I have seen why people make this statement, do not pity on them, pity on yourself, but I was not always cool with it, because i used to assumed, how could someone not pity on another person, I never knew it was from their experiences in life, that makes them speak that way.
It happens yesterday, I went to buy an electric bulb, and there is this guy in my neighborhood, that has come and run his shop new, i feel for him, since his business was so small and other competitors around him are tycoon in the business, I make it known to myself that, whenever I want to buy a bulb, i will be buying from him, so yesterday evening, when I entered into my bathroom, I didn't see any light, after I switched on the generator.
I came out of the bathroom, On and Off the connected switch many times, and it was still not lighting, so I went out to buy a bulb, this i am talking about, should be around 5:11 PM, so there was still shops operating, shops around here, closes by 9 or 10 PM, so I arrived in the place, and It was not like there were no other shops that was selling bulbs.
There were, but I wanted to patronized this new guy that has just opened a small kiosk in that place in selling of electricity appliances, so I decided, I would be buying from him, I bought two bulbs from him, and he didn't test it for me, since there were other people there, that came for their appliances, and me too, I was in a hurry, because, the way I saw things was that, he can repair small homes appliances too.
So, I collected the bulb's from him and I went out of his shop, I get on my way to the house, I reached home and I fixed the bulbs and the first one were not showing any light, I thought maybe I have not fixed it properly, so I insert the other one and it was still doing the same, I knew he has sold to me spoiled things.
I went back to his shop, and I complaint to him that his bulb's are not working, if one at least light, I would just let it go, I was expecting a good response from the guy but he rather said, I have blown the two bulb's and now, I am expecting him to believe me, I was really shut of words, and when something like this happened, It seems, I will just began to stammer.
I was just there with my mouth shut, and the most funniest part was that, he was raising his voice and even the people he was repairing their home's appliances for, put the blame on me, that i have plugged the bulbs in an engine that is not steady, so I am the cause of the bulb's not working, I didn't know if to cry or not.
I only understand that, this thing about being an introvert is demanding sometimes, because to say something outside feels like a big thing for me, even when someone offended me, i tends to just be looking at them, if to say, I am someone who can talked and raised voice, at least I would have do that, and maybe, the people would have noticed the truth in me, but I was still using my normal low tune, even while I was hurt, and I was not convincing to them enough.
I learned not to pity on people unnecessary, because some people do not deserve it, if to say, I went to where I used to buy bulbs, I will not have encountered the stress of going back to his shop, but, because I took pity on the new guy who operates a small electrical shop, as I wanted him to grow, I end up, buying something that is not giving me the satisfaction I need.
I left the two bulbs there, so this morning, I went there to talk to him, then when I got there, I wanted to begin where I stop, like explained to him, then the guy, just concluded it for me, by telling me, since he didn't test the bulbs, he would take the blame, I didn't believe he was going to change it for me, due to how he reacts yesterday, it was so funny on the way, I tried to talk to him, to understand that, it wasn't my fault, I dipped my hands into my pocket, and I wanted to give him five hundred naira, but he asked me to keep it.
Right now, I do not know if to be happy or if to be sad, at the end, it still show's that, I can't get my mind off him, I still feels for him, to grow big in his business.