Never Negotiate at Kanta

"Never negotiate at Kanta", these words keep playing in my head like my favorite song on replay after my girlfriend saw the new canvas I bought.

It was on the day of the Presidential Inauguration when mummy and I went to town to purchase a few items. You would bear with me that, it was a day of change and I didn't want to be left out of the changing process so I decided to get for myself a new pair of canvas.

The last time I did wear one was in 2009 and since then, wearing canvas has been alien to my legs since a pair of outing slippers could match any outfit I wore. But like I said, change was in the air, so I changed my celibacy status which influenced my decision to buy a canvas.

"Boss how much?", I asked the man behind the stall. 

"¢80, but I go take give you ¢75", he replied.
"It's only ¢60 I get, change has come you for do me fine"

He was being reluctant but finally agreed to my price. I picked the shoe, gave it to him to put in a rubber. I went home happy and rocked it to granny's place that very day. I looked very nice, even a pure water seller in traffic complimented me.

I went to Koforidua with this canvas and all along, I was living in ignorance. Brethren, my girlfriend came over to drop a few items at my end and upon leaving, sighted the shoe. Picked it up, analysed it and said, "The shoe is nice, how much did you get it?"
"Initially the man said ¢80 but I gave him ¢60", I replied.
"Nice", she said as she dropped the shoe.

On my way back home after escorting her, she sent, "Never negotiate at Kanta." I was confused so I replied asking why. She asked me to check the brand name. I did check the brand before buying cos I didn't want any fake thing, else I would have bought an Air Max by NIKA, Nike's training school in Nima.

I rushed home to see what she was talking about. I washed my face five times, four times more than I bath in a day, to be sure of what I was seeing. My brother, my sister, what I had in my hand was ABIBAS instead of ADIDAS.

I went to Kantamanto to look for the guy, he was nowhere to be found. I am very sure I checked this thing before buying. How could a whole me, Nii Bavard, be swindled. This cup of disappointment was too great for me to bear.

I have not been able to wear it again but I have a brilliant idea. I'm going to buy a black dye, and clean it off. That's what I'd be wearing for Kenkey Fest at all cost. So just in case you see me in any nice footie, it's an ABIBAS with an ADIDAS logo.

Never Negotiate at Kanta....