So today I go into the cyber after waiting all afternoon for the power to come back on, I walk in buy some internet time sign in check my email respond, then i realize that theres no scroll down option, I cant even gte around it using the keyboard or the roller on the mouse, cant scroll down. I tell the owner of the cafe to come over and help me as Ive never seen a computer have the inability to scroll down. He starts to fiddle with a program he doesnt know how to fix it either, and hes wasting my internet time which is 500 CFA per hour, I realize that this is only a dollar, but I cant think of it like that, its CFA not dollars, and 500 CFA can buy you 5 meals. I ask to be switched to another computer he goes to the on that has a sucky keyboard that the m and a sticks on which doesnt matter if the person using it doesnt know how to type, Ive never seen anyone using the cyber cafe and have the ability to type correctly, its totally the search and poke with only your index finger method of typing. So I ask to go to any other computer, he brings me to another and I get it all set up and go to get online and the internet only has the adress bar, no back button or refresh, oh and it has a button to bring you only to yahoo mail, not helpful as I use gmail. In the states I would be able to fix this problem probably without much trouble but as I have to navigate the french version of internet explorer this complicates everything and im not using a meals worth of internet time trying to fix the computer when I can just choose another. So I get stuck next to these two guys, by guys I mean fully grown men who are sharing the computer and emailing different girls their phone numbers, all I can think of is that they are creepy child predators or something, I hope not and i hope the reality is that they actually found women who are older than the age of consent and who are dumb enough to give out their phone numbers online. One of these characters has put on about a bottles worth of colonge that I dont think would even smell good if he put on the recomended amount. But as I said, this computer works. Even if I did have to ask the smelly guy to move out of my seat. Ive stopped thinking that things like this are obnoxious, but rather common place.
An update on the guys next to me, now theyre looking at how to win the visa lottery to go to the USA. Its sad that to get a visa to the states they have to win the lottery. Whereas for me to visit their country I only had to fill out an application, and to go to most anywhere I dont need a visa.
There you have it the news of Benin, coming up on the schedule I have more mudstoves, there are an unlimited number of women in Bassila who could benefit, another training in Parakou, and composting!!
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It's a miracle that you are able to update your blog at all.....but it is always entertaining to hear about your adventures and I do look forward to them so much.
Good luck with the mudstoves and steer plenty clear of those smelly guys.
Wishing the best of health and many smiles, Mark Loehrke (Carly's dad)
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