Negotiation At the Gate of Hell

A man died and got to the gate of hell, the demon there told him that his life on earth had not been impressive at all but he could still make it to heaven if he agreed to go through some punishments. The man was glad that at least he’ll still have a chance to make it to heaven. The demon then directed him to join any of the queues ahead of him so that he would get his turn for punishment. There were queue representing each countries of the world

The man approached the first queue with heading “USA” where there were only five persons

Man: what are the punishments that I will go through before getting to heaven?

Demon: your body will be roasted in an electric bed, filled with sharp nails; a demon will torment you for one hour. After that you will be admitted to heaven.

Man: that is too much!!

He looks ahead and sees a very long queue and …

Man: which country has that long queue? 

Demon: ahh!! That is for Nigeria!

The man assumed that the punishment at that point must be lenient and moves over there and when he got there…

Man: what are the punishments that I will go through before getting to heaven?

Demon: your body will be roasted in an electric bed for one hour, filled with sharp nails, and a demon will torment you. After that you will be admitted to heaven.

Man: …but that is the same punishment with every other country I’ve asked

Demon: …well, you’re right, but it’s not exactly the same

Man: how do you mean?

Demon:…well, when your body will be roasted in electric bed, there may be power failure for most of the time, the contractor to deliver the sharp nails may not deliver the right quality of nails and the  demon to torment you is a government staff and may not show up to carry out the task. So in all you may eventually get little or no punishment at all, that is why the queue is this long!