Standard Portion?

I have a complaint to make... I could call names but I have chosen to be civil and exercise some restraint.

I oppose!

I walked into an eatery yesterday and ordered food; I was served Eba with soup that looked like someone put their finger into a pot of soup and tapped it on my plate leaving a smudge. A bit confused I looked up at the lady attending to me, ‘’this soup is really small’’ I said, wondering if it was some kind of joke, she smiled and casually replied... ‘’ You would have to buy extra-soup sir’’. ‘’Extra-soup?’’, I hadn’t even touched the one I bought... Heck I was still standing on the same queue, same spot I ordered this five seconds ago. As if to pour petrol to my already burning temper, the attendant continues... ‘’that is our standard portion sir...’’.

‘’Standard portion’’... I thought a portion of anything should be what it is...‘’a portion’’?

 ‘’Young woman... is extra not suppose to come after the ‘’ORIGINAL-SERVE’’, you haven’t even completed the portion I paid for!’’. I then took another look at my Eba, realizing if I am to start buying extras, I would need five more miniature portions of extra soup to eat this bloody Eba.

So there I was, standing in line carrying my tray of sub-standard portion of egusi-soup and begging God to stop me from using the soup as a weapon of mass-destruction.

What annoyed me most was the reaction of other customers, I don’t know why people in Nigeria act like they are all millionaires... instead of saying something reasonable or asking why we should pay so much for so little, they stand there complaining, more concerned with why you are holding up the line.

Suffering and smiling according to FELA has made us unable to differentiate between standard and outright-stupid.

It is about time we allowed these unrepentant-swindling Eatery owners eat their own food... Nonsense!