A TRUE LIFE STORY

Ola Francis
3 min readFeb 12, 2021

HOW I ALMOST BECAME HOMELESS

I lived off-campus throughout my days at the University. I loved it so much. But that wasn’t my initial plan. I wanted the school hostel so badly but I missed the deadline for payment to book a space.

I paid on the exact day that the school hostel online portal closed.

The bank already processed my payment but it appears it didn’t reach the school account before the portal was shut down.

My money didn’t reach the school account. But Z Bank said the money has left their purse.

I rushed to the bank to see what I could do about it. At least, if I missed getting a hostel space, I should be able to get my money back.

The guys at the bank insisted that the money has reached the school and only the school can refund it. They also jokingly added “Give the school the money. Let them use it to beautiful the school”, “Your money has gone. Accept your fate”, etc. I didn’t bother to let them poison my mind.

After more than two hours of disturbing them, they discovered that the school didn’t accept the payment because the portal was closed. More so, the money has been with the bank from the onset.

“Okay. Give me my money.” They refused. The bank staff said I have to write a letter to their MD before my money can be returned. And I have to do it fast because he’s about to leave the bank premises.

I asked for a plain paper and crafted a compelling formal letter to the MD. I hurriedly submitted to the guys behind the counter.

The MD received the letter as he was descending the staircase to exit the banking hall. He looked and said, “Who wrote this letter? This is too good. Give him his money”

I was escorted to the bank’s vault and you know the rest of the story. My writing skills were my saving grace that day.

When I got back to school on that day, I was evicted from the place I was scouting with someone. It was that night at about 10 pm or so that I miraculously got my apartment with my brother I’d go on to spend all my days in school with. Maybe God doesn’t want me in the hostel, after all. Lol

If I was to delegate the duty of writing to another person on that day, I’ll miss that money. And the next two days were a public holiday with two weekend days too. And you know, the longer it takes, the tougher it will be to retrieve.

See, if you won’t sharpen your writing skills to make money, do it for yourself. “Theresa May Resigns” is not the same as “Theresa may resign”. You can hone this skill. It’s not rocket science.

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Ola Francis
Ola Francis

Written by Ola Francis

Global Citizen 🌎 | Social Change Agent in the Public Interest

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