Gombe.
This man pissed me off eh. The bike man. He was a bit elderly so I controlled myself from lashing out as I felt.
I agreed with the driver from bauchi Park that he was going to take me to the park where I was to get another car going to my destination, in Gombe. So we get to Gombe Town.
Town is so beautiful 💕, street lights and very beautiful round abouts everywhere. I was tempted to spend the night but I had another bus to catch. I was still lost in the sights of the place, oohing and aahing when a passenger mentioned he wanted to alight.
The driver drops him and this man come and starts shouting the name of the town in Borno I was going to. The driver asks him if he's leaving now, assuming the man had a small vehicle to do the intrastate travel, and he says yes.
Before I get down from the bus I ask him again if he's leaving any moment, he says yes. All these while I just assumed his car was parked very close. It was getting late, and it's not advisable to travel late in the North. Some northern states still have curfews and do not allow any cars past their check points at that time. I was going to Borno which had curfew so you can understand my hurry.
I get down and follow this man, frantically looking for his car.
'Oga abeg hurry up. Where's the car? I hope there are passengers already?'
By this time my bus already left.
This man just took me to where a bike was parked and told me to get on.
'Oga I am not understanding. I thought you said you are leaving now? '
'Eh. Yes na. Na the bike be this. I go take you go the park wey you go enter motor'. He told me.
To say I was pissed off is putting it lightly🤦♀️.
Why the hell did you make me get down from that bus? That bus driver was supposed to take me to the park! Why convince me to get down here for you to now take me to where I was originally going to? I was livid😡!
'Oga what's this na? Why did you let me drop here? I was going there already.. 😒What's all these? How far is it sef?'
'It's not far. Just get on let me carry you there sharp sharp.'
He didn't even apologise, but instead was claiming the bus wouldn't have gotten there. And that every person going to that particular town had to drop on the way and take a bike to the park.
Some other guys around saw us arguing and came around. One of the guys who was a bit literate tried to make peace and explained. He apologised and told me most people dropped along the way too if the bus was delaying. We agreed, I and the bike man, and he finally took me to the park. The 'not - so - far place he described that I thought was less than ten minutes turned out to be another long and annoying trip on it's own. And worst mistake, we didn't agree on a price before leaving so that caused another issue again.
To say my mood was spoilt is putting it lightly. Luckily for me I was the second to last passenger to complete the vehicle as it was already getting late to travel.
Moral of the story should be,😒🤔 follow the driver to the park next time. (I guess)
But finally I look forward to visiting Gombe properly. The town is really fine. 😍
Image was taken as soon as I got to my destination. 😍
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