“This Country Is Not Serious”: Woman Vents About ‘Waterless’ Water Park in Nigeria, SA in Stitches
- A Nigerian woman shared a video of her disastrous water park outing, where staff used paint buckets to wet a completely dry slide
- The woman got stuck repeatedly on the hot blue surface and had to shuffle herself down by hand while visitors watched
- Her video sparked a wave of reactions from Nigerians who said the experience reflected a wider acceptance of poor standards
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A Nigerian woman's day out at a resort on 10 August turned into a comedy of errors that quickly went viral online. X user @Echecrates shared the clip showing what happened when the woman arrived at a water park, only to find that the slide had no running water.
Rather than shutting the attraction down, staff came up with a workaround: manually pouring paint buckets of water down the slide before each visitor took a turn.
Stuck on a dry slide
The result was exactly as chaotic as it sounds. With barely enough water to do the job, the slide's hot blue surface brought her to a complete halt midway down. She had to use her hands to shuffle herself the rest of the way, all while narrating the ordeal to the camera.
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She also vented about the resort's strict dress code and the extra costs she had not anticipated, making the experience even more frustrating. Despite the complaints, the video's tone was as much bewildered as it was angry, and that combination was what made it so shareable.
Watch the full hilarious X clip below:
Viewers react to the amusing clip
The video hit a nerve, with many viewers laughing while also pointing out what the clip said about standards in Nigerian leisure spaces.
User @SelloDanny71588 wrote:
"This country is not serious; it is not even @officialABA's fault! You guys are just not prepared for the real world."
User @iSamwhillie said:
"I admire your trust. First, you allowed water to be poured on your body, then you rented a swimsuit. Wow 😲!"
User f@Dhemholar wrote: "I can't stop laughing 🤣."
User @LonnzWay responded:
"😂🤣 No man go and ask for a refund. Look at the bucket of water; it's nasty."
User @spreadmywings26 added:
"Hilarious. A water slide without the key ingredient 😂. Nigeria has endless entertainment 😂, but sadly people are living in these conditions."
User @GaTechAlum_IE92 asked:
"No way. What was that little bit of water going to do 🤷🏾♂️?"
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