I don’t know what happens dong on dee rock deese days, so forgive meh eef meh memory or 20 years ago lead meh to expect dat when dey cut orf yuh water dey do it ‘jes so’.
Well over here on a real fus world rock dey does give yuh notice. But daize not all – dey go even compensate yuh if they don’t resume water supply within their notice of time limits.
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Now Englan’ eh perfect – I eh tryin’ tuh show dat it is. All ah sayin’ is that dere are some t’ings here I respec’. And most of the time dey aim to treat people wid respec’.
Well eef t’ings still bad on dee Rock, show dem how it is done ova here.
Oh shit – is rainy flood season again dong dey boy. Check dat Indian (sorry ah mean ‘indian lookin’ fella to be PC) ketchin he ass in a flood. Pic from Guardian 2009-08-06. He lucky he eh in a boat. Well maybe nex’ month he might have tuh use he boat.
See Guardian 2009-08-07 Flood in Dong Tong - flood all ova, man. Water fuh so!
Aye - now is a good time fuh allyuh to tell dem dat dee country need anodda desalination plant! Nah dat eh right - mo’ dan 30 years now people ketchin dey ass fuh water dong dey and suffering flood nearly every year. And whuh is dee solution ‘desalination plants’ – look leh meh stop dey before a lehgo some cuss.
6 Comments:
thing is we need more than one more desalination plant... we need five...
you cyar get water because WASA (pronounced WORSER) is wasa dan URP. these people have found a way to make a 10 days into 10 years... and every threat of retrenchment or overhaul is greeted with talk of keepin a people down... WTF!
many of the floodin problem have bee caused by the Local Government not clearing waterways filled with sediment and rubbish from citizens... and by Town & Country approoving some questionable projects and allowing SQUATTERS to continually cut into the hillside...
str8 from trini... WE LIKE IT SO!
Yuh right...and dey drownin'.. not jes in floods but in in dey own utter stupidity and short-sightedness - and dey like eet soooooh!
I eh throwin stone nah - is boulders on dey backside. No mercy!
Oh - now as dee flood season hit - perhaps dee mo' sensible will take dis opportunity to practice dey raft-buildin' skills.
Treating people with respect goes against our Trinidad instinct. When last yuh hear a sales clerk in TnT say Thank You? Respect is not in our value system and that is why we drive with disregard for other people's safety and even our own. Maybe I am not being fair and recently I have seen people at the passport office and at a T&TEC office making efforts at courtesy but others are not following. Hi-Lo cashiers constantly grunt or ignore customers. Some even give serious cut-eye when the customer says thank you. You would expect the private sector to be better than the Government but they are not.
Insurance sales men are nice to potential customers up until you kick them out your office or throw black paint on their new BMW.
You kno, is real coincidence.
Yesterday I was talking to a long lost relative, (punkin vine) and we were reminiscing about the old days... and I remember that conversation as I slept a lil late this morning, thinking how nice it was not to be awakened by the sound of every house in the neighbourhood rolling out barrels (steel ones) to get water from a water truck. The organised symphony was louder than random samplings...
Altho that was better than having to wake up at 2 or 3 AM and go ah mile or more to a standpipe, stand in a long line ah mosquitoes (and also people with buckets) to fetch a pail of water...
More ketchass wid flood: Guardian 2009-08-09.
You kno, is real coincidence.
Yesterday I was talking to a long lost relative, (punkin vine) and we were reminiscing about the old days... and I remember that conversation as I slept a lil late this morning, thinking how nice it was not to be awakened by the sound of every house in the neighbourhood rolling out barrels (steel ones) to get water from a water truck. The organised symphony was louder than random samplings...
Altho that was better than having to wake up at 2 or 3 AM and go ah mile or more to a standpipe, stand in a long line ah mosquitoes (and also people with buckets) to fetch a pail of water...
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