And it would appear, that no matter how old you get, to family older than you, you’re still the younger cousin to be sent around and what not.
I mean, im in Jhb right..but I have been running around jhb like a headless chicken running errands for my older cousins who are in Natal.
- Fetch the mattress from him
- buy that stuff at Baby City
- fetch that document from house
- over-night it to natal
- fetch her from the airport
- drive her to pick up the dress
- drop her back at the airport
- give a lift to this one for her.
Yeah, past two weeks have been *fun and the next few days bout to get worse.
So the lesson here is that Seniority trumps everything, atleast in my culture/ family. If he/she is older than you, you are a child to them (no matter how old you are) and out of respect, you have to be able to be thuma-rable.
I would like to point out that I’s not mad at it though. It is how it is, i know they appreciate my running around for them. I am such a nice child;-) I am sure I will appreciate it, as well, when those junior to me run around at my behest :-) I look forward to it.
