"Can you make it bigger for me please?" She asked.

I chuckled.

She was right beside me and her accent made it sound funnier. She is from Pakistan.

She repeated the question.

I bursted into laughter.

She stared at me and frowned.

I stopped laughing, looked at her, smiled innocently, and shrugged my shoulders.

We were on ticket scanning duties at a Food Festival in London. The tickets presented by the attendees (we call them customers) were either on their phone or printed out on paper.

The paper tickets were easy to scan, as the QR code and Bar Code were big and bold. But the tickets on the phone were sometimes tricky.

Hence, we needed the customers to zoom in so we can scan it. That was why my colleague that was manning the lane beside me wanted it bigger, she was talking about the ticket on a customer’s phone.

I decided to have some fun with what my colleague had said.

Three ladies approached me to gain entry into the event venue. All the tickets were on the phone of one of them.

"Good morning," I said.

"Good morning," they chorused.

"You guys are looking lovely."

They smiled. "Oh, thank you."

"You're looking good too," one of them responded.

I smiled. "Thank you."

I tried to scan their tickets, but the scanner made no confirmation sound.

I spoke to the lady holding the phone. "Can you zone in and make it bigger for me please?"

"Oh okay." She zoned in on the QR code.

"Bigger is better," I said as I scanned the three tickets.

"Bigger is better?" She asked.

"Yes."

"Everytime?"

I smiled. "No, not everytime. Sometimes."

We all laughed as I ushered them through.

Hmm, bigger is not always better. After all, I'm a tool user not a tool maker, and my tool has got strength, skill and staying power.

Whatever you think the tool is, well, that's what it is.

I watched as a male customer approached my female colleague.

"Can you make it bigger for me please?"

I laughed out loud.

Well, if you ask nicely, I can.

Signed
Olumide Holloway (King Olulu)