The Nigerian student queue handbook - by Temitayo Victoria Likinyo

There’s something about queues especially in schools, and as an hostelite, I've seen different display on queues 😭😂, I even got into a fight with someone on one particular day 🥲 You’ll get somewhere and see a straight line. Calm, orderly, peaceful.Give it 5 minutes.5? 2 jhor 😂 First, you’ll meet the “I’m with her” association. Out of nowhere, “Excuse me, I’m with her.”Her??Which her??And just like that, one person becomes five, as how naw 😭💔 Then there are the side-line strategists.They will not stand in the queue and they will not leave either.Just standing by the sideYou already know, they’re waiting for one small space to enter like breeze.Just join the queue for God's sake 😭😂 Then comes the aggressive defenders These ones will fight for the queue like it’s their family property 😂“Madam go back!”“Can’t you see people are standing??”I too love them, I go just dey talk "abi oo" for where I stand, cos if you're not careful and you leave your line, gobee😂 Then you have the silent sufferers.They can see what is going on but will not talk.Dem go just dey look dey shake head 😂 Then the professional beggars 😭💔They would count their life history and then beg to stay in your front"Please I'm not feeling fine, I want to quickly leave cos I'm taking injection or I'm late for class, let me stay in your front"Omo 🤦😒I'm sick too oo, commot for here !! Next thing, the “I was here before” argument.I so hate hearing that statement, be like make I use stick knack their head 😭“I was here before you!”“No, you came after me!”“I only stepped out”Stepped out to where??To go and born baby?? Mtcheww😒 And then, the classic “hold my spot” culture 😂“I’m coming, abeg hold my space.” or " I'm in your front oo" Chai 🥲, stay on the damn line, pleasee😭That “coming” is very ambitious.It can mean 2 minutes, it can also mean a full disappearance.But once they return, they expect VIP re-entry like nothing happened. Now, let one person successfully jump the queue, Gbam...That’s the queue reset.Another person will try it.Then another.Before you know it, the straight line has turned into a Bible study gathering 😭😩And then it turns to 'survival of the fittest game.Everybody go just dey shout, e go be like film 😂 As princess wey I be, most time I just wait for the queue to go down, cos I just can't 😭😂 Share your own experience in the comment section , if you can relate 😌🥰

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