You never know what's next

"Hope everyone is ready, as we are about to start the second section," the human resource lady said. "You all know the rules, if you get below 50 in this section you will be leaving the hall."

I was sitting next to Ikenna. We were worried, and started discussing because the questions we wrote in the first section, only made references to American culture, places, weather, food and acronyms -- with no reference to anything Nigerian or the Nigerian company we were writing about. The questions were all online, from an American job recruitment portal. We were wondered if they actually uses the test.

"Shut up am trying to concentrate," a fellow applicant said. "In this 21st century, that you people can't answer questions filled with American lifestyle. Well it's not your type that they need."

Ikenna and myself were so humiliated that we didn't say anything to him.

The second test was over, we both barely scored above 50.

"You got 48, why are you still in the hall; I've told you to leave," the human resource lady, told the applicant that was abusing us.

Ikenna and I couldn't control out laughter.

"I guess it's you they don't need," Ikenna said to him.

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No man knows tomorrow; treat everyone with kindness and respect.


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