Can Do folk
Don’t you love them? People who cope with adversity through innovation and an unfailing sense of humour. I was sitting in a favourite cafe this morning, delighted that they are still able to serve up a world class cappuccino alongside a delicious stack of pancakes – with syrup – in spite of the shortages, price controls and regular power and water cuts.
At the table next to me, two Can Do blokes were talking to a long suffering colleague on their mobile phone. “Boet”, on the other end of the line, was clearly struggling to keep a fleet of vehicles alive on some remote farm in Zimbabwe. As they pulled his leg about “slacking” and “wasting time” they also reassured him that they were looking for “gennies”* and grease nipples and alternators and were making plans regarding how they could “save the seal on the 49″ and “get the 47 back on the job”.
Compare this to the Can Do attitude of Zimbabwe’s government. They Can make countless promises and break them countless times.
They Can take your property, business, passport, life, future and give you nothing in return. They Can make and break the law as they please.
Well, the bottom line is we Can outlast this government and we will Do it.
* generators
Tuesday, July 31st 2007 at 9:50 am
We are Can Do Folk- no doubt about it. If there is a plan to be made- rest assured, Zimbos will make it!! I do not particularly like Russian sausages- never have. Why they are called Russian sausages beats me. But for the past week, l have been happily tucking into my evening meal of sadza and chopped up Russian sausages, courtesy of a mad scramble at the Colcom shop one Saturday morning. And let me tell you, l felt triumphant when l managed to grab one of the last remaining 5 kg packs of Russians!! The regime may make a lot of things but no way is it going to make me a herbivore!! Everytime l succeed in nailing a basic commodity (Russian sausages fall under the category of meat!) l feel like raising my middle finger to the Munhumutapa building…if you know what l mean. I feel like a one-woman-basic commodities-finding-brigade. Half of the 5kg of Russian goes to my sister in Chitungwiza. So does one packet of my two packet ration of Luna candles, 5 pints of chimombe milk and so on. Every delivery that is made is accompanied by a reminder to her to remember to register to vote…just in case…That is my long term plan.