[Mhiz Rebecca]

[quote] In this quagmire state of the nation, life has now
become so unbearable that the prices of all commodities
have doubled/tripled up. People are now very economical as
they no longer spend unnecessarily nor waste food stuffs
Without wasting time, below are the things you will barely
find in people's waste bin during this recession
1. Burnt Foods
You can notice this when you want to dispose waste
materials to PSP officials. Take a glance at the disposal
carriage of their vehicles and you will never see any burnt
food disposed by people. It's either you find biscuit nylons,
sweet wraps, broken buckets, etc. This means that people
now stay glued to the kitchens watching over their foods just
to avoid a story that touches the heart. Even if the food gets
burnt, they will carefully scrap the underneath of the pot and
will still eat it.
2. Rice
Gone are those days when people used to throw their
leftovers into the waste bins when they can no longer
consume it, but recession has brought about changes,
whereby, almost every citizen now has a peak milk tin used
for measuring rice for a perfect gauge, considering the fact
that a bag of rice can now buy plot of land in places like
Mowe and Ibafo.
3. Spaghetti Nylon
The price of spag has now increased by 250%, therefore, only
the rich can afford to buy it. In fact, the demand for spag has
drastically reduced to the extent that many spaghetti
companies are now folding up. To be very sincere with you,
Tosyne2much has not eaten spaghetti for the past six months
so how do you even find the nylon in my waste bin? Never!!
4. Empty Can Milk
Another thing you will hardly find in Nigerians' waste bin in
this period of recession are empty cans of Peak milk, Three
Crown, etc. The prices of these commodities are not smiling
on youths at all. What you're liable to find are empty Cowbell
wraps, Jago milk wraps and the likes. This is because people
now settle for sachet milk rather than can milk
5. Condom Packs
This sounds very funny but it's very true. Most guys are now
broke that they can't even boast of one square meal a day let
alone three square meal. Guys now channel their little energy
on things that will brighten their future rather than sex. Now
that most states can't pay salaries, most guys are starving
and they won't even have the energy to bleep a lady for 30
seconds let alone one hour. You will barely spot condom
packs in waste bins because "na person wey chop bellyful go
fit get the energy to satisfy ladies for bed nah"
6. Egg Shell
The last time I priced a crate of egg, I had to dish insults and
rain curses on the seller thinking he wanted to scam me,
unknown to me that a crate of egg is now being sold at N1,
100. Many people can no longer eat eggs anymore because
of the hike as they now settle for mushrooms and kote fish.
7. Empty Noodles Packs
Empty noodles packs are the common thrashes you would
find in almost every waste bin in Lagos but now, spotting
empty noodles packs in waste bins has become a thing of the
past. On a very serious note, finding a pack of noodles in
waste bins in this period of recession is likened to finding a
Nigerian politician that doesn't embezzle public fund.
8. Bournvita/Milo Cans
An average Nigerian student likes to buy beverages every
semester but recently, recession has robbed many students of
these things and barely would you find them in their rooms
nor waste bins.
9. Corn Flakes Packs
Many students will agree with me that most ladies normally
use corn flakes packs to decorate their rooms so as to
intimidate their fellow students and visitors by positioning it
on their trolly for them to see. But recently, people now use
empty corn flakes packs to design their rooms even without
anything in it. I once visited a lady last week and when she
went outside to get me a chilled soft drink, I spotted a corn
flakes on her trolly and wanted to eat some, only for me to
find ridiculous things such phone charger, desktop and USB
cable in it.
10. Sardines Cans
Before coming up with this article, I actually examined up to
15 waste bins as my case study, and to my surprise, I
couldn't even find an empty sardines can in those bins. I
known this is due to the fact that recession has escalated the
price of sardines to N250
I drop my pen at this juncture
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