00:00how I miss doing shows back home, how I miss being home, you know, watching the news, talking to people,
00:05getting a sense of what's happening, you know, there's nothing like being in the country, feeling it,
00:11you know, because I, like when I was coming back, I was like, I wonder if it's going to be
00:15the same,
00:16is it going to have changed, will I still understand, and then look, 99% of it, I still
00:21understand, the 1% I've realized is because I was away for too long, yeah, because the country
00:29moves in a direction, right, that's just what happens, and the longer you're away, the less you
00:37move with the people, I've noticed that in small things, I need to catch up to where South Africans
00:42are in certain things, you know, one of them being load shedding, yeah, no, I'm behind when it comes
00:48to load shedding, yeah, because when I left South Africa, when I left, like load shedding was like
00:54one hour, maybe every few weeks, do you know, that type of thing, and now when I come back,
01:02they're like, it's stage six, and I'm like, is this Mario Brothers, I didn't even know,
01:07just every single day, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, and the
01:16reason I know I'm behind, the reason I know I'm behind, is because I still react to load shedding,
01:23that's it, I react, I've noticed South Africans, you don't flinch anymore,
01:29nothing, now when the lights go out, I'm the only idiot, who's like,
01:33oh, load shedding, and you see people around me like, oh, where's this guy from,
01:39oh, he doesn't even know load shedding, welcome to the future, buddy, what an idiot,
01:49South Africans have had load shedding for so long now, that I don't know if you've noticed this,
01:54but you've started becoming load shedding connoisseurs,
01:59you know, I've heard conversations, where people are talking about load shedding,
02:04and they'll be talking about their favorite load shedding,
02:09people will be sitting there, and they'll be like, you know, I'm not gonna lie,
02:12my favorite load shedding, easily, bro, easily, is like, 2am to 6am,
02:17that's like the best load shedding, that's when you want load shedding, eh,
02:20because like, you're already asleep, right, it doesn't bother anything,
02:23it doesn't mess anything up, that's like the best load shedding ever,
02:26people are there fighting, no, no, no, I think 1pm to 4pm,
02:30oh, guys, you're crazy, you're crazy, no, that's the best, let me tell you the best,
02:33my favorite load shedding, guys, you can't have your favorite bad thing,
02:36are you kidding me?
02:38how long has this been going for, that you're like, yeah, this is my favorite,
02:41you can't have a favorite bad thing, that's like someone being like,
02:44yeah, my favorite plane crash, my favorite plane crash is the one that goes like this,
02:48that's my favorite one,
02:53my favorite load shedding,
02:57it's ridiculous,
03:00people have moved, people have changed,
03:02there's dynamics I don't understand,
03:04and, you know, I'm trying to get used to it,
03:07for instance,
03:10the last time I was doing shows here,
03:12when load shedding would hit,
03:13the lights would just go out,
03:14and that would be it,
03:15like when you were at a shop,
03:17the lights would go out,
03:18and that was that,
03:19and then now everyone has generators,
03:22and so now there's a pause,
03:24but I didn't know about this,
03:26and I've noticed that the lights go out,
03:28and when they do,
03:30everyone in South Africa just stands where they are,
03:40and then when the lights come on,
03:41they carry on,
03:41yeah,
03:46that's weird,
03:48at least have fun in the load shedding,
03:51huh,
03:52that's a moment of darkness,
03:54make it exciting,
03:55make it creative,
03:56I've started figuring out some of some things,
03:58you know,
03:58like at the checkers that's next to my house,
04:00what I do is whenever I'm shopping there,
04:01I know that the load shedding,
04:03between the load shedding and the generator kicking in,
04:04it's 45 seconds,
04:06so what I'll do is,
04:07if the load shedding hits,
04:08in that 45 seconds,
04:09I'll just take boxes off the shelf,
04:11and I just stack them into like a tower,
04:13and then I'll step away from it,
04:14then when the lights come back,
04:15it's like,
04:16I'm like,
04:22I just try and make things interesting,
04:31because there's things that you have to understand,
04:33there's things that are different now,
04:36one of the weirdest ones for me,
04:38one of the weirdest happened,
04:40when I needed to get new appliances for my house,
04:42right,
04:43so I needed to get like kettles,
04:44and toasters,
04:45and all those small things,
04:46and so,
04:47I went,
04:48right,
04:49I was going to,
04:49at home,
04:50I was at,
04:51at our,
04:52wait,
04:54I was at,
04:55at home,
04:57hmm,
04:57no,
04:58I was at,
04:59they must change the name of that shop,
05:00because you can't,
05:01how do you say it,
05:02I was at,
05:03because you can't say I was at home,
05:04because then it seems like I was a kaya,
05:07so you were at,
05:07at home,
05:08but that doesn't sound grammatically,
05:09they should have just called it home,
05:10and we say the at,
05:11anyway,
05:12I was by that shop,
05:12and so I'm there busy shopping for appliances,
05:16and while we're shopping,
05:17everything's normal,
05:18everything's not,
05:19and about,
05:19at five to two,
05:21five to two,
05:23one of the employees,
05:24walks out,
05:25from the,
05:26behind the cash register,
05:28and she's like,
05:29ladies and gentlemen,
05:30please stay where you are,
05:34ladies and gentlemen,
05:35please stay where you are,
05:40and I'm there like,
05:46did we win something,
05:51and then without missing a beat,
05:53the security guards,
05:55at home,
05:57closed the doors,
05:59and then they locked the gate,
06:05and then they stood in front of the door,
06:09and then the staff came,
06:11and stood with them,
06:15and then they just looked at us,
06:23now,
06:24I don't know what's happening,
06:27South Africans who've been here,
06:29know exactly what's going on,
06:30and I just saw people lock the gates,
06:32block the entrance,
06:34and stare at me like they're challenging me,
06:37so in my head,
06:38I'm like,
06:38oh,
06:39this is squid game,
06:42I'm like,
06:43things have gotten so bad in South Africa,
06:45that now you have to fight your way out of a shop,
06:48like literally,
06:49while they're staring at me,
06:50all I'm thinking in my head is,
06:56and then the lights go out,
07:00and they come back,
07:03and she's like,
07:03thank you very much everybody,
07:04you can continue,
07:06and then they open the shop,
07:09and then everyone just carried on,
07:10like nothing happened,
07:11everyone was just there,
07:12doing their thing,
07:13I was stunned,
07:15I'm looking at everybody like this,
07:17so I go to the counter,
07:19I see the guy's name tag,
07:20I'm like,
07:21how's it my man,
07:23he's like,
07:23he's like,
07:24how are you my brother,
07:26I'm like,
07:27he's like,
07:27I'm good my man,
07:28I'm good,
07:29how can I help you,
07:30I was like,
07:33what happened,
07:35what just happened,
07:37he's like,
07:38where,
07:44everywhere,
07:44Tabo,
07:46everywhere,
07:46what just happened everywhere,
07:48you just locked the shop,
07:50looked like you were threatening us,
07:51and now everything's gone back to normal,
07:54he's like,
07:54oh,
07:55oh,
07:56Ehsan,
07:57ah,
07:58no,
07:58Trevor,
07:59it's because of the load shading,
08:01and it,
08:04like,
08:05no,
08:05no,
08:05that doesn't explain anything,
08:08what happened,
08:09he's like,
08:10yeah,
08:11you haven't been here for long,
08:12so you see Trevor,
08:14because of load shading,
08:16what started happening,
08:17was some of the customers,
08:21they started realizing,
08:23that,
08:23when the load shading hits,
08:26the sensor,
08:28there by the door,
08:29it's not working,
08:33you see,
08:35so then,
08:36those customers,
08:37started coming,
08:38just before load shading,
08:41then they were filling their trolley,
08:43filling their trolley,
08:44just filling it up,
08:45we're even watching like,
08:46yo,
08:46yo,
08:47we are doing well today,
08:48these people,
08:50it's not even month end,
08:51they were filling the trolley,
08:52filling the trolley,
08:54then they were standing by the door,
08:56then the lights,
08:56was just going,
08:58ah,
08:58then these ones were,
09:02then the lights,
09:03was coming back,
09:05then the shelves were empty,
09:08it was like a magic,
09:09sick Trevor,
09:11yeah,
09:12then the owner of the shop came,
09:13they didn't believe us,
09:14when we told them what happened,
09:15because the camera rate,
09:16was also off,
09:17because of load shading,
09:19then they said,
09:19we are the ones,
09:20who stole it,
09:21and because we are responsible,
09:23for stock control,
09:24we decided as the staff,
09:25we are going to do something,
09:26about it,
09:26so now,
09:27when we see,
09:28it's going to be load shading,
09:295-2,
09:30we just close the door,
09:32and we look,
09:33and then we just stand there,
09:34where we can see each other,
09:38yeah,
09:40does it make sense,
09:54does it make sense?
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