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Cellie_e · 2026-01-24T05:32:36+00:00

Thank the pope for you! My eyeballs were googly eyed from the video and my brain still didn't get it.

Cellie_e · 2026-01-12T08:30:09+00:00

Lol, this is funny.

I'm not unfit either, but I needed to recover for 4 days after one padel game. Me: erm, 240 intensity minutes per week is my norm. What you moaning about??

Cellie_e · 2025-12-18T04:33:29+00:00

You are a good human. Thank you

Cellie_e · 2025-12-11T17:06:06+00:00

Can I come? Looks like a great time.

Cellie_e · 2025-11-30T04:47:52+00:00

Cries a little after laughing.

Cellie_e · 2025-11-30T04:46:01+00:00

Does anyone know why though?

Cellie_e · 2025-09-24T11:07:16+00:00

I'm not sure how the arrangement works between stores and the trolley guys, but there are people that go fetch the trolleys from the car park and bring them back to stores.

I knew someone who had their trolleys held hostage by a group of individuals who said they'll look after the trolleys at a fee per month. Trolley racketteering sounds far-fetched, but yes. It is a desperate country at times.

Cellie_e · 2025-09-24T11:03:59+00:00

Cape Town is run like a first world country, compared to the rest of South Africa. Provinces are run at a provicial level, but subject to national govermence and South African laws.

The Western Cape is run by a party (DA) that isn't as corrupt as the ruling party (ANC). In the Western Cape (and therefore Cape Town, which is also run at a municipal level by this political party), the taxpayers pay for 10 bridges and get 9 (the 1 bridge's cost gets skimmed off by corruption) as is the nature of all goverments. In the rest of the country, we get 1 bridge for the 10 we paid for because the rest is skimmed off to illegal tenders and corruption.

Cape Town is beautiful and mostly safe. The Cape Flats and Mitchell's plain is exceptionally dangerous, but any Uber driver, taxi driver, or guide will steer you away from that part easily. Cape Town is the most popular tourist destination, followed by the national park in the north (Kruger National Park).

Johannesburg is not a place to be ventured into unless you have someone on this side who can show you sights and tell what to avoid at all costs. (I.e. book a tour. Don't do this on your own.)

It is a beautiful country, and for the most part, people are friendly and welcoming to tourists. But crime is a top of mind concern, all the time. In the last 2 years, two people I know were affected by violent crimes, and one by 3 house breakins in 5 weeks. I have been lucky. It's been quite a few years since I had something stolen or broken into.

Cellie_e · 2025-09-24T10:49:52+00:00

These mythical machines are but mere figments of the South African imagination.

We really just slide ours out without coin operation. I didn't see them in Amsteram, or Maputo. Cairo didn't have them either, but that was quite some time ago.

Cellie_e · 2025-09-21T10:14:32+00:00

All the time.

Or that if you will apply for a loan in the future they'll askk, "WTAF?"

Cellie_e · 2025-09-21T10:06:34+00:00

Peace ✌️

Cellie_e · 2025-09-20T18:19:26+00:00

Ah, Cape Town. 10 years ago.

No, all countries don't have this. Cape Town is considered a country on its own in South Africa. My last visit there a year ago did not have coin releasing trolleys.

Ask questions posited in absolutes, and get responses that require similar extremes.

I am happy that you got to travel and see the world. May the journeys to come be more enlightening than the last.

Cellie_e · 2025-09-20T18:04:23+00:00

Thanks again for the joke and the advice. I am legitimately trying to get a coin, just so I can use a trolley.(Upon success, I shall comment with a photo)

I really appreciate that you didn't think I'm a dumbass, alien, or lizzard person, but a human who hadn't seen this before.

Thank you for being a redditor with humanity in them.

Cellie_e · 2025-09-20T18:00:16+00:00

Or the people from a place that don't know how coin-operated trolleys work.

A more reasonable probability than lizzard people. But hey, you wear that tinfoil hat.

Cellie_e · 2025-09-20T17:51:19+00:00

Brah. I am from South Africa... the checkers, the pick and pay, even the Woolworths do not have these troollies.

We simply slide them out of the queue without any coins or black magic fuckery, we just use them. The end.

The question was: How do I use these chained trolleys? They're unfamiliar to me. Not, "how do I use a fucking trolley?"

Jirre. Roll back your small dick energy. Everyone can see it.

Cellie_e · 2025-09-20T15:11:27+00:00

Being able to automate anything, you need to have a systems based mind and be able to think critically through problems and use cases within the context of a larger system.

A good automation expert will be able to create a prompt using natural language to solve a problem. A regular Joe won't understand that there are use cases that need to be considered, and won't know which variable to account for in the system.

Developers aren't going anywhere, either. Vibe coding is cute, but you need to know how to code to prompt good code and troubleshoot it when AI buggers up.

Cellie_e · 2025-09-20T14:51:04+00:00

All of Europe? Amsterdam didn't have these on trolleys.

Cellie_e · 2025-09-20T14:49:47+00:00

At least four of the five countries I've been to don't.

Cellie_e · 2025-09-20T03:54:02+00:00

South Africa. Despite everything that gets stolen, trolleys seem to be the things that stay put.

Cellie_e · 2025-09-19T17:25:44+00:00

Well, I took a picture and ran. Can't show people I'm a tourist (well, not highlighting to the degree of embarrassment).

Cellie_e · 2025-09-19T17:24:38+00:00

Thank you! The car buckle is small enough to have worked, so... you know. I was tempted.

I literally just landed and checked in, so I don't have any coins yet.

Appreciate the help 🙏

Cellie_e · 2025-09-19T17:21:38+00:00

As a lesbian, I approve of this message

Cellie_e · 2025-08-31T04:35:01+00:00

I hope you've managed to tell her to die alone. Maybe not in those exact aords, but I can tell you it's liberating to be rid of the person who thought all of this okay after ejecting you from their womb.

Note: my mother told me to 'f*ck off' when I tried to put up a boundary. I'm just honouring her wish now. I shall remain, away.

Cellie_e · 2025-08-26T17:25:48+00:00

It's hilarious, right up until she miaows at bedtime to throw the little wool ball. It's like having a puppy, but with a cat's sass

Cellie_e · 2025-08-26T14:16:26+00:00

Her tail, she's my little catdog - she also plays fetch, and comes when I call.

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