My dearly beloved brothers and sisters, friends, and acquaintances, who reside in Nigeria,
I am always delighted to hear from you. I am touched and honoured when one of you spends your money to telephone me in the U.S., and I really appreciate your efforts to stay in touch. However, a request, if any of you happen to be reading this. PLEASE look at your watches when you call. The Central Time Zone in the U.S., where I live, is currently six hours behind the time in Nigeria. That means that when it is 10am in Kano, it is 4am in my city. In a few months, our time zone will switch back another hour meaning that Nigeria will be 7 hours ahead of us, which means that when it is 10am in Nigeria it will be 3am here. While I am delighted to hear from people, I am usually not delighted to be woken from a sweet sleep at 2, 3, or 4am etc, especially when I have been struggling with insomnia. Additionally, it, quite rightly, pisses off my roommate, especially since this has happened at least 10 or 12 times in the last year. This is a landline, not a cell phone; therefore, a call at 3 or 4am wakes up not only myself but everyone in the house.
Therefore, while I love to hear from people, please, don Allah, don Annabi, look at your clock before you call and only call me between the hours of 9am-11pm Central Standard American time.
Thank you. Na gode.
4 comments:
Oh dear. You'll definitely get those calls now. I feel your pain.
Oh god! I feel your pain. No matter how many times I have personally explained the time difference, I still get called at ungodly hours. I simply turn off my phone's ringer when I go to bed.
..hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
..girl, i am laughin so hard.
i dont think they get the time thing back home, me i usually just fall asleep on the phone while they are talkin.
This was very funny, luckinly thats one problem I don't have to grapple with in London..
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