On a comical note

ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa), 8 January 2007

We're sure many of you will find something to laugh about this year. In a good way of course…

While it is true that we’re individuals to a very great extent it’s also true that we’re in many instances like a bunch of proverbial sheep. I mean just think of the many souls that take a well-deserved break by leaving for holiday at the peak of the holiday season. The time of year when almost everything is up, including prices, when the roads seem to be busier than at home, when our beaches are over crowded, et cetera.

One can imagine a lot of inland folk heading towards our coastline while the coastal folk are heading inland to escape the flocking near or in their homes… it’s actually a massive exchange of money, traffic and souls among other things if one think in those terms. This is on the one hand while on the other hand a lot of folk stay home because of various reasons…

‘Hulle ry met Jan Tuisbly se karretjie’ like the Afrikaners will say. In reference to those who prefer or are forced to stay at home while many are enjoying themselves elsewhere… or like some ‘Jan Spoilsport’ will say: “Creating job opportunities for the many ‘holiday furniture movers’ out there!”

Now the idea here is not to shoot anyone in the foot but to focus on the comical aspect of something we have noticed recently…

Have you noticed the number of people not pitching up for work on time in the new year? Well, not in reference to the daily hold ups because of a taxi or some idiot with a sock over the head but in reference to people pitching up more than a day late… some seven and some even more than a week late, running into months in certain cases…

Now one can speculate about the true reasons behind this phenomenon if I may but things really get interesting when excuses like ‘I forgot about work’ pitch up long before the ‘holiday maker’ himself or herself pitches up…

Well, at least they are truly enjoying their holidays or ‘extended leave’ without hypocrisy.

Just imagine the reasons some Telkom techies will have for not pitching up on time…

ADSL South Africa asks everyone involved in the telecoms sector to make this year truly a year in which everyone can really have a good laugh, especially the ADSL users in South Africa. A year in which we will be able to really save on ADSL services and be able for one to take better longer holidays and have more legitimate reasons for doing so…

ADSL South Africa(Broadband South Africa) always welcomes a bit of humour now and then otherwise we would all just be soulless zombies, right?