Eishkom
There I was minding my own business, getting down to some serious Monday morning work - and Mondays are busy - and the lights went out.
Because I work on a Laptop, I have spare battery power, so while Eskom had pulled the plug, hahaha, I was one up on them. Of course my ritual cup of morning coffee had to be forsaken for a glass of cold water, probably the healthier alternative, although it simply doesn't wake one up the way coffee does, unless you throw it in my face.
I suppose throw a cup of hot coffee in my face and I'll wake up just as quickly!
Anyhow, let's keep visions of hot or cold substances away and return to the topic.
Eish, I said to myself as I watched the
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battery count down towards ZERO faster than the petrol gauge in a Hummer (speaking of which, weren't those Cell C - Hummer ads just the pits?) and realised I'd be caught.
Well done Eskom, you got me. Hahaha, jokes on me, OK, enough now, I have work to do.
So, to find out how long it was going to take to get back to work, I phoned the Electricity Department at the Municipality. I didn't expect a human voice on the other side, and was pleasantly surprised. I didn't get one.
Instead, a recorded message to visit their website to view their load-shedding programme.
Cool stuff, just switch the computer on….. Um, but for some strange reason it wouldn't start.
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