We just phoned our local municipalities for the latest load shedding schedules:
George:
Daily from 10:00 – 12:30 and 18:00 – 20:30
Danabaai:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 14:00 – 16:30 and 22:00 – 00:30
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: 04:00 – 06:30, 14:00 – 16:30 and 22:00 – 00:30
Sundays: Random
Right, what does this mean for my business? In a nutshell: over half of my clients will have to place their orders between 08:00 and 10:00 or 12:30 and 14:00 – as I can only process these between 08:00 and 14:00. (That’s a 3-hour window for George clients!)
Georgians also have a tiny one-hour window (17:00 – 18:00) in which to do all their private shopping, refueling, cooking and cleaning. Unless they wait till 20:30 – when most shops are closed.
Living in Danabaai is a lot easier. Work till 14:00 and (from 16:30) only worry about electricity again at 22:00.
Memo to self: Get a wind-up alarm clock and save the planet, as well as your working week! (Electrical ones reset close to three times a day, you know…)
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