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We had a music trivia evening to attend last week, so being the organised person that I am, I had it all planned out. We needed to take snacks to share, so I was going to get home as quickly as I could, put ready-made pizzas and chicken strips into the oven and as soon as they were ready we would leave.
As I switched the oven on, load shedding started. We had to race to an area where there was no load shedding and get some take-aways, and then race along to the event. Very annoying and frustrating to say the least. I am either too old or too grumpy for this sort of thing. –Cassandra
Without fail, like clockwork, my area is always affected. Sometimes they forget to switch it off and then they do remember an hour later. I just imagine this person sitting in a control room saying ‘ienie mienie minie mo Lets decide to switch off your power today’ - And with one flick all lights out.
As adults we have to prepare in advance for these type of intrusions, especially when we have little ones around. How do your convince your little one that there is no power? He starts screaming for his favourite cartoon and then all hell breaks loose.
He amazes me because when load shedding first started he would scream his guts out. He has toned down now, and his new favourite toy is the tablet, because that’s what keeps him occupied. He plays his games and if he is happy then so am I. God help me the day I forget to charge the tablet . Eish – Ranjani
It was on a Sunday morning, I was busy making food and suddenly everything just went off. My husband was not at home and immediately I thought ‘oh no load shedding’.
I made a fire and continued cooking on the fire - not thinking about going to the neighbours or check the outside lights, because I was too afraid to go out. I just chilled inside the house. When my husband got home and checked everything he found that the electricity only tripped since too many items was plugged in. There was no load shedding. – Rafeeqah
I was getting ready to go on a first date, excitedly washed my hair and of course I have a real coloured bush that needs to be in rollers first. So halfway through the process of rolling my hair in big orange rollers, Eskom decided to throw a spanner in the works at 4pm.
If you know anything about coloured hair, I wasn’t impressed at all. Needless to say, I made a plan. I finished rolling my hair, got dressed to the nines in 6 inch high heels, ran as fast as I can down 3 flights of stairs (just in case the neighbours are about) Got in my car, and drove to my gf who was not having load shedding 10 minutes away - All this with big orange rollers in my hair.
And nobody saw me, except my fellow motorists (or so I thought). The next day when I got home from work my neighbour related with laughter that her husband saw just orange as I flew past him down the stairs! - Dee
These articles was written by a reader in response to the Spindel laundry dryer competition.
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