Load shedding - no water !!!!!!!!!!!!

[AirWolf]

A legitimate complaint would be if you permanently had no access whatsoever to running water...



Yours was a complaint, which I acknowledge, but it is definitely far from the end of the world as we know it!

I didn't realise you were a self appointed government representative on this forum

 

[AirWolf]

We finally got water sometime after 11pm.

Why must we shift the goal posts when it comes to service delivery? Suddenly when there is screw up because of inadequate planning we must compare ourselves to a third world country without water but when it comes to other issues such as the Soccer World Cup we present ourselves as a capable first world country.

Wouldn't the billions being spent on the stadia be better spent on solving our existing problems such as the load shedding which is having a rippling effect?

I have 3600 odd post - please sift through them find any other post where I got on a soap box and started bleating about emigration - I am not that type of person. The reason I got really pissed was because we were not informed, and with typical incompetence from the local government side an avoidable situation was not avoided.

I say incompetence because after my first call, according to the call centre water supply was supposed to return at 5pm. Second call, this changed to 9pm. And water was only restored after 11pm.

The person handling this situation did not know:

• how big the reservoir is;
• how fast it will fill up;
• how long it would take to fill up

The bottom line is they had no clue and no plan.

We have never experienced such a long outage of water during the day. If they do maintenance during the day it is only for a couple of hours. If a longer period is required it is done during the night.

If we continue to blindly support the guavamint regardless of service delivery and choose to see everything through rose-tinted glasses we will end up like Zimbabwe. If we are unhappy about something, it is better for us to complain about it so perhaps in future they can take more appropriate steps to remedy the situation and bring the standards of service to that of a real first world country.

 

[LancelotSA]

We finally got water sometime after 11pm.

Why must we shift the goal posts when it comes to service delivery? Suddenly when there is screw up because of inadequate planning we must compare ourselves to a third world country without water but when it comes to other issues such as the Soccer World Cup we present ourselves as a capable first world country.

Wouldn't the billions being spent on the stadia be better spent on solving our existing problems such as the load shedding which is having a rippling effect?

I have 3600 odd post - please sift through them find any other post where I got on a soap box and started bleating about emigration - I am not that type of person. The reason I got really pissed was because we were not informed, and with typical incompetence from the local government side an avoidable situation was not avoided.

I say incompetence because after my first call, according to the call centre water supply was supposed to return at 5pm. Second call, this changed to 9pm. And water was only restored after 11pm.

The person handling this situation did not know:

• how big the reservoir is;
• how fast it will fill up;
• how long it would take to fill up

The bottom line is they had no clue and no plan.

We have never experienced such a long outage of water during the day. If they do maintenance during the day it is only for a couple of hours. If a longer period is required it is done during the night.

If we continue to blindly support the guavamint regardless of service delivery and choose to see everything through rose-tinted glasses we will end up like Zimbabwe. If we are unhappy about something, it is better for us to complain about it so perhaps in future they can take more appropriate steps to remedy the situation and bring the standards of service to that of a real first world country.

This all said by the man who did not bother phoning the manager but merely took it all out on the first person who answered the phone. That is my point, moaning is is all good and well, but at least try to ensure that your moaning is reaching the ears of the correct person, otherwise I am afraid it is merely moaning and is not solving any of the perceived problems.

By the way if you wonder why I often take umbrage to what is being said it is the indiscreet use of words like "rose tinted glasses" and in other instances blind and ostrich. If my view differs from yours it does not make me blind. In fact it may be you that is blinded by the situation you have been "subjected" to. Blinded by anger.

 

[AirWolf]

This all said by the man who did not bother phoning the manager but merely took it all out on the first person who answered the phone. That is my point, moaning is is all good and well, but at least try to ensure that your moaning is reaching the ears of the correct person, otherwise I am afraid it is merely moaning and is not solving any of the perceived problems.

By the way if you wonder why I often take umbrage to what is being said it is the indiscreet use of words like "rose tinted glasses" and in other instances blind and ostrich. If my view differs from yours it does not make me blind. In fact it may be you that is blinded by the situation you have been "subjected" to. Blinded by anger.

You are entitled to your opinion

Oh, and no water again today from about 7.30 am - what was it you were saying about me being blind?

No need to worry about the correct people hearing about my complaints - I'm working on it. I'll keep you posted

 

[Paulr]

Back on topic....

I wonder if any other areas are affected in the same way? It would be interesting to see if loadshedding is a legitimate problem when it comes to filling resevoirs (which I doubt) or if they are trying to "hide" another problem.....