I’m not crazy about Whats App, and it’s for the singular reason that anyone who has my number can send me messages. I’m not much of a chat person (which is why Facebook chat is permanently off); I’m more available on e-mail. Chat means that I have to respond right now and possibly have an entire conversation, but I’m not always in the mood. And the truth is that sometimes, people you don’t know or care to chat with will send you messages.
So there I was yesterday minding my business when a Nigerian number kept sending several messages saying, “Hi.” Rewind. Yesterday wasn’t the first day; it had been happening for the past few days, but I never responded. Then after several Hi messages, the person now called me by my Igbo name. Aaaahhhh!
Only people who are close to me and people who knew me long time ago know my Igbo name. The name isn’t a secret, but it’s just not too known, so when some random person on Whats App calls me by that name, I listen. So I responded.
My people, see me see motorcycle oh! [I don’t really know what this sentence means, but my mom always says it, so yeah]. How can you sell your phone and not delete the information in it? Now I’m wondering how many other people have my information. And I like how he said, “Buh u luk sharp,” like that just makes everything better.
I don’t believe Emmanuel though. I think there’s something he’s not telling me. Maybe he stole the phone. Maybe he is the someone who knows me but doesn’t want to say. Maybe he’s in cahoots with the person who knows me. I don’t know. I just know that I was baffled yesterday. I mean, don’t you clear your phone clean before selling it? And when you do sell a phone, do you sell it with the number, too? You’d take your sim card out first, no?
So Emmanuel, I don’t know which kin yeye game you’re playing oh, but I will not be a part of it (not anymore at least). After that bit of information, Emmanuel kept sending me more messages, which I ignored. He wanted to know if I was Nigerian, if I was single, and if I lived America. All ignored. He is now blocked.
Nigerian people, please warn yourselves oh! *pulling right ear lobe* Which kind ting be dis one? Abi did they send this random whats app-er from the village?
Lol…
If you save a contact to the handset (and not the SIM), then pulling out the SIM still leaves the contact on the phone. Folks who have multiple SIM cards (MTN, Airtel, Glo, etc) but with a single handset save contacts this way. Secondly, some people can be lazy and will sell a handset without bothering to ‘sterilize’ it. Sometimes, it’s not laziness but more of not caring about their address book falling into someone else’s hands (if everybody were circumspect, you wouldn’t see people sharing everything about their life on social media). It could also be one of your theories such as the guy stole the phone…
On the other hand, the guy don talk say ‘you look sharp…’ & ‘ya very bright and sharp’. All should be 4given based on those 2 statements :).
Hahahaha. Webround, see your life. So because he don talk say I look very sharp, suddenly suddenly, it’s all good abi? Loool. Well, people need to sterilize their phones. It’s not nice at all to have strangers sending me IMs.
Meanwhile, where on earth (or internet) have you been?!
Oluwavera tor sharp, Vera tor fine! You’re sure it’s not Igwe in disguise? Scratch that it’s a Nigerian number, lol. I get “hi” messages from people I just added (sometimes you need to invest now, lol), thinking by chance we’ll rub intellectual minds together. But when I don’t respond back they have the nerve to call me out and school me, asking me if I think they’e pesky. Nigerians and their entitlement issues on FB. Mcheww!
Worship, the Facebook one is better nah. At least you know you actually added them. This one is on Whatsapp, with my number — which I did not give to whoever this person is. Igwe is actually in Nigeria at the moment, but he’ll be cray cray to do dis kin thing.
Worship, the Facebook one is better nah. At least you know you actually added them. This one is on Whatsapp, with my number — which I did not give to whoever this person is. Igwe is actually in Nigeria at the moment, but he’ll be cray cray to do dis kin thing.
LOL!! This one pass motorcycle, abeg.
Ok, Emmanuel has a friend. But he has to ‘make enquiry’ to know what his friend’s name is.
If he keeps bugging you, you’ll have to name him and shame him – stop blurring out his surname and protecting his identity.
In closing let me just say – u luk sharp! 😉
Vivacious … hahaha. Thank you for telling me I luk sharp. Nne, that is why I said Emmanuel’s story, e get as e be … cause I don’t understand what kind of enquiry (inquiry) he has to go and make.
Thank God for BLOCKING
Berry no be small thing ooo
Hahahaha!!
They have started stalking Vera!
I wonder what the dude for talk if he knew you blogged about it.
At least he was honest to tell you some truths like he has never met you…not like the 419 calls wey dey disturb me from time to time. Those knuckleheads claim to know me and even mention where I live and work (creepy!).
Damn! They mention your residence and job?? That’s really creepy. Pele. He might go and copy the link and share it on Facebook to tell people that he is now famous because his name and conversation appeared on a blog. Loool.
Hen hen hen!
You look sharp…
What the heck does that mean?
Afronuts, it beats the heck outta me. I don’t know oh. Lol.
Vera shap gaan! Babygal you too mush!!!! LOL. Emmanuel has fallen in love, you have captivated him with your sharpness!
Sisi Yemmie, loool. Is that what we’re going to call it? Okay now.
LOL. your secret admirers should form a club. they are quite a lot.
Eniola, I don’t know for that one oh. If they exist, they should make themselves known.
lol at “you look sharp”
the guy knows ur in america and is trying to see if he could land you….lol. you cant blame nwa boy for trying his luck..lol
But i get how annoying it is.
Kiky, see oh! Trying to land me inukwa? Lol. Very funny. Well, goodluck to him with that.
Please where was Igwe and what was he doing when Emmanuel was trying to set his sharp geh’s P? Chai! I have a lot of them like that on my contacts too!
Earniewhine, tehehe Igwe was not there oh. He left me alone for a second and someone else started noticing my sharpness and brightness. Lol.
Hahahaha very funny. You should have told him he looked sharp too nah. Maybe he would have warmed up and you would have known the real story. I suspect he stole it too sha
ThisLagosGirl, my dear, my mind no dey for that one sef. All I was thinking was, “this dude that I don’t know has my picture on his phone.”
Yeah, I won’t be surprised at all if he stole it 🙁
Thanks Oo Nwoye and Verastic for wasting 3 minutes of my life. Reading this was like listening to a 12 year old complaining about how her first period took her unawares. No be today, there are creeps EVERYWHERE, and you should know what to do. For one, you can use the block button.
Whatsapp rocks and don’t you forget it 😉
What exactly are you implying with the 12 year old and her period? People just need to stop talking nonsense.
you are lucky it was not a call. the sharp would have been pronounced “charp’
moreover, onitsha is notorious for selling stolen phones….