November 29

The electricity has been on all week.  A colleague at work says she

longs for a power cut as she cannot afford full time electricity.  This is the absurdity of the situation. We discuss the possibility of self-imposed power cuts.

Initially, I thought someone was being paid to keep the electricity on in Hillside.  Perhaps there was a conference somewhere or someone's sister's daughter was getting married and they had slipped the Main Switcher Off-er (made up word) a cool US$500 to keep it on all week? Or is that not enough?  How much would one ask for in that situation?

My other theory, and John says there is no way this is true, is that it's ZESA's Christmas present to its customers.  Every week until the end of December, at least one area will have electricity the whole week.  Just so we remember what it's like and we feel very thankful and appreciative and don't think that ZESA is half as bad as we usually do.

Another theory, is that ZESA have run out of money.  The power is off for so long that they are not making anything out of it.  They may as well just close.

Yet another theory is that it is all paart of the psychological warfare waged against us by the government.  They give us something, then they take it away and make us suffer and then, just as we approach breaking point, they give it back.  It's all an attempt to mess with your head.