Teni, a famous Nigerian singer, caused a stir on social media when she explained the strange reason she doesn't give people money on Fr...
The music star said in a video that is going popular online that she doesn't give out money on Fridays because people often use it to buy pepper soup. Teni said in Pidgin English, "I'm not going to give anyone money on Friday." No, no, no! If you give someone money on Friday, they should go make pepper soup with it.
As an example from recent events, she talked about giving someone money and seeing them spend it on a big bowl of catfish pepper soup. The person had said at first that he needed the money to start a business, she said. Teni added that if someone wants to give someone money, it's best to do it on Monday, when the person is still deciding what they are going to do that week.
What people said
People on the internet had a lot of different responses to her video, which quickly went viral.
Someone named Bigshamx said, "You could give someone money on Monday, make them keep it until Friday, and still use it to make pepper soup 😂💣."
Chiamaka, another user, wrote, "People will always feel like they deserve your money." As soon as you start to have a little favour to claim. A lot of people don't even want to help anymore because if you do the work to help someone, they will try to make it look like you have the right to help them.
Evade shared a similar story: "One day a girl asked me for money, and the next thing I knew I saw her snap, and she cold stoned me." They lick ice cream. "Ahh, where did the cold stone go? I don't get it. 😂😂 It hurts me now."
Why I stopped gifting people money on Fridays — Singer Teni opens up
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