I will start by asking some questions.
"Those living in countries with a crashing economy, how do you guys cope?"
The rate at which the prices of food items sky-rocket ion a hourlt basis is worth ranting over. "How do the poor or less privileged take care of themselves in this seemingly shitty economy?" I feel like screaming my lungs out but thankfully, there is a place to vent and I will gladly rant on as much as I want.
Yesterday, I went with two of my neighbours to the market. It wasn't just that we went to buy food stuff but these ladies told me that in order to get things at a good price, I would have to wake up early and folow them to thw market. According to them, they wanted to meet with the wholesalers rather than meet with retailers. It sounded good as long as a little money can be saved in the end and so I followed them to the market as early as 5am.
It took about thirty minutes to get to the market and when we arrived, there was already hustling and bustling already. I followed the ladies in moving from section to section as they bargained with the wholesalers on goods that they wanted to buy.
The price if things currently is so alarming that I feel like beating someone up 😁😁. Currently a bag of rice is sold for #72,000 as per #68,000 it was sold for the previous week. I stood for some minutes withy mouth open wide as I could not believe the cost of the rice.
As if that was not enough, perishable goods also followed the trend. A little bucket of fresh tomatoes and pepper costs so much. The money I had on me was practically useless because everything that I wanted to buy were just super high. As I went from stall to stall, accompanying my two neighbours, I began to wander about those whose minimum wage was not up to par with the market value or even those workers who are being underpaid, earning very little despite putting in a lot of effort.
To say that I was displeased is an understatement. I was very very livid, like a volcano about to erupt. I bought the little that I could because I can't kill myself. Plus anger is not enough to satisfy me, it is food that I need. My neighbours were also managing to buy some food stuffs for their homes and once they were done, it was time to convey the goods home and that was when another show down happened.
The commercial motorcycle riders that we booked to convey us from the market back to our homes, took one look at the little food stuffs that we careied and doubled the transport fare. Wait.....did I say double or triple. It felt like the transport fare was tripled and all for no reason except that we carried goods. Yesterday was not so pleasing to me at all and the only thing I can do is hope... hope that soon the economy will be stabilized but for now , I can only rant.
Thank you all for reading 🤗
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