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I’m in this Labone troski and there’s this kayayie insisting to be paid at least GHS5 but the person who picked her says all she has is GHS4. Obviously this Kayayie is going on and on, being visibly aggressive and “rude” and everyone is on the woman’s side. 1/
The people in the car are on the woman’s side because the load heavy and the distance was considerably short. Others in the car are talking Amit how it’s just GHS1 so the kayayie should just let it go and stop being stubborn.
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Eventually the driver of the bus had compassion on the girl who was in tears by this time, and gave her the GHS5. The lack of empathy is what I keep thinking about. In all fairness, that GHS1 means nothing to the lady and she could let it go.
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On the other hand, it’s everything to this little girl. She looked no older than 16. She has to pay her Toll for being a kayayie (last I checked, it was GHS1 a day), she had to eat; she most likely has siblings and people dependent on her.
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Granted that she was rude, at a point in time, she was insulting the woman in her dialect, is that enough defence not to sympathize? Because the lady didn’t mind NOT PAYING her if she continued to insist on the GHS5.
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She actually intimated that if the bus moved, she’d throw GHS2 at the girl because the girl brought it on herself. Made me sad ngl. That GHS1 which meant nothing to her was probably the difference between the Kayayie sleeping on the streets or in a rented kiosk
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All in all, I’m saying we should learn to be kinder. I’m still learning what kindness is, and it’s never too late to learn kindness.
