Tony Patrick Cole shares his experience while on board a plane with Professor Wole Soyinka
The Nigerian Businessman, Tony Patrick Cole has shared his disappointment in the lack of respect for elders in our society.
He shared his experience while on board a plane with Nigerian Writer, Professor Wole Soyinka and how he was disrespected by a young man who claimed the professor was sitting on the seat allotted to him on the plane.
The businessman worte;
@ProfessorWoleSoyinka #Celebrategreatness #relationshipmatters met one of the greatest Nigerians walking the earth today and as with other times, he was genteel, witty, forthright and humble. My smile gives me away as he permitted the picture whereas he would have preferred to get back to his newspapers. Then we boarded the flight and after assisting him with his bags, he took the window seat and promptly started reading again.
A few minutes later this young man, baseball cap, t-shirt to show his muscled chest and tattooed biceps boards the plane and tells Prof he is on his seat (which he was). Those of us including the cabin crew tried to reason with Bobo Fine to let the old man be but the chap refused. He insisted Prof should vacate his window seat, which the old man quietly did for his original aisle seat next to him.
I couldn’t understand how we got to this point where we no longer have respect for elders, even if are so ignorant of the great global personalities in our midst. Is it too much to ask that an elderly man be allowed to remain in a seat allotted to you in the same business class cabin and the same row?
Na wa o!
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