So you all know those times when you need something from the shop, but you really couldn't be bothered to go, but you really have to. Just as much as you all know that in such circumstances you generally only take enough coins to be able to get the item. You also, I assume, are familiar with the feeling of then getting at your shop, getting your item and then being short by a few cents, and then having to return it and walk away feeling ever so very slightly like an idiot, and that everyone in the shop is looking at this poor idiot who can't afford something.

This was not one of those times. I mean, I really did not want to go through the hassle of going to my local Spar, and I did gather some quickly come by coins to do the required job, but where my story is different is that I had more than enough of said coins. More than enough. I took R 8.00. More than enough. Except, that all the media hype regarding the price of food has miraculously come true, and what was like R6.00 a month ago is now a whopping, wait for it, can you believe it.... R8.75. For a loaf of bread.

So, this is the moment where I profusely thank the very sweet girl behind the counter at Queenswood Spar for floating me the 0.75 cents, and for not making me feel like an idiot. I do realise that 0.75 cents is hardly something to write about, much less publicly thank some girl I probably will never see again (but, see, I will, because I owe her a beer now...), but it just goes to show that through all the bloody negativity, there are some fabulous people out there!

I do think that should the much publicised riots on food prices materialise, that I might indeed find myself somewhere in the throng. I think this is just a little bit absurd. And I think we need a revolution. And I defenitely think that sin tax should be alleviated just a little bit (If only to alleviate the pain and suffering of the food price scandal).

Oh, and did you guys notice that a McDonalds Number 1 is like R23 now? Wow... The so called joys of finally living on your own is making ever so slightly worried about my future...

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Photographer: Elke Rohn