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Age and The Nigerian Mentality

Age is a very serious matter in Nigeria. People act like as you get older, the gods just appear to you on birthdays and impart life's wisdom on you that younger people are not privy to. This wisdom now gives you the right to act like a god over people and say things you would not want said to you; due to age, that chilled, laid back work place that is gaining traction in the Western world cannot work in Nigeria. When you were seriously beaten for not calling someone who your older sister was friends with 'SIS' because she was older than you, or 'BROS' all because of age, you now want to walk down the corridor of the office and refer to your senior or Jero or Esther, so they will stop you and explain to you how many meetings they have had with the gods therefore you have no right to be referring  to them on first name basis or when a young person tries to tell one of your subordinate staff members who happens to be much older than you off and they go out and grumbl...