During last week the MU (Maternal Unit/Mother) accompanied her long standing friend, Marion, to Greenacres for a spot of shopping.
Both are in their mid eighties and prone to what we all politely call ‘senior moments’.
Apparently Marion is presently avoiding the Acres Complex as there have been reports of vehicles being stolen by criminals who jam the signals from remotes. We do not have the heart or the capacity to remind her that her vehicle is a MANUAL locking one so probably safe from the miscreants!
The intrepid duo parked near the Checkers parking area at Greenacres in order to visit Pep Stores. Realising that they were at Pep Home and not Stores they went back to their vehicle and moved it closer to a Pep Stores.
Time, coffee and lunch went by and our two octogenarians made their way to where they thought they had parked (the first time).
And, they experienced that heart wrenching, stomach acid squirting panic when they realised that their vehicle was not there.
And the more the car guards tried to explain to them that they were looking in the wrong place the more these feisty two were not listening.
Eventually an Omega Risk Solutions security guard, Xolelwa Ngqoyiya, managed to get out of our two stressed grannies the time that they had arrived and, after checking the cameras, was able to gently remind them that they had actually ‘stolen’ their own vehicle by moving it to a different car park.
Great was the relief of the two who were then personally escorted/wheeled in a wheel chair to where their vehicle was patiently waiting for them.
So – public thanks are extended to Xolelwa, Car Guards – Messers Gzumisa and Tyabiwzwe, Omega Risk Solutions Miss Westraad and Mr J.R. Letior. Your kindness and sympathetic handling of our two octogeneraians is highly appreciated and a fine reflection on your great stature as human beings. Thank you once again.
Alan Straton
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