PRIORITY PASSENGERS
Guardians with children, pupils, elderly, traders with wares always have the priority with Accra trotro. Be prepared to relinquish your seat for passengers with cargo or luggage. its a convention. luggage normally take the first row and you have to get up.
You may have to adjust position, switch seats, carry a baby or even hold-support the rim of a bowl.
CULTURE
You may be greeted 100 times before the bus stops. Each person who comes in may greet passengers on board. Greeting is cultural in Ghana. Excessive greeting is not wrong.
You can always tell the driver to switch the radio to a channel you want. If there is no objection from other commuters, they will oblige. To persuade the driver, just say you hear there is a situation on a certain channel. Ghanaians are great listeners. Radio alerts are very vital for commuters. But the channel requested must be in local language. English stations and secular music are a big no during early mornings. Ghana has a high religious fervor and its believed the day work well if it starts with God.
Ghanaians are generally liberal. Privacy and social boundaries are not very rigid. Someone may ask you about where you bought a shirt or bracelet. its very rude but answer politely. You can say it was a gift if you want to remain private. Its against culture to refuse to speak.
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