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Calm and Collected

[Gabriel Casalduc @elGabrielC]

11 months and 6 years ago...

[BSAT Properties @BSAT_Properties]

I was on a train in Tokyo. We stopped between stations. Announcement in Japanese, then in English: "We apologize for the delay. We will resume shortly."

The delay was maybe 3 minutes. Not a big deal.

When the train started moving again, another announcement: "We sincerely apologize for the delay. We were stopped for 3 minutes and 20 seconds. This is unacceptable. Thank you for your patience."

Three minutes and twenty seconds. They measured it exactly. And called it unacceptable.

When I got off at my stop, there were station staff on the platform bowing and handing out delay certificates.

I took one out of curiosity. It was an official document stating that the train had been delayed by 3 minutes and 20 seconds, signed and stamped.

The staff member said in English "for your employer. So they know the delay was not your fault."

I said I'm a tourist, I don't need it. He looked confused. "But the delay affected you. You deserve an apology."

Three minutes. They were treating a three-minute delay like a major incident.

Later I mentioned this to a Japanese friend. They said "oh yes, delay certificates are normal. Trains are supposed to be exactly on time. If they are late, they must apologize."

I said three minutes isn't late, it's nothing. My friend said "in Japan, three minutes is late. On time means on time. Not approximately on time."

They said the train company probably investigated why there was a 3-minute delay. "They will find the cause and fix it so it doesn't happen again."

I kept the certificate. It's framed in my apartment now. A reminder that somewhere in the world, people care about three minutes.

© 6IX.

[il Donaldo Trumpo @PapiTrumpo]

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[Nyasha @nyashaadam]

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What Europeans think America is like 😂

[Nyasha @nyashaadam]

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Machine that measures and packs shapes.

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Never gets old 😂.

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A rapper in Harare takes his music to the streets literally

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[Emmanuel Echeta @PenTitan]

You people hate your fathers. Stop the "he wasn't present" BS

300 level, there was no money at home, I couldn't pay fees or lodge rent. My dad was getting depressed but tried to hide it.

A few days to resumption, he and I drove to his friend's house by 8pm. The man was at a meeting, but we waited till 9/10 thereabouts.

When he was done, he attended to us. I suspected the reason we were there, but it had never happened before and didn't think it would.

My beloved father said to his friend:

"My son will be resuming school next week. For now I don't have any money to send him back. Look at him here. Please lend me xxx amount; I'll repay as soon as I get it. He's in 300 level. He has 2 years to go."

I wept inside because I had to witness my dad borrow money to send me back to school.

A lot of you come to talk bullshit about your dads, about how he didn't bond and other stupid things.

If your fathers had carried you to the places they went to earn, borrow or beg for money, you wouldn't say they didn't turn up for you.

I understand how easy it is to fall into mummy's bosom and never crawl out. But you think provision is just dropping money in accounts and in mummy's lap?

Do you know how that money was gotten? Do you know how many people didn't go to school because their father's died?

Fuck bonding! Fuck being present!!

All I needed from my father was being alive to provide for me. I didn't need him toiling around the house and gisting with me.

Many of my friends lost their fathers at an early age. I was praying everyday for my dad to come back home. That was the only form of presence I needed.

Shame on you if you become successful and abandon your father because of stupid emotional crap. Especially when you're a man.