I am sorry I have to post this here tonight, I just felt like pouring out my mind so that I can feel a bit better because no one would feel happy to have worked all day and have nothing to show for it.
Early this morning I did some sorting at the farm.
While I was doing it I got a call from one of the bars I do supply when I have fishes that are ready for sale. She begged me that she needed 40kg of table-size catfish and I made it clear to her that my fishes weren't ready for sale.
She pleaded and I agreed to pick 40kg for her, I gave her my price, each would cost $2 for each and she said it was too much. The fish feed is very expensive and it has affected the price, she wasn't listening to me so I ended the call.
I continued with the sorting, the sun came and I had to stop because the fishes might be affected by the heat. I sat patiently at the farm waiting for electricity but it didn't come so I went home to make my meal. I was not feeling comfortable with the ponds not having enough water so I went back to the farm, this woman called again and started pleading for me to beat the price down for her. After much talk, I eventually beat the price down for her and she was grateful.
I waited till 3 pm, finally, power was restored and I started with washing the ponds before pumping the water.
I took out her 40kg and left it in an empty pond so when she comes, we will do the measurement and that would be all.
I filled all the ponds but she didn't show up so I called and she said she would be coming soon, that was around 6 pm. No one showed up, I called if I should go deliver it because I was very tired and wanted to go home but she said no.
I couldn't even use my phone, I was just sharing the things I was doing at the farm on noise.cash.
She said I should help her pack the fish in a sack that she would pick it up when passing by. I did as she instructed and when she came around, I just carried it and gave it to her.
I was feeding the other fishes when she called me again because I didn't take cash from her immediately due to the rush. I thought she called to ask for my account number but I guessed wrongly, she said "what kind of fish did I sell to her?".
I was surprised, I ask what happened and she said that I gave her dead fishes. My surprise became a shock, I left the farm at once and rushed to the bar.
I was first embarrassed by the security because I was looking unkempt due to the dirt on my clothes, I found my way through to her spot.
I saw two plastics filled with fishes, one filled with lifeless fish, and the others were very okay. I was speechless, I told her immediately that the dead fishes weren't mine but she started raising her voice.
I became speechless, I called my witnesses (neighbors who saw me when I was packing the fish). I even called some kids on phone and they testified but this woman kept claiming that I sold to her dead fishes. Immediately the bar security came saying I was constituting a nuisance, I felt sad because I always avoid trouble as much as I can.
The woman then came to my side to ask me quietly that what should we do about the fish and it became clear that she had a bad intention I didn't know about.
I told her to dispose it and I left it there in anger because I could do something silly that would get me arrested, I was really mad. I went home with tears in my eyes because I am going through a lot with the fishes and I didn't deserve to be treated that way.
All I did was help and trust her with my stuff and she made a fool out of me, 40kg of my sweat was wasted. Today's stress was just too much for that to have happened to me again, everything made me really sad.
My younger brother was ready to go make it a big issue but I didn't want to be famous with such, people who didn't hear my story would go about spreading shit about my fishes. I feel really hurt but life moves on, today I learned a new lesson about life and the business.
There should be a limit to the trust we have for people when dealing with money, people can go to any length just to own what belongs to someone else.
I wouldn't be able to go around everyone's articles now but I will do that when I sleep and wake up. I am not in the right state of mind, having anger and sadness mixed in one feeling is something I usually don't experience so handling it seems difficult for me.
Trust you all had a better day than mine? Wishing you all a great weekend.
Thanks for reading.
I feel sorry for what happened to you. You dont deserve to be treated that way. Good thing you manage to control yourself in order to not create a commotion. I admire your patience and self-control. What goes around comes around for her.