I
have always wondered; why do kombis only decide to go rogue on you when you
have somewhere to be and you are super late? Have you ever been in a situation
where if the kombi would take off there and then, you would just barely make it?
But as if fate knows you are in this situation, the driver will on this
particular day decide to stay below the speed limit and go through every road
in your neighbourhood looking for passengers. And then when the kombi is full
and you are somewhat relieved that you are on your way finally, cops decide to
show up and a good 10 minutes or so is wasted playing cops and robbers. Argh!
When
it comes to change, it is only in a kombi you will see the value of a R5. Isn’t
it humorous how regardless of how much you have in your pocket, there is no way
in the world you will ever willingly leave the conductor with your R5, J.
Kombis
aren’t all bad though. I especially love how maverick the drivers become when
they are working the morning traffic. If you want to beat the morning traffic,
the kombi is your best bet, because as long as there’s a pavement, you are home
and dry!
I
am always fascinated by the passengers. It’s as if there is a PLEASE BE QUIET
sign in the kombi. Because as soon as one gets in they become quiet and either
goes deep into thought or gets absorbed with his phone. There are those
however, who do not seem to see this invisible sign. Of this group, there are
some who will humour the passengers, while some will make the girl they are seated
next to regret everything that led to her seating at that particular spot at
that particular time, lol.
My
favourite are the wannabe cool guys who will get into a kombi as a group and
want to give everyone the impression that they are “it”. They will talk at the
top of their voices, making sure everyone hears the conversation, they will
have an opinion about everything and just about everything tickles them. But
then, you may have been in this group once or twice, lol. So maybe it’s the curse
of boarding a kombi as a group of friends, lol.
Lots
of drama goes on in the kombis every day! Reality tv doesn’t even have the best
of it, because the whole kombi experience – it’s in a class of its own, lol.
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