Her water broke suddenly.
The husband panicked.
It was their 1st pregnancy experience- they got married a year ago.
He helped her into the car & carried the bag with all the stuff packed a few weeks earlier.
He drove off furiously, scared the baby could pop out in the car...

He could match Lewis Hamilton for speed.
About 2 kilometres from the hospital, he was blocked by 2 vehicles on the road.
The drivers were having a conversation.
Rather than park and talk for as long as they wanted, they sat in their cars facing opposite directions, talking...

He got there and blared his horn.
The turned and looked at him as if he was a nuisance.
One said, "Where are you rushing to? Mstcheeew!"
The other signaled for him to fly over them if he was in such a hurry and said, "Na your papa get the road? Useless man!"
He was shocked!

Why the insult?
He came down & ran towards them screaming: "My wife is in labor! My wife is having a baby! Move your cars, please!"
"Ehen? Na your wife fes born pikin? Is that why you are driving like a mad man?"

They eventually left the road.
He got to the hospital on time...

2 friends were going for a meeting.
Segun was driving, Hassan sat next to him.
Suddenly, another vehicle appeared behind them, with headlights flashing and horns blaring.
Segun looked in the rear view mirror.
"Where is this one rushing to now? Nonsense!"
Hassan laughed!

"But you don't need to know where he's rushing to! Just allow the guy pass, abeg!"
Segun refused. "He's not going anywhere, joor! That is how these guys drive, just trying to harass people off the road for no reason!"

The driver behind was apparently agitated...

He tried overtaking Segun on the left side.
Segun blocked him.
He moved to the right side.
Segun blocked him.
Hassan looked at his friend in surprise.
"Seriously? Please, let the guy go!"
"No! He needs to be taught a lesson!"
The guy behind bumped into Segun's car...

He bumped into him again!
Hassan knew there was trouble!
Segun eventually moved to one side and the car zoomed past them, the driver didn't even bother stopping!
Segun chased him!
He heard his taillight shatter and he wasn't going to let the guy get away with it!

Hassan was looking at his friend who was visibly angry! They were about 15 minutes away for their meeting, but apparently Segun was not bothered about that any more: he was already distracted by something else.
The guy drove through Central Area with Segun in hot pursuit...

It was a Sunday, traffic in Abuja was very light.
The car turned into the airport road.
Segun followed.
Down they went, past the Bolingo Hotel Junction, past the American Embassy...
The car turned into the next right junction.
Segun was still behind.
Then The car turned left:

It drove into the National Hospital.
Segun stopped at the gate.
It dawned on him there was a medical emergency.
Hassan asked, "You stopped? Follow him nau!"
Segun reversed and faced the meeting venue...
Hassan laughed all the way to the meeting, Segun thinking of his taillight...

My late dad used to say, "When you come across any situation, always have it at the back of your mind that what you don't know is ALWAYS more than what you know".

Why do Nigerians have this stupid sense of entitlement?

Why do we see people in a hurry & we just conclude they have no reason to be?
Why are we so quick to throw insults?
Why do we always feel our ego must be massaged?
Why do we feel more important that we are?
What would it cost these guys in both stories to clear the road...?

I was in Lagos a few years ago.
I was in a friend's car, heading to the Island.
We were in traffic on the 3rd Mainland Bridge.
The car next to us wanted to change lanes.
There was space between us & the car in front.
As he wanted to move in, my friend moved forward to block him!

Me: "Dude, why? Allow the guy enter nau!"
Him" 'NOOO!"
The NO was so vehement, I thought he probably knew the driver and had issues with him!
Me: "Why not?"
Him: "He didn't beg me! Harry, this is Lagos! You can't afford to be slack!"
Slack? What does that even mean?

Me: "He didn't beg you! So if he begs you, you will allow him in?"
Him: 'Yes!"
Me: "Oga ooo! But seriously, what will the begging do to you?"
We kept quiet for a few minutes...
Then he burst out in laughter!
He then signaled to the guy to cross over into his front.

Me: "What happened? You changed your mind?"
Him: "I thought over what you said. And I realized it made sense..."
Me: "You THOUGHT over it! Interesting! I'll tell you something: You thought over it & there was a change of mindset from WITHIN!
You become a HUMAN BEING today...

You were an ANIMAL before- animal don't think!"
We both laughed over it & the mood in the vehicle changed.
My friend became more good natured, friendlier- & very slack!

My point is this: Live & let live.
Life is simple, don't make it unnecessarily hard for people...

Shalom.