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Jul 01, 2014 Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon
It is not that Guyanese are afraid to condemn governmental abuse only. They just don’t raise their voices about any kind of wrong-doing. Some kind of evil is devouring this land.
Is there any kind of horror that can move the people of this country? If a derelict takes over a university class and kicks out the students, no one at UG will protest. If shoppers have to take off their shoes before they enter the store, no one will protest.
If kindergarten students have to wash their hands on the grass parapets no one will protest. If traffic cops demand a kiss from all female drivers, no one will protest. If citizens are compelled to wear yellow shirts every Sunday, no one will protest. Finally if it is decreed that all Guyanese dog-owners eat their puppies for breakfast, no one will protest. Something is just not right with the people of Guyana and it is eerie, bizarre and terrifying. It is as if some evil has taken over Guyana.
Nothing moves people to protest in this land. It is as if they have lost all sense of dignity. Guyana has modern slavery which when compared to ancient slavery, is worse. Ancient slaves staged rebellions that they were proud of. I watched years ago at a National Hardware store, as guards had customers emptying all the contents of their shopping bags at the exit, a horrible practice I wrote about three times in these columns but the modern slaves in Guyana accepted their faith.
Let’s skip from National Hardware to Republic Bank. I would assume that large firms log the angry telephone call they get as a security policy. It means Republic Bank has about twenty stored calls from me over the Kitty ATM. I spoke to all the persons in charge of the ATMs at Republic Bank but there has been no change because the bank, like all large companies, operates in a society where no one complains.
From my experience, I know that three days of the week, the ATM in Kitty does not function. And this is up to last week. I have had some terrible nightmares with the ATM in Kitty and on each occasion, I have called the Bank. But the story of the ATM fiasco in Kitty goes on.
At Camp Street, there are six ATMs. At no time, I repeat, at no time do all six machines work. Of the six, five have deposit facilities. At no time, would one find three (yes three) working deposit machines there. I lodged a protest at the front desk, last month. At New Market Street, there are three ATMs. At no time, all three function.
Last Wednesday, I was next in line behind Kellawan Lall with eight others. Only one machine was working. When it was Lall’s turn to enter, that one machine collapsed. Lall quietly walked away. I urged the guard to report the atrocity. Republic Bank will continue to have poor functioning machines because Mr. Lall is not going to get his government to read the Riot Act to them.
No customer complains to Banks DIH. It is doing something that is so asinine, idiotic and sickening that it makes a mockery of Guyana. At the side of the cover of the quarter pint, half pint, and one pint cups of ice cream, Banks DIH takes a rubber stamp with erasable ink and stamps the flavour of the ice cream.
First, the side cover is too small to record the name of the flavour. Secondly, when the cups get frozen, the ink rubs out. So customers cannot identify the flavour of their choice.
Now here is a challenge for my Editor. If he doubts me, I will bring ten cups and let him identify the flavours for me by reading the stamp. If I lose, he has a carton of any kind of alcoholic beverage. If I win, I need three large pizzas from Mario’s. I am contending my Editor will not be able to read not one of the ten.
Here is a challenge to Banks DIH. If I am not telling the truth, let one of the Managers accompany me to Survival Supermarket on Sheriff Street. There are surveillance cameras that record customers’ behaviour in the supermarket. The tapes will show me last week, opening several cups to see which one is chocolate for my daughter and which one is “custard supreme” which is my choice.
I got so fed up, stopped looking and didn’t buy. Anyway, this is Guyana, the land of sheep.
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