Broke millennials wage social media war at queue to buy cheap onions

A group of snazzily dressed millennials, most working in creative content making and other such artsy fields, yesterday clashed on social media platform 'Brainbook' over the long queue to purchase government allotted cheap onions.

The clash, that ensued for hours, initially started over the slow-moving line and desperation of young millennials to get home with their prized onions. No one was physically injured in the clash.

This correspondent got in touch with a few of them over the incident in search of insights and what led these bright youth with so much potential down this path. "Look man, many of us wanted to live our own life on our own terms, like in the west. So, we moved out of our homes. Most of us that you saw at the line for cheap onions are the very children who fought against the system. We rose up for social justice. We did not become corporate sell-outs and yes we have jobs, we get promotions but no raise," said Mamman K Salam.

The story is more or less the same across the board. With some more prodding, this correspondent found out that the group of millennials standing in that line were mostly youths who decided to question the system, who chose careers that are considered off-the-beaten track, who were the ones who made all those memes about the great onion scarcity, and have now ended up victim to the very system. They moved out of their homes, in search of independence, to escape boomer ideals or traumas of the past and soon fell victim to a very boomer system.

Desperate, many of these young people who needed jobs, settled for cushy titles but poor salaries. "Well, at least we were getting exposure."

Shahnila, a brilliant young writer, is now deeply frustrated with the way things have transpired for her. She could have it all, instead she worked for up and coming [for years] content creation page where her salary remained stagnant for years but the mantlepiece showing her designation kept changing, each more glorious than the previous.

"What am I supposed to do with these designations, when I do not even have money to buy onions for a good curry?"

Some more probing took us to the reason behind this clash.

"The guys at the onion sale refused me service. They each kept saying I was very well dressed and when I showed them my ID card, they snickered and said why would an assistant to the regional manager need to buy onions at a sale," said Farship Meou, assistant to the regional manager.

More to follow…

This correspondent had to abruptly end her reporting as she too was in line for the onions and after much pleading, managed to buy a whole kilogramme.