Today the SA Police Force and PG Glass are on my shitlist. As some of you may know, my bathroom window shattered on Sunday due to the wind - and now there is nothing between me showering and all and sundry that drive along Liesbeek Parkway. So on Monday morning I call around and get some quotes.
The cheapest was from PG Glass (cheap at R695 that is) and they said that all their guys were out but they would call first thing. Surprise surprise I got no call on Tuesday, so I called them again today. The lady on the end of the line said that all the guys were out but as soon as one of them was back she'd send him through. Which lead me to expect that someone that afternoon. Not so. When no one had pitched by 5pm, I called them again only to be told that that's not what the lady said, she said that they could only come tomorrow because all the guys were out. Yeah right. And then she said she would send them first thing. All I can say is they'd better.
And then we come to the SAPS. I already have one traffic ticket for an expired car licence (see previous posts) so I've been keeping my car off the road and parking in private lots like mall carparks etc. So this evening I go over to my mate's to have an early pizza and catch Lipstick Jungle (yes I like the show but not as much as Battlestar Galactica, OK?). The parking lot in front of her block is full so I am forced to park in the street. Actually I am forced to park on the pavement because all the parking in the street is taken (where are these people? I never saw a soul). This is at 7.15pm. Emphasis on the pm. When I get back to my car at 10.15pm, there is a little pink piece of paper waving in the wind stuck to my window. Seriously. So between 7.15 and 10.15 some sadistic bastard of a policeman with supposedly nothing better to do went around all the cars in the neighbourhood and looked at the licence discs? Come on. There's plenty of big crime here in SA - go and catch some REAL criminals and leave the rest of us who pay our taxes (even if they are a bit late) alone.
Soundtrack of the Day: Supernova - Mr Hudson feat. Kanye West
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