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Those Blasted Boom Gates

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HateGauteng
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When I leave the office this afternoon, I'll be exiting through a boom gate. When I leave the office megacomplex I'll be exiting through a boom gate. My favourite pub is 1.5kms away and I'll be entering through a boom gate. Each one has at least two people manning it 24/7. Why is labour being used so unproductively? Why is crime shaping our lifestyle? What happens when the real collapse comes and all of this unwinds? Am I the only one bothered by the boom gate mentality???
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zudy
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HateGauteng
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Moving permanently to KZN this weekend. Unemployed but will take my chances as a day trader.
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jack12
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Yea my heart pumps for you poor guys. We have a similar thing, Big damm gates with no guards and no bells, so it is a hoot and wait game. When it is -35 you run very thin on patience... then you have a wierd fantasy that maybe it getting better in the old states. but alas you always pick up threads like this.
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eddy66
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You know what's more annoying? People washing your windscreen at the tfaffic light without you asking and when it's spotless.
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topgun
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that's where Killroy swings into action...my sjambok...
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HateGauteng
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After been hassled at all those gates giving phone and ID numbers then there's those car guards in Hatfield. Jump right out in front of you - an extra dimension to watch for when driving, parking and exiting. I planned my life and havn't bred any extraneous people, why should their existence be my concern???
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Those car guards can be annoying yes, but only yesterday a 'criminal' tried to break into my BMW, he completly destroyed the door handle and driven a screwdriver in the keyhole with a brick. The guard noticed the racket and screamed.. wich made the criminal run. that guard probably saved my car! Ive gained a bit of respect for them after yesterday, and i will probably pay the odd R5 from now
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HateGauteng
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Was this in Hatfield? I know people who've been robbed by car guard imposters. Now do I want someone to risk their live for my car . . . no . . . That crminal is probably going to come back and make that car guard his ***** or worse!
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It was at a church in Krugersdorp, i dont think the guard had secondary motives..
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HateGauteng
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I've been good all my life and didn't breed any carguards or criminals, now why am I caught in the middle. It's like paying protection money. Either pay somehow for a guard or lose it to a criminal and sometimes both!
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Cape town? have you noticed that we line the streets with 'glitter' here, spaced about every cars length.
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jack12
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LoL democracy has its price! pay for car guards then the govi steal the rest
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Blik
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Things are relative. Read "Pol Pot. An anatomy of Terror". That has made me realise that bad things can happen in countries and for people who are not expecting it very quickly. This is not to say that we dont all deserve the good life here. But thats why I live, and like living, in a small dorpie in the Eastern Cape. Minimal serious crime, and maybe a bit pf petty crime now and them. I feel safe every evening, and although I did run home a couple of nights ago, pissed, it may have been beer delusions. I guess I am trying to say is that if you feel unsafe in Joberg move somewhere else. If you feel unsafe in South Africa, New Zealand aint bad. As soon as I feel that I have to move, I will. I certainly am not Rambo and dont ever aim to be a martyr, even though I love South Africa.
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Hey Blik, uhlalaphi kwe-EC, swaar?
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Blik
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Russ
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Rearrange the letters of gauteng and you have "get a gun".he he!
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HateGauteng
Super Contributor
Been thinking about abandoning all my priciples and qualifications; digging up my AK47 and shooting back or strapping on explosives and paying a few people a visit (got anyone in mind?).
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