Story by: Chijioke Okoli
I needed a very quiet place for a virtual meeting as I would be away from home at the scheduled time, Havilah Bekee introduced me to a very beautiful and quiet lounge, just how I love it. Calm and cold.
I was even more pleased with the two staff that I met there, a lady and a young man, likely in his very early twenties. They were courteous. They even agreed to switch off the music for me when I told them that I needed everywhere in total silence. Now, the young man kept smiling and kept asking me if I was okay at every given opportunity. He was unusually friendly. Dark. Slim. Pink lips and very white teeth. With a pair of stud earrings. You know, an absolute cutie. I told Havilah that my gaydar has caught him and that I would be surprised if he wasn’t Queer.
As soon as I finished my meeting and asked for my bill, he brought it alongside a POS machine, a paper and pen. I paid and he quickly asked for my phone number, which he wrote down on the paper. At this point, I didn’t think it was a big deal because I know lounges and businesses that would ask for phone number after patronage, possibly to keep up with such customer. So I didn’t pay mind to it.
About three days later, I got a call from someone that introduced himself as Chris (not real name). He was the guy that attended to me. The lounge guy. He wanted to check up on me and also to inform me that he had stopped working at the lounge, and that he would like me to help him get a Job. I asked him few questions about whether or not he was sacked and why.
He confessed that he had “picked” over a million naira the previous month and his colleagues became jealous and then, told their Boss. He said that the colleagues told the Boss that a millionaire cannot be earning 35k with them and then, the Boss confronted him and he decided to stop!
Let me make this clear: He made over a million naira from Yahoo (his side hustle, according to him) the previous month, While he was still working in the lounge. His colleagues felt jealous that he has become a big boy and cannot be earning such meagerly. They told the Boss. Boss asked him to be sure. He decided to quit. He described the place as, TOXIC.
So he needed my assistance in getting a new job and possibly a place to stay because where he stayed was going to expire in the next 72hrs. I enquired where he stayed.
Lo and behold. Guess what? Guess first. Waitoo. This will shock you!!
Chris stayed in a hotel, just on the same street with the lounge. He stayed with two of his friends and paid 30k per night! So his money is finished. Over a million finish in less than two months.
I used to hear of the audacity of the Gen z but in Chris, I witnessed it first hand.
He used over a million to go and ball in a hotel, while he earned 35k.
Chris said he is 21 and would do any kind of Job.
I asked to know why me. Why he chose to ask me. Even when he doesn’t know me nor met me before that day, he was bold enough to say that it was because he likes me and it’s the reason he collected my number. That he loved the way I talked. Haaa!
I didn’t want to push it too far, just so I can understand him clearly, he confessed that he likes Men sometimes even though his friends and colleagues are not aware. Again, I was baffled by that level of chutzpah for someone of that age.
He went further to tell me that he’s willing to do even hookup if I could help “connect” him.
Aarhhh.
I Sha told him to be patient, pray and wait on the Lord, for his mercy endureth forever.
Chris still calls me everyday to remind me to not forget to get him a Job.
Me opening Chris’s eyes to see that he has just been hit by premium Hunger and Starvation