You work a demanding job, with deadlines to meet, targets to achieve, clients to consult for, projects to complete, and on top of that, you still need to get by with the challenges of day-to-day living.
You get back from work one fateful Wednesday afternoon to discover your kitchen tap is broken and you can’t seem to find a way around it.
You immediately go into panic mode.
You just got posted to this area barely 6 weeks ago and you’re still trying to get to grips with the road network and how to access certain amenities… now you have to start looking for a plumber.
How would you even know where to look?
The right questions to ask?
Who to ask?
After reflecting on the situation for a few seconds, you decide to go across to go to the Abubakar’s, your next-door neighbours. You are not particularly friends, but every once in a while, you run into them on your way back from work and say your polite “hellos”.
You start with 3 quick raps on the door…
no response.
You wait a few seconds and go again, this time a bit louder.
Still nothing, you’re getting a bit worried and impatient (remember your tap is still damaged).
You try for the third time and just before you hit the third rap, Musa, another neighbour, pops by to tell you the Abubakar family has travelled?
Travelled ke?
Now who are you going to talk to about your little problem and how are you going to get a solution?
In that moment, an interesting idea occurs to you… why not just ask Musa?
After all, he stays here and should know enough people to help with a plumber. You speak to Musa for a few minutes, explaining what happened and how you need a plumber FAST.
Musa gives you the number of Mallam Nuhu and tells you where you can find him, so you put a call through to Nuhu and after explaining everything to him… he goes,
“shey na only that one, I go send person come your street now now“.
20 minutes pass and a short, scrawny teenager walks timidly into your compound.
“Good evening sir, please is this Mr. Musa’s compound?”, he asks.
You answer in the affirmative and show him to the kitchen faucet. He bumbles around for a bit before starting to work on the faucet, but you notice he looks a tad confused, almost like this is a bit more than he can handle.
You chalk it down to nerves and perhaps a new environment. Half an hour later, he is done with the tap, you test it out, everything seems to be working fine and you pay him the pre-agreed fee.
Another potentially sticky situation defused… until you wake up the next morning and try to use the tap only to discover it is stuck!
You try harder and yet no headway, so you inspect the tap closely and it hits you… Mallam Nuhu’s boy applied a bit more glue than needed and this glue ended up sticking the tap up and now… you’re back to square one.
And if we’re keeping it real, we’ve all been in this type of sticky situation.
You get to a new place, you need a new product/service and you’re not sure where to look, then boom… you spend money and time on an inferior service and need to find a professional to help you do the right thing. And in situations like these, it’s hard to find trustworthy alternatives especially when you’re in a new town.
But what if I told you that you can find these alternatives… without leaving the comfort of your home…
Without needing to speak with any neighbour(s)…
Without worrying about their expertise (because they are pre-vetted) …
And all with the internet, a few clicks on your phone and the Workstedi app?
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