Businessman Wicknell Chivayo says he was cut down to size in Dubai yesterday.He explains. “I got to my 7 star hotel in a bad mood yesterday after losing the cricket match and decided to go shopping in house. Proud SIR walked into a jewellery shop and starts looking around feeling himself like a young millionaire. He confidently chooses the watch above from a wide range of different names. The very pretty Russian girl serving me says well done SIR that’s a very good choice !!! do you want a price in
Dirhams or US dollars ? I have four in stock that one is just for display.
I said very clever girl you smart, how did you know I am the SIR in United States dollars of course ; she says where you from and what business do you do? I said Zimbabwe and to give her confidence I said
I’m their own Sheikh there I have so many diamond and gold mines in all 10 provinces. Very excited for a potential quick sale she calculated the cost of the watch in US dollars and she said ($1,700 000.00) One million seven hundred dollars.
My reaction said it all, I took off the watch quickly and gave it back to her in fear that it could slip off my wrist and break by mistake.
All of a sudden I started eating humble pie – to cover up I first asked do you accept CBZ VISA for such amounts ? She said bring your card I can call the bank and get authorisation. I said it’s a very nice watch but come to think of it my wife is a big problem, the last time I bought a watch for 700 thousand she was very upset and I got no sex for three weeks. She laughed and said oh really what name was the watch I said a Rolex she said which one for that amount.
Whenever you are lying there’s always confusion so I said oh it was 700 thousand rand not dollars , I have too many businesses in South Africa so I tend to confuse currencies. Embarrassed I walked out of the store and went to my room and knelt down and prayed just to comfort myself….
Moral of this happening yesterday – make 2016 a better year by working harder and staying focused. Don’t aim too high and always stay in your lane. There’s different levels of wealth and slowly but surely
you will get there. In the back of your mind you think SIR can afford anything he wants in his life but that’s not true.
Source: ZimCelebrities
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