Image: stolen WhatsApp DP
Did someone tasked with the evil job of pressing a button to
switch us off forget for five whole days? If so I hope this person never gets
fired and will continue to hold this responsibility. Or did State House move to
Mak… Actually no, I won’t reveal which part of Lusaka I live in lest someone at
Zesco sees this and decides to disproportionally punish us for the privilege of five days without load shedding.
This is just too good to be true. No need to worry about
food in the fridge spoiling and I can play fruit ninja on my phone whenever I
want without worrying about how much battery power I have and I can keep
reading think pieces about Kanye West’s continued meltdown. I was beginning to
live like my Stone Age ancestors, they didn’t have 24 hours of power either and
they cooked with fire too. When I say I cook with fire I’m referring to my use
of a gas stove at home. In these modern times we are so disconnected from the
old ways and the life our ancestors lived but Zesco is addressing this well. My
ancestors didn’t know what uninterrupted electricity was and now, neither do I
(with the exception of these past five days). My ancestor cooked with fire and
so do I. Fire in my case, being fire from the gas stove.
Back to reality…
So the day after I started this post, it happened. At 6:00am
on the dot power was cut. Of course it didn’t come back 8 hours later as it
should have but more like 9 hours. But thank you Zesco for allowing me the privilege of five days of power. I had
forgotten what that felt like. To the person, or people, that forgot or simply
didn’t bother to turn the power off, I really appreciate your slacking off.
Please keep it up.