1.Greetings my people - we sabi greet too much ( including over familiarity), maybe its because i can be extremely private sometimes ( actually most times) but my people can greet on any occasion, its like there is a greeting for every possible occasion, sometimes when i'm lost in my own thoughts and i don't reply cause i didn't hear their greetings, you are labelled pompous and all sorts, You would agree that it is all to become friends and some of just are just fine with the few friends we have, we don't need more..
2.Loud and proud - Kai, yorubas are loud , its like there is a silent competition to see who can speak loudest into the phone (this one especially)... in the streets, banking halls and even offices...thankfully, i don't know of any in the bedroom
but i must admit, this can also apply to other Nigerians so maybe this is not exclusively ours. 3. Respect is not always reciprocal - how can being respectful be a bad thing, well when it allows people to get away with all sorts of rubbish..
in Yorubaland, respect especially for anyone older than you is almost like sacrilege if not adhered to, but here is the annoying part, respect is earned and not demanded, this is why some folks would just do and undo and be at fault and still expect you to respect them and even apologies on top the matter, just because they were fortunate to enter this world before you, to this i say ...Hian, yoruba parents are so guilty of this. Never expect an apology from your typical yoruba father especially...forget am e no go happen, patapata na inform of bribe..)4 Parties - Owannbe for real, the final trumpet may be mistaken as an invite to a last minute party by some of my wonderful yoruba folks, i enjoy parties but not every little thing deserves aso ebi, tent, jolorun aka jollof rice and the rest. a friend once commented that he hardly meets my mum at home on any given saturday nough said !!!
feel free to add yours. Now, lets share what you find even slightly annoying about the tribe you come from, novel thread cause my naija people are not known to be self critical of their "tribylogy" everyone seems to be under the illusion that their tribe is the best...hian
Note : for those that would reply with @OP, do not generalise, i am generally speaking ni o, so don't bother
