The Sweet Service Award goes to Merchants on Long and its owner Hanneli Rupert, for her invitation to attend the classy cocktail party for her new summer range of Okapi handbags and purses, bespoke accessories made from the skins of blesbok, ostrich and crocodile, with springbok horn being used too. She only uses locals to manufacture the bags for her, which are largely exported. She shared that she will open a shop in Nigeria soon. The canapés crafted by Dish Food & Social were a cut above the standard canapé fare, and were beautifully presented.
The Sour Service Award goes to City of Cape Town Transport Mayoral Committee member Brett Herron for his arrogance on Twitter, in (mostly) not answering Tweets directed at him. He has just launched a radio advertising campaign for a self-created ‘Transport Month’, teaching Kfm listeners how to cross a road at a zebra crossing, spending valuable ratepayers’ money on this insignificant campaign, which smacks of DA political posturing. It would be far better spent on fixing the multitude of potholes on the roads in Cape Town and Somerset West caused by the torrents of rain in winter. Councillor Herron requested feedback on potholes in one’s area via Twitter, but does not respond to Tweets when they are reported to him via Twitter, requesting that the information be sent to a City sms number, with the motivation that one is then able to follow up on the fixing of the potholes. Surely this is the role of the City and not of its residents!
The WhaleTales Sweet & Sour Service Awards are presented every Friday on the WhaleTales blog. Nominations for the Sweet and Sour Service Awards can be sent to Chris von Ulmenstein at whalecot@iafrica.com. Past winners of the Sweet and Sour Service Awards can be read on the Friday posts of this blog, and in the WhaleTales newsletters on the www.whalecottage.com website.
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I also find that Brett Herron comes across as arrogant. And not to mention how the DA has become, like Icarus.
It is so ANC to run sponsored ads in which the Councillor does the voice – his Afrikglish is shocking for being a South African.
Chris, what is that pothole sms number please if you don’t mind? I dodge about 50 of them on my little 8km commute between home and work.
Many thanks.
It’s such a problem – never seen so many potholes in Cape Town (and Somerset West) before. One would think that the City would do regular checks. They only seem to do things now when told by residents. For example, they never pick up the palm tree fronds after strong winds. They lie on the streets in Camps Bay, Fresnaye and Sea Point!
The sms line is 31373.
Chris
Thanks, I’ll be sure to bother them often!
I’ll join you Johan.