#016
Burger in Bariga?
It was lunchtime at work in Nigeria.
Then burgers and fries appeared. Almost immediately, the office became a small laboratory my marketing and consumer studies lecturers will be proud of.
A: I live in Agege. You brought burgers and fries for lunch?
Na that one go do me? The rice I had almost sworn I wouldn’t eat is what I’m going back to.
B: Did you take the burger?
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C: Nooooo. It looks like breakfast.
B: Which yeye (kind) breakfast? It’s a snack.
C: They should have asked us before experimenting.
Then, D looks at the rice and sauce:
D: Looks like there’s meat in this sauce. Eh wooo. Na this I go come drop go chop burger?
E: That burger is a snack, not proper food.
F: Ehnnn… You'll have to buy bread to add to it.
This didn’t actually happen in Bariga, but it was close enough. So, Burger in Bariga?
