You needed to see how I was entering people’s DMs and WhatsApp groups asking about schools in the South‑South, North, South‑West, etc. 

I downloaded over 78 journals because of the topic. I used three nights to prepare Chapters 1–3. When I was done, I told him to inform the lady to reply to her supervisor, which she did. I sent the file to the lady myself.

She chatted with me to thank me and said the one I did was accepted and no single percentage of AI was detected. All this time, I didn’t ask her how much my friend charged or how much she had paid because it was none of my business. But this man kept delaying my money (note: he only gave me ₦20k the day I agreed to rewrite the project). I called several times, but he refused to pick up and didn’t bother replying to me.

I got angry and chatted with the lady myself. She told me she was charged ₦250k, including analysis, and she had already paid ₦150k as an advance. I screenshot our chat and sent it to him, and immediately he replied  knowing fully well that I now had the lady’s contact. He quickly forwarded ₦20k to my Opay, and since then, he stopped picking my calls again.

After a week, I chatted with the lady and told her everything. She apologized and sent me my balance. She also pleaded that she wanted me to finish the work for her so I would be the one to receive the remaining payment, but I said no. I wouldn’t betray him to that extent. I only did what I did because he was acting smart.
I screenshot the chat again and sent it to him, just so he would know I had received my balance and that he should handle the rest himself because I would not do anything for him again without receiving full payment first. Since then, we have become enemies, and I don’t mind.

This is not his first or second time acting smart. He once duped me, but I ignored it. He thought I didn’t know. He was shocked when I brought it up the day he came to my house accusing me of betrayal.

 One day, I will write about it because I have not healed from that nasty attitude of his.

I dont understand..someone has shown you their color more than once and you are still in their space calling them your friend!