It was a mildly bright Monday morning when Moji, in company of her younger brother, Tunde, set out to do the bidding of her parents, especially her father who had earlier informed her the previous day of the need to accompany Tunde to one of the prominent photography studios in town, named; Beyond Photography. Tunde, being who he was, was very keen and passionate about learning the art and act of photography but the realities of life in their town had shown him life disappointing and depressing nature.

Having known that quitters were not crowned which was repeatedly emphasized in the admonitions of their parents to him and his sister, Moji, Tunde summoned up courage to face his fear by trying out again and raising his hope for an imminently engaging photography training sessions at Beyond Photography after being to the same studio two weeks earlier where he was given a printed copy of the course outline which also included the cost, time frame and needed materials to get for a worthwhile course in photography.

Seeing how organised and effective Beyond Photography was, Tunde was held spellbound; no thanks to his series of disappointing encounters with owners of photo studios with their window-dressed and sweet sounding advertisements on the radio which were exact opposites as far as training and course delivery were concerned. Tunde couldn't ask any questions from the Manager of Beyond Photography who attended to him when he went exploring the lengths and breaths of the town seeking the best hands in photography to learn under because of how detailed and unusual the course outline was. He was given a typical "shut-up treatment". It was also interesting to that Beyond Photography promised 25% reduction of the training fee if it was made in full at once.

Like a man who had just found a goldmine, Tunde returned home with extreme ecstasy thinking his days of frustrations were almost coming to an end. Deliberations began after he had informed his parents of his findings about Beyond Photography and as good and godly parents who were ready to sacrifice their plans for their children's gains, their parents decided to take the bull by the horns and give their son the best he deserved even though it wasn't easy for them but they had to. For this reason, Moji was called to help navigate the situation so as to avoid being duped again by best-packaged-empty-nothing photo studios like in the recent past.

Therefore, Moji rose to the task with her brother to verify and validate the noble packages in Beyond Photography course outline for Advanced Training in Photography. Warmly welcomed by the receptionist of the photo studio and with their intention revealed, they, Moji and Tunde, were directed to meet the Manager. He gave them a nice welcome and the discussion began.

Moji reiterated their purpose of coming and began raising some questions about how the training course would be run because with Tunde's background experience in photography, she believed that the time framee for the training could be reduced so as for him to be able to do some other important things. However, the Manager maintained that it would be impossible to get well trained for the time frame being suggested by Moji due to some important factors.

Then came the shocker and twist to the discussion. MONEY! Moji referred to the evident and in bold fonts of the claimed 25% reduction in the training fee if full payment was made. But, the Manager, to Moji's and Tunde's dismay, said that the offer had expired since the previous year and went on to cancel the portion where the offer was written on the outline; claiming he forgot to mention it to Tunde when he came two weeks earlier.

This was incredulous and at the same time shocking to the siblings. Arguments then ensued between Moji and the Manager. She made him know that it was fraudulent to include a bait for would-be customers in order to lure them to patronising Beyond Photography and for the same to later show that the offer upon which customers' calculations were made had expired. She went further to query the reliability of the course contents themselves; for if the outline which had the offer could be changed just within two weeks which the Manager claimed had expired the previous year, then their competence and reliability to effectively handle the course itself became questionable.

As if that wasn't enough, when Moji advised Beyond Photography to take out the offer of reduction from the outline so as not to lure future innocent customers and demanded an apology for obviously misleading and almost deceiving Tunde and by extention Moji and their parents, the Manager arrogantly said he couldn't apologise; for he was not the owner but simply working for someone. He was even boldly telling Moji that he had other things to do even while still discussing.

This made Moji to conclude that she would direct her grievances to the Director of the studio and question the same for posing to defraud innocent customers. Moji and Tunde left the studio afterwards to know the next line of action.

Written by Taiwo Victor OLUWAYEMI