We Asked 5 People How Much It Actually Costs to Look This Good in Public
Nobody wants to say the number out loud. So we asked five people to break down, item by item, what one outfit actually costs them. Over to you.
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The menu with no prices is always a trap
You can usually tell before the food arrives. The menu has no prices. The waiter recites instead of writing. What is the worst bill you have ever been handed?
Big Bag 19 hours ago
We Ranked the Best Fixed-Income Assets by How Well They Actually Protect Your Money
Not by headline yield. By what is left after inflation has taken its share. Where are you putting yours, and why there?
Cruise 21 hours ago
We Ranked Nigerian Bank Apps By How Much Anxiety They Give You When Opening Them
A completely unscientific ranking based on one metric: the feeling in your chest between tapping the icon and seeing the number. Over to you.
Belle Full 1 day ago
Seven Signs You Are About to Have a Terrible Culinary Experience at a Fancy Restaurant
You can usually tell before the food arrives. Here is what to watch for, in the order you will encounter it.
Loud It 1 day ago
Who is overrated, and say it with your chest
I will start. Half the artists people call legends had three good songs and a good publicist.
Waka 1 day ago
What is the worst journey you have ever survived
Lagos to Enugu by road. Eighteen hours. Three breakdowns. A man beside me ate boiled eggs for the entire journey.
Corner 1 day ago
What did you change in your own place, and did it work
Took down the curtains and put up blinds. Small thing. The room feels twice the size and it cost 15k.
Black Tax 1 day ago
How do you say no without it becoming a family meeting
I have been the one everybody calls since I got my first job. Six years. I have never once said no and I am tired.
Side Hustle 1 day ago
What is yours, and does it actually pay
I do books for four small businesses on weekends. It pays about a third of my salary for about a fifth of the hours.