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Phyllis Ndlovu

It is no exaggeration that the global pandemic took every single country, government, and business by surprise. It has been a common onslaught, a common enemy if you will, but every single human being has responded differently to the commonness of it. Individual responses have largely depended on the meaning they each ascribe to the state of affairs. There might be as many responses as there are people, but my observation has been that these responses fall into three broad categories.

Judy Ditchfield

Nothing puts me off shopping more than a hard sell salesperson. You know the type trying to sell you something that you don’t want?  On more than one occasion, as they have starting their pushy, “trying-to-convince-me” sales talk, I have immediately said: “I will call you if I need you” retort.  Most of the time that seems to fly over their heads, and they continue to badger you. If they follow me around, I high tail it right out the store.  No question. I can’t stand it.  I don’t need to be hounded, because as quickly as you hound me, you will hound me out your store. Bad customer service.

Judy Ditchfield

As if lockdown pressure wasn’t enough. From beyond the bars and locked front doors, lurking around every single corner, the pressure genies have emerged.  As people have struggled to acclimatize and readjust, just trying to start functioning through this, a very loud voice has arisen. 

Charlotte Butler

These words can be found in the well-known fable by Greek Fabulist and story teller, Aesop’s The Tortoise and The Hare. I first heard the story while lying in the lounge in our home in Port Elizabeth. I listened to it often on our Hi-Fi. It was one of my favourite LP’s – yes vinyl.

In fact, those words; Slow and Steady Wins the Race, became my mantra for most of my life.