There is a crop of some \u2018gentlemen\u2019 who are very loquacious and always boasting of their fat wallets and yet they likes gate-crashing at parties.<\/p>\n
The tendency has reached alarming levels more so now when the economy is not very friendly to of most Malawians.<\/p>\n
This is why the crew has decided to debate this subject today, as we plan for a party to celebrate the birthday of one of our own, Lackson.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to come up with terms of reference for this party. Guys, let us make it the best of all parties and to achieve that we need to put checks and balances to avoid the \u2018usual fellas\u2019 who use their talking skills to earn free tickets into parties,\u201d Happison kicks-off the debate, promising to contribute K10,000 towards the party.<\/p>\n
We all clap hands, praising him for the contribution which pace-sets more generous contributions towards the same.<\/p>\n
\u201cAliyense asonkhe zosachepera <\/em>K6,000 (each one of us must contribute not less than K6,000)\u201d, I say as I dish K7,000 to Happison, who, from the look of things, has been made an automatic treasurer.<\/p>\n As the rest of the crew tries to outdo each other in their contribution, we start discussing how to deal with gate crashers.<\/p>\n Top on the list are two gentlemen who have earned a reputation around town for being the first to patronise parties despite not contributing even a single kwacha. Of course, there are also others who are fast becoming experts in gate-crashing by using one trick after another.<\/p>\n \u201cLook, this James fella, the one who always boasts around drinking places that he is a son of a tycoon, has always brought over two ladies to parties. He only drinks ciders and the same mostly applies to his lady companions \u2013 yet abwana amenewa ali ndi nkono ngati wa tipoti, satha kutambasula dzanja kuti alipire ku <\/em>party (this man is so stingy that he does not contribute anything to party organisers yet he drinks like a fish),\u201d says Lackson attracting laughter from many people around.<\/p>\n He goes on to describe the second \u2018arch-gate crasher\u2019 \u2013 a young man who drives a posh vehicle and is a party frequenter. \u201cWhen you meet him at parties you are left with an impression that he is one of those who have done the bulk of financing the do.<\/p>\n \u201cOne time I gave him all the respect thinking that he was behind the purchasing of the beers we were guzzling and the snacks we were eating, but I was shocked later to learn that he was just a gate-crasher when the organisers kicked him out of the party because he had picked up a quarrel with some lady patron…. it was really shameful,\u201d sums up Lackson.<\/p>\n We immediately resolve not to allow such characters to patronise our party.<\/p>\n \u201cBut how do we deal with lady gate-crashers?\u201d Asks \u2018Atsogoleri\u2019 Rob M.<\/p>\n To my surprise the rest of the crew looks surprised why he has asked that question.<\/p>\n \u201cMy brother, there is nothing like \u2018a lady gate-crasher\u2019. Actually we need more of the ladies at the party even if they don\u2019t pay…the women folk are a healthy ingredient to any party; and let me promise that I will drive to Lunzu and Hanover Street to pick about six of them to spice up our night!\u201d exclaims Lackson, earning a stare from Atsogoleri Rob M, who tries to factor in his religious beliefs that drinking sprees must be minus Leisure Assistants.<\/p>\n Some guy sitting nearby on a stool by the counter joins our debate uninvited.<\/p>\n \u201cAkulu akulu anzanuwo safuna kumamwa waulere mwadala, zinthu zavuta, matumba awonda awa <\/em>(guys, your friends don\u2019t gate-crash the beer parties out of habit, things are not OK economically). Actually we should brace for more of such characters; even in these bars many of our friends have been reduced to habitual beer beggars!\u201d he says.<\/p>\n That sparks another debate about whether people should continue begging beer from friends in bars or just stop drinking all together.<\/p>\n \u201cThe bad economy is just a scape-goat, some of these people are just stingy, they want to drink everyday yet they don\u2019t want to spend. They are just the same as our friends who gate-crash parties,\u201d Lackson observes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There is a crop of some \u2018gentlemen\u2019 who are very loquacious and always boasting of their fat wallets and yet they likes gate-crashing at parties. The tendency has reached alarming levels more so now when the economy is not very friendly to of most Malawians. 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