Love and Social Network

The urge to fall in love again was so strong, to be called baby and knowing that someone somewhere is probably thinking about me before she falls asleep was just ravishing my mind but then I don't want to fall in love with my phone anymore.

My past relationships has just been on social network, long texting, calls and what ever display of affection my phone could possibly give.
I met this yoruba girl once on 2go, then that was like the biggest chatting network and we had a sweet romance. She would call me and we will talk for long and the good thing then the mobile network providers was generous enough to give free calls at night and like an owl i'll keep my two large eyes open with just a hundred naira airtime that can enable the call.
She was in faraway Nassarawa and I was in Port harcourt, so the chances of us seeing was very slim even thinner than a sewing thread but then we were so in love at least that was what our phones were made to believe.
It was a sweet relationship even when I knew she already had a son, I still stuck to her and was hoping when it's time for marriage my parents will understand but our romance couldn't last long like our cheap data, we started falling apart our goodnight kiss reduced the rate at which we called slowed down and then this other Bayelsa girl appeared like a ghost from a horror film.

At first it wasn't serious, I just took it as one of those phone flings definitely this will pass away but the closer we get the more we found out that there are similarities in the things we like and this grew our bond a bit strong.

At first she refused to tell me her name with the fear that I might be a ritualist and needs it for some kind of blood money ritual, which was really funny to me, and after much persuasion she told me her name is Precious which I didn't take was rather a precious name good enough for blood money.

I actually didn't take her serious until she told me she was coming to port harcourt to see me that was when I knew it was real. Did I mention she was at Abuja? Ok I just did.
She was actually my first real girl friend, though after spending one week with me she left back and I returned back to the blissful relationship I had with my phone because that was the only way I could get in touch with her.
We continued our phonemance for a while until she got tired of asking me to come and visit and broke up with me.
Then I made up my mind never to fall in love on social network anymore and even if I do it will be someone from the same city but then love is also hard to come by, I was hoping I will run into someone in a wedding or concert but the truth is I am still in love with social network and now I have a variety to choose from.

Right now I can't tell if the girl of my dream is on facebook or I already have her number on whatsapp or maybe she is one of my numerous BBM contacts I don't chat with or one of the people liking my pictures on instagram or one of my numerous followers on Twitter waiting for me to dm.

The truth is I will always be in love with social media and I just can't help it Cause that's where all the fine girls are even when we can't tell if their beauty was filter enabled.

Referral and Percentage

Referrals and percentage two words entertainers and event managers have come to synchronise and make it part of the business.

First of all percentage based on referrals can't be called bad in the business but when people ask you for percentage from a meagre fee then you will understand the struggle of having a business plan as an entertainer.
Event managers and show promoters have actually made this part of their duty that for every job they refer you to they get a certain percentage of the fee paid and most times entertainers agree to this and the kick back fee is shared almost the same amount with the artist so it's more like sharing the stage with the talent doing nothing and getting paid.
Don't get me wrong kick back fee is more like saying thank you for bringing the job to me but it's an appreciation and it should be left for the artist to say take this amount for referring me to this client but it's not the case infact they tell you the exact amount they want from you not minding if you are okay with it or not.

I've heard cases were the money for the job is not up to 10,000 naira and the referral is asking for kick back, for goodness sake how much is the talent going home with if out of 10,000 you want an appreciation that is more than thank you. The funny part now is that it's not just event managers alone but artists too do same infact there case could be worse (am not talking about the part, where they discuss a different price and beg you to collect something different because they make you believe you are friends.

Well I've heard a case where the referral was asking for 50% after the talent has paid 10%.. call me ignorant but that is greed in the highest order.

One may ask how do we stop this, the truth it can't be stopped because people will always refer you and you have to show your gratitude. But there is a business phase to this, get a manager, that way your manager handles all your business and even when you are getting referrals it is your manager that determines if it is good for a kick back or not and you know it is you and your manager that is talking percentage except you prefer the condition of getting to give percentages you are not comfortable with then you can leave a manager out of the picture.

I guess I have to leave here now cause I also have a kick back percentage to give to a referral, I mean we are still in business right?