{"id":12809,"date":"2016-09-08T01:01:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T05:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=12809"},"modified":"2016-09-18T23:57:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T03:57:44","slug":"let-tell-mr-tokunbo-oladejo-dana-air-acted-fool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/social\/let-tell-mr-tokunbo-oladejo-dana-air-acted-fool.html","title":{"rendered":"Let Me Tell You How Mr. Tokunbo Oladejo From Dana Air Acted A Fool"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is part of the Verastic In Nigeria series<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to curse the day, but I had a not-great day on Tuesday. Prior to Tuesday, I couldn\u2019t get a flight out of Lagos to Jos. According to the website, the only available Jos flight was for Thursday, which was two days later than I planned. So I decided to buy a ticket to Abuja and then drive from Abuja to Jos.<\/p>\n

The most convenient flight for me on that Tuesday was one by Dana Air (flight 9J-335), which was scheduled to leave Lagos at 12:40. We got to the airport sometime past 11 AM. We checked our luggage in, and then we were told that the flight had been rescheduled to some time past 5PM. And it was said so casually, as if 5:00 PM wasn\u2019t a whole six hours later.<\/p>\n

A staff at the counter whispered to me that I should speak to her boss to let me go on the earlier flight which was leaving at 2:00 PM. She pointed the boss out to me and said that I should mention to him that I had a baby. I mean, Lagos isn\u2019t the place where you leave the Mainland and go back to the Island in hopes of strolling back in when it\u2019s time. So I went to meet the boss.<\/p>\n

\"Tokunbo<\/p>\n

\u201cGood afternoon, sir,\u201d<\/em> I greeted him. I explained my situation to him as calmly and as respectfully as possible. He was very dismissive, and was literally walking away from me. He asked me, \u201cThe plane is full, so where do you want me to put you?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 I went back to the check-in counter, and my three pieces of luggage were still sitting on the scale after being weighed. He started raising his voice, \u201cCarry this thing away from here! I told you the plane is full. Standing here will not make me give you a seat.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

I was pissed and felt disrespected, but still, I thought I\u2019ll control myself and try one more time. So once again, I followed him when he came out from behind the counter. That was when he yelled at me again and said that I was embarrassing him.<\/p>\n

Me, Vera Ezimora, embarrassing him? Because I was asking to get the service that I paid for? I was not asking for a free flight or a discounted flight. And it was not that I had changed my mind about which flight I wanted. Instead, it was Dana Air that changed their plans and did not think it was necessary to let me know. So I left and went back to the counter. I needed to know this man\u2019s name because I had decided that I needed to tell you about him.<\/p>\n

The girl at the counter was reluctant to tell me his name. Eventually, she said his name was Mr. Tokunbo, but she refused to tell me his last name. While I was still talking to her, Mr. Tokunbo reared his ugly head. She introduced me to me and said, \u201cThis is my senior manager, so you can talk to him.\u201d<\/em> Right there, in front of him, I told her that her senior manager had said I was embarrassing him. She looked shocked and did not know what or how to respond. Mr. Tokunbo tried to defend himself by saying, \u201cEhn, but how did it get to that point?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

At this time, calm-speaking Vera was gone, and in her place was Mgbafor who did not care how loudly she was speaking, what she was saying, or who was listening. I said a lot of things to him, including calling him a piece of shit and an asshole. Yes, I said it. It was not my proudest moment, but I remain unapologetic. And please, don\u2019t leave me a comment about how he\u2019s older than me. Dana Air did not charge me less money for being younger.<\/p>\n

At the end, I demanded a refund. I used the money to buy tickets that were N10,000 more expensive from Med-View. I did not get home till about 1:00 in the morning. Thank you, Dana Air.<\/p>\n

So how did I eventually get Mr. Tokunbo\u2019s full name? I did it the old-fashioned way. I asked Dana Air. I sent the tweet below, and they responded. Case closed. The man you see above is Tokunbo Oladejo.<\/p>\n

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What’s the name of this senior manager at @danaair<\/a> (Lagos)? I need to commend him for his excellent work yesterday pic.twitter.com\/bcFi2Qq5TN<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Vera Ezimora (@verastic) September 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n