New post ... post ... bugger they don't work either

Load shedding, a politically correct way of saying we fucked up, now deal with no power at home work or anywhere in between.

Just checking the news quickly, and i see:
http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_2253338,00.html
http://www.fin24.co.za/articles/default/display_article.aspx?Nav=ns&ArticleID=1518-25_2253492

Both articles on how other countries have had power problems too. So THEY (media) are saying it's ok folks. Deal with it.
Myself and everyone else am tired of this. Total utter absolute entropy. Happening really fast (in the historical sense). It's not only about power, but this is just so .... descriptive of the problem. To give an idea, traffic lights are out, so what is usually an hour plus (!) commute to work (for most), has now become 2 hours. Oh, and home again. You have to spend the time at work, but half that time you cannot work, so in half the usual time you have to do all the work. Whatever may be said, bosses don't give a rat's ass about your problems, of which power is but one.
Once you have finished a crappy day at the office, and sit in 2 hour traffic jams, you get home and guess what? No hot water to bath / shower, no hot water for coffee, no stove for supper, no lights, no music, etc.
Now we all know life ain't a bunch of roses even at the best of times, but now most people have just been pissed on. People are more stressed, tired, EVERYTHING takes more energy and time. But there is no payback anywhere. Not like you can even get an electricity discount ... you pay 100% for electricity maybe 10% of the useful time.
Because let's face it, it doesn't matter if power goes at while you're asleep or at work, you only want it for that silly in between time, you know, YOUR time. The only fucking time YOU have.
Already i can feel the roads tightening up, as people can't quite deal with the agony of sitting in traffic waiting to get to problems. Already i've had people trying to ride into me, for fun it seemed. You take where you get i guess :/

*sigh*

At the height of the greatest civilisation ever, we watch it unravel. And no, i'm not optimistic. In 1994, this WAS a first rate infrastructure, it was. It needed to be grown and shared more evenly yes, but the foundation was good. No longer. This is only the tip of the iceberg, many more things are breaking down as well, sewerage farms, storm drains, water purification plants, and everything else that is govt controlled.

The police and courts are hopelessly bogged down, and it isn't even the newsworthy items, it's all those poor people you never hear of. Mothers stealing food for their children going to university, fathers selling ganja (marijuana) for an income. Children stealing shoes for their siblings (i am not making this up).

Again, i started this post trying to be happy, but you look around and it hits you, the complete insanity of it.