Nuh matter what, Bajans will live.
Boy, I gine tell ya, nuh matter how hard things seem tuh get, Bajans gine still shop. I ain’t know where the money come from or coming from but duh shopping down the place like nutten ain’t happen.
You see the supermarket people? If any o’ dem complain ’bout how slow things was or duh ain’t get or make as much like in previous years as a result o’ the downturn in the economy and a lot o’ foolishness, duh want some good blows.
Listen, fuh the past week the supermarkets were ram off wid people buying up all sorts o’ things like duh gine out o’ style.
Look, the lines tuh the cashiers was long, long, long and almost every trolley was ram off wid food items. If it wasn’t the goods, it was the cases o’ drinks and the alcohol. Ya think um easy?
We Bajans ain’t gine let nuh kinda recession, IMF, Standard and Poor’s downgrade nor nuhbody predictions stop dem from putting lil food pon duh table come Christmas morning. I tell you, hear? Bajans love duh Christmas and duh too love duh guts.
Let me tell you something: tuh this day I ain’t shop fuh one thing fuh my li’l house nor myself and both o’ we want looking after. Wha’ after all then, evahbody needs a little attention evah once in a while.
I work a whole year and ain’t suh much as gi’i myself a toffee: well, tuh be honest, I have been doing some o’ all kinda things and ain’t had the time nor the money tuh pamper me nor the house but it will happen in Jesus name, hear wha’ I tell ya.
Anyway, getting back tuh what I was talking ’bout: I went in tuh a supermarket last Saturday evening after I left the market tuh make sure dat I had a few things fuh the holidays and even though dat particular supermarket is big and spacious, ya still keep bumping in tuh people and duh laden down trolleys.
But dat ain’t all ya know. I realise dat a good few supermarkets now using the American thing ’bout putting a food outlet in dem, which is a very smart move ’cause lemmuh tell you something: ya see shopping and smelling food? Dat is something else, hear?
Dah ain’t easy, especially if ya hungry and most o’ the time ya does be hungry so, ya does end up in the long food line collecting something tuh carry home, instead o’ gine home and waiting fuh food tuh cook. So dem does be making good money from both the dry good and the food outlet.
Talking ’bout shopping fuh food? Only last week I went in tuh one o’ the big wholesale places and got some nice meat and gone back Monday gone there thinking dat I gine be able tuh do the same thing.
Well, I was the most shocked person when I look in tuh the big able chiller only tuh realise dat duh hardly had meat far less the one dat I does buy. Evahthing gone; the place was rock.
Well after all o’ the lot o’ eating and drinking up, I hope dat everybody had a real nice Christmas and now looking forward tuh a heathy and happy new year.
Mavis Beckles was born and raised in The Orleans. She has an opinion on everything.
