Oh that's fine. On your bill or mine?
Yours of course.
No problem. But if it's on me then we can only go to the movies on specific days.
Really? What days?
Mondays and Wednesdays at Ozone Cinema, E-Centre Yaba. Wednesdays anytime of day and Saturdays and Sundays before 12 noon at Genesis Deluxe Cinema @ The Palms, Lekki.
And other days?
I can go on other days, but that will have to be on you.
He's looking at me like I'm crazy or something, so I had to explain. You see, Mondays and Wednesdays @ E-centre is N1, 000 for movie ticket, popcorn and drink. Saturdays and Sundays before noon and every Wednesday is N500 ONLY for a movie ticket @GDC, the Palms, Lekki.
Who goes to the movies before 12 noon on weekends?
I raise my hands!
He looks at me again like I'm crazy
Alright, let me explain further. You see, other days - Movie ticket: N1, 000. Popcorn - N500. Drink - N300. Weekends - Movie Ticket: N1, 500. Popcorn - N500. Drink - N300. It's the same freaking movie...why pay more? All I need to do is be patient...and I pay less.
That's not being patient Linda. That's being cheap!
Whatever! So which of these cheap days do you want to go?
Wednesday.
But you know we can do other days on your bill
I said Wednesday is fine Linda
Wednesday it is then.
Cheap ass woman
Sorry, did you say something?
Nothing.
Having a time table for going to the movies.
This can't be normal!
grow up linda, what kind of men do see this days.with such kind of man it cant take you anywhere.
ReplyDeletelol...I agree...IT IS the same movie, so why pay more? nice one Linda.
ReplyDeletehe's just as cheap as you are. actually, no - he's twice as cheap cos 1) he expects you to pay 2) he chooses one of your 'cheap' days to go... smh... what sort of a man even tells a woman to pay for him. it's one thing if she volunteers/insist, but for him to outright tell her is... *shrugs*
ReplyDelete-ugo
lol, its very normal oh! thats my exact timetable!
ReplyDeleteim dey crace....so na im no cheap. when im want to use your money. i am all up for women picking up the bill sometimes but for an idiot to come and tell me when to pay is ludicrous and stand by every word.
ReplyDeletehe even had the audacity to say "cheap days" when he's a money grubbing whore. i don't care if he's your friend or lover or secret admirer or man of your dreams......he needs the boot and i mean FAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RUBBISH AND NONSENSE
im dey crace....so na im no cheap. when im want to use your money. i am all up for women picking up the bill sometimes but for an idiot to come and tell me when to pay is ludicrous and stand by every word.
ReplyDeletehe even had the audacity to say "cheap days" when he's a money grubbing whore. i don't care if he's your friend or lover or secret admirer or man of your dreams......he needs the boot and i mean FAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RUBBISH AND NONSENSE
Lol, this is probably that mam's boy talking. O and kudos dear, I love a woman that knows how to stretch a buck. You are not cheap you are smart.
ReplyDeleteVery normal Linda. Me and my SO also take in more matinees than the evening showing at the cinema.
ReplyDeleteNothing do you
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha, I mean laughing all the way, those are my days too, especially wednesdays after work.
ReplyDeleteMay the good God deliver you from all these stingy men.
ReplyDeleteCan't stop laughing
ReplyDeleteLinda, tell me this is not fiction and I will faint *foc*
lol
LMHO...i dey 4 ur back jor!...why spend more for the same quality/film/ items?..hahaahaa.
ReplyDelete@anon 10:59, surprise and skank...u guys don't seem to get it. this story isn't about any guy - can't u read btw the lines? it's about me and my movie schedule. this is what i say to my sisters, friends, acquaintances etc that i offer to take to the movies...bottom line - if u wanna go with me...these are the days I go...i used the guy as a muse...cos some of my friends jokingly call me cheap when i tell them what days we can go to the movie..:-)
ReplyDeleteanyway, those who got it, got it!
@ugo...smh!
ReplyDeleteperfectly normal..i do the same too
ReplyDelete@Linda Ikeji 9.04 am..., Don't mind me jare. Thanks for breaking it down for me. Na night school I attend, I no dey sabi book for morning.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the prize for getting your 'fiction' right so that next time i can pay for people to decode it for me.
lol. it is perfectly normal please. y pay more?
ReplyDeleteLinda! Why not make 'This can't be normal!' into parts e.g 1-10? It is getting confusing. Are you writing a novel or what? After all, you are a graduate of English...
ReplyDeleteLinda! Why not make 'This can't be normal!' into parts e.g 1-10? It is getting confusing. Are you writing a novel or what? After all, you are a graduate of English...
ReplyDeleteits very normal abeg, nothing wrong with cutting costs here and there. Selecting a cheaper day says I am prudent not miserly or stingy! ;)
ReplyDeleteCan't stop laughin..will gladly do the same..
ReplyDeleteIT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL TO ME O!
ReplyDeleteAbeg, it perfectly normal. This is also my schedule, and infact in the "cheapness" of it all, i probably have seen more movies than alot of the expensive people. Mchewww, Linda, abeg find more cheap days for us jor!
ReplyDeleteAbeg, it perfectly normal. This is also my schedule, and infact in the "cheapness" of it all, i probably have seen more movies than alot of the expensive people. Mchewww, Linda, abeg find more cheap days for us jor!
ReplyDeletewell, in my own opinion, dat is cheap! why not oda days? i wld understand if u had said u can't afford oda days, not selecting cheap days to take ur friends out to the movies. Am sure dey are worth more dan dat? Except i did not get u right, dats outrightly cheap my dear.
ReplyDeleteGeez! Y'all already assume it's a guy driving the conversation, and calling this 'supposed' guy cheap! LMAO!
ReplyDeleteGood on you, I have nothing against seeing a movie at the full price, if it really comes to it (like I really really really want to see that movie at that time), but most times I'm seeing a movie them when I get a free popcorn & a drink!
Something I notice about Nigerians is that they like "Keeping Up With The Joneses", and it's the people that don't even have money that like acting like they have it all....then go home and soak garri.
ReplyDeleteI bow to una!
its perfectly normal and like you said its the same movie why pay more? cinemas are supposed to be cheap except they are doing some movie premier there if not then its supposed to be. its just expensive because of the lack of competition.
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