ANNOYING THINGS UITES DO

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ANNOYING THINGS UITES DO

There! I said it. You know me; I can’t see and not say. And believe me, I have seen a lot within a relatively short time. Uites are fun, Interesting, well behaved….bla,bla,bla. However, they could be extremely annoying, I mean, they have some very unbecoming habits that just, permit me to say, stinks. (Myself included, of course. I’m no saint). These annoying habits cut across all department, Faculties and levels.

You can decide to agree or disagree on these facts, but one thing, however, that I’m sure of is that this article is going to get me quite a few enemies (yipeee!). but I am Me, and Me just don’t care!

FORMING:

I used to be of the opinion that only ladies form; you know with all the Brazillian, Mongalian or French hair, latest blackberry or I-phone labels, first grade bend down select, et cetera, phony accents even when they graduated from Ojuelegba high school (you know yourselves); but then I came across the shocking fact; guys too form!! Borrow shirt from Kunle, belt from Emeka, and borrow car from Mustapha and they go about on campus as if their dad is Dangote. Now, don’t get me wrong, I do not begrudge a person who tries to look good or feel good about himself; beht why do you feel the need to project what you are not? Why must you elevate yourself unnecessarily? Why must you spend your last kobo on buying the latest shoes just to feel among? What does it profit a Uite to dress well and drink garri when he gets back to his room?

 

Looking the Other way:

Now, this is serious. A UI student will see his/her friend in the cab and decide to ignore him/her just because he does not want to pay the person’s cab fare! That is what I call shameful! It happened to me once. I was sitting and minding my business at the back of the cab and this girl I know just entered. Our eyes locked and me being the ever-courteous lady that I am wanted to greet her and she just “carry face”. Then I thought, “did she just snub me because of #20, did she think for one second that I did not have my Cab fare? Anyway, I paid her fare and she was like, “Oh my God, I didn’t know you were in there, thanks” (she’s got poor acting skills, by the way)

HOARDING MATERIALS:

Now why a person would want to hoard course materials is beyond me. Ok, you want to have 7 points, nothing wrong with that. But why would you, for Christ’s sake, want to prevent others from passing? And these set of people that hoard materials are the ones that keep failing. I have quite a number of them around me, and believe me, the lengths these people go to, to make sure others don’t get course materials, would have been laughable if it were not so depressing. Dear hoarders, we are now in the University not secondary school, so, grow up!

STRINGING PEOPLE ALONG:

Oh boy, I am quite guilty of that too. I mean, I know I wouldn’t date a guy yet I’ll continue to keep him around for emergency purposes. For example when I’m bored and need some company or when I need someone to take me out, or when I need a ride (I’m cruel right?) but seriously, its not fair on the other party. Feelings are involved and really, you do not know how devastated the person will be when you hand them the red card. So, ladies, lets be just a little considerate, if you know you have no intention of dating that guy, then just let him go so he could find someone willing to. But if you refuse to stop, you just might get strung along yourself, it’s a vicious cycle.

VISITING WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE:

guys are particularly guilty of this. Imagine someone just calls you one night and says, “Hey, I’m in front of your hall” or the more brazen ones that know your room numbers will just knock on your door and be like, “Hello, I’m here”. And in my mind I’ll be like, really! What if I’m not around? People can be so ridiculous. You want to visit someone, the least you could do is call them and actually ask if its convenient. That’s what I call common courtesy!

ANNOYING

Whining:

Sometimes, I think University of Ibadan should be changed to “Federal Republic of Whiners” Poor me, when I was in 100level; I had no idea what I was in for. I had some lovely room mates who should be crowned Queens of Whiners. I was just practicing with make up then (when I remember how I used to make up my face then, I feel like bursting into tears) and I had just bought this pink blusher and feeling on top of the world, without realizing that I actually looked like a masquerade (and that’s putting it lightly). And my room mates would say, “Oh, babe, you look so beautiful! You should contest for Miss Awo (which I did; story for another day).

Once I saw a scene in Indy hall, it was so hilarious. Two guys met each other and one of them prostrated and said, “good afternoon, my oga”, the other one quickly went flat on the ground and also said, “No o, Na you be the boss of bosses now”…….on and on they went, none of them wanted to stand up first. People came and started taking pictures of two prostrating fools. Now, that is just childish, I tell you

GREETING YOU ONLY DURING CAMPAIGN:

Election time is my favourite period. Why? Because it is when you see people who would ordinarily not look at me twice start smiling at me, saying stuffs like, “Hello ma”, “How are you doing ma”, Good day boss”. It’s so hypocritical and pretentious, if you ask me! Immediately they get elected into office, they forget all about you. But I also learn to maximize that opportunity, I mean, I make sure I get free lunches and dinner from them because they are always willing to please. But then, what can I say, its all part of the trend.

CHECKING OTHER PEOPLE’S RESULTS

I was trying to check my results one day, along with like twenty other people, trying to trace my matric no. I located my matric no and I saw one foreign “finger” pointing at my matric no, actually checking my result! Now, I’m not a dull student and I do not have any reason to be embarrassed about my result, but then I do not like people spying on my results without my permission. And its not out of concern, they just want to gloat. Its just not cool

All these, are just to mention a few of the things poor little me have had to contend with in this school. But of course no one is perfect, not even me! But then, there are some things that are unbecoming and I hope that we can make little adjustments where needed.

I welcome your suggestions and criticisms any day anytime. See you next week.

 

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