From Dancing to Disgrace: How the “Happy Boys” and a Viral Scandal Show We’re Rewarding the Wrong Things
Remember the “Happy Boys”? The young security guards who went viral for dancing while on duty at Chicken Republic? Many laughed and cheered, but their employer didn’t find it funny, they were fired for not taking their job seriously.
Instead of helping them learn from their mistake, some well-meaning Nigerians, including the OPM pastor, decided to sponsor them to study in Cyprus. A kind gesture, no doubt but it looked more like a reward for bad behaviour than a lesson in responsibility.
Sadly, when they got abroad, they didn’t use the opportunity wisely. They kept living recklessly, because from the start, they were celebrated for breaking rules, not for doing what’s right.
Now, the same pattern is repeating again. The same people are now raising money for a woman who was caught sleeping with a married man and even filmed in the act. Instead of holding her accountable, she’s being treated like a victim and showered with sympathy and donations. What message are we sending to our young people?
We are slowly becoming a society that celebrates shame and punishes discipline. Instead of promoting values like hard work, honesty, and self-respect, we are turning rule-breakers into influencers.
Helping people is good but help should come with truth, correction, and a path to real change. Let’s stop rewarding bad behaviour and start encouraging responsibility. Our future depends on it.
From Dancing to Disgrace: How the “Happy Boys” and a Viral Scandal Show We’re Rewarding the Wrong Things✍️
Remember the “Happy Boys”? The young security guards who went viral for dancing while on duty at Chicken Republic? Many laughed and cheered, but their employer didn’t find it funny, they were fired for not taking their job seriously.
Instead of helping them learn from their mistake, some well-meaning Nigerians, including the OPM pastor, decided to sponsor them to study in Cyprus. A kind gesture, no doubt but it looked more like a reward for bad behaviour than a lesson in responsibility.
Sadly, when they got abroad, they didn’t use the opportunity wisely. They kept living recklessly, because from the start, they were celebrated for breaking rules, not for doing what’s right.
Now, the same pattern is repeating again. The same people are now raising money for a woman who was caught sleeping with a married man and even filmed in the act. Instead of holding her accountable, she’s being treated like a victim and showered with sympathy and donations. What message are we sending to our young people?
We are slowly becoming a society that celebrates shame and punishes discipline. Instead of promoting values like hard work, honesty, and self-respect, we are turning rule-breakers into influencers.
Helping people is good but help should come with truth, correction, and a path to real change. Let’s stop rewarding bad behaviour and start encouraging responsibility. Our future depends on it.
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