Now then, the following incident only happened last Thursday.
I was at the university laundry and I was in a rush to pick up my clothes so that I could get to my computer labs early and talk to my friend. That day, my luck was at its usual level (zero) because the door of the washing machine I had put my clothes in was stuck! Being the calm person that I am, I decided not to worry and I walked through the corridor and across to the porters office.
I waited for the porter to arrive and I told him "Sorry to bother you brother, but my clothes are stuck in the washing machine in the far corner of the lundry. The door just isn't opening. Can you give me a hand with it please?"
The guy simply smiled and told me "Oh yeah, that machine again! There's no need to worry. It often gets stuck. What you have to do is use a bit of force on it and it'll open with a click as usual."
So I headed back to the laundry to with my newly aquired knowledge. So I simply followed the instructions given to me and pulled the door with a bit of force. It didn't open, so I used a little more force than before. And sure enough, I sound came from the washing machine door. However, it was not a "click"... it was more of a a "clunk". Two other Nigerian students in the laundry had now turned towards me were staring with amazement. I was once again devestated... because the washing machine door had come right off and was now in my hands.
I stood around for a minute pondering over what I should do or say. The other 2 were also silent. Eventually I decided to take the washing machine door and give it to the porter. So, I walked to the porters office once again carrying the door with me. As I walked past people, they stared at me wondering what I was doing with a washing machine door.
My luck came into play once again because the porter was no longer in his office when I got there! So I waited outside his office for roughly 8 minutes holding the door. More people walked past and I noticed that in each case, they stopped talking as they walked past me! 😆 Finally one person did decide to talk to me... a security guard that was passing by!
The big guy walked over to me and asked me what I was doing. I told him that I was waiting to order a curry... I mean why else would anyone ever wait outside the porters office? 😃 The guy was in a good mood so he simply smiled and asked me why I was trying to steal a washing machine door. I told him that I intended to sell it for a profit of 5 million pounds. At that time, the porter arrived. Before he entered the his office, I handed the door to him. The expression on his face was probably similar a hen's face when it lays an egg... 😕
He didn't speak for close to a minute, so in that time I explained what had happened to both the security guy and the porter. I repeatedly made mention of the fact that I simply followed instructions. Of course, the porter agreed. Good guy!
And then I left after the security guy wished me luck in making my quick 5 million pounds. Oh well, at least I got my clothes back 😃
God bless.