How people quickly calculate the value of a plate of food over their expensive shoes, Aso-ebi, jewelries and self respect have never ceased to baffle me. Its common place to see jewelries strewn all over the floor after food has been fought over, clothes torn, punches and scratches exchanged, let's not even talk about the hellish abuses that would be exchanged in this process.
From weddings to church programs, burials and other ceremonies, anytime free food is shared in such gatherings, there is usually a renewed energy in the air. When it comes to hustling for public food, there are no adults or children, everyone goes in head to head like it were a do or die affair. Mothers would go for the jugular, stretching hands, spraying abusive words like perfume, some shameless men would even grab the food from the servers, what a country.
The youths and children are something else, once food is sighted, everyone readies the animal in them, like a tiger who lays in wait for hours for the prey to come by, they spring into action, voices automatically fill the air and raw youthful muscles could be seen being flexed. Anyone who gets a plate of food is indeed a champion, he has achieved a huge feat, and then if eventually you were able to outsmart, outfight, out-curse and out-cheat the others so that you end up with more than one plate of food, then you are a super champion, an Usain bolt in the field of foodthletics, the superman of food wrestling and a god in the sphere of food grabbing.
Now back to our dear parents, what is it with you people and dragging for food with your grandchildren and youngsters, after eating for 50, 60 years, you still come and claim elderly rights over plates of food and meat in public, wow, clap for yourselves.
Back in Unilag, i once attended the wedding ceremony of my HOD's daughter, Lord! I never knew professors and dignitaries could possess such gluttony. the more food was served on their tables, the more they complained about not having gotten any food. it got so bad that some younger lecturers had to support the servers in supplying the already overfed professors with more food. The fact that we later got served howbeit without meat was a miracle.
This scenario later repeated itself at our alumni dinner, where Alumni of over 20-40 years, grandpas and parents at the least confiscated all the available food, so much that we the new inductees were left with nothing but snacks and table water to brood over on our own induction ceremony.
A proper analysis of this bad public food conduct would clearly reveal what's happening in our political sphere where a few politicians are ever ready to grab what's meant for everyone, so much to the delight and glee of their family members who hold them in so much esteem. This article is not meant to deter anyone for rightly fighting for their right to a plate of food in public functions, but remember respect is earned not freely given.
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