A meal in South Africa is a more leisurely affair than an Italian is willing to do. Dinner takes around 3 hours if you are lucky to go somewhere with an efficient kitchen. It takes more than an hour to ninety minutes to order. Your waiter will refuse to let you order the main course until you've had several round of drinks.
So when you have to work until 8pm and wake up at 5am to go to terminal, it only makes sense to have room service. But first I had to replace my faulty phone in the room- too quiet to hear a thing and without a volume adjuster. After thirty minutes, I happily dial 17 but the woman insisted on taking the order in my room and refused to take my order over the phone! After half an hour, she knocks on my door. She goes directly on my bed and plops her elbows at the edge. And to make sure my meal is in length of the South African style, she brings my dessert in after in a third trip.
So when you have to work until 8pm and wake up at 5am to go to terminal, it only makes sense to have room service. But first I had to replace my faulty phone in the room- too quiet to hear a thing and without a volume adjuster. After thirty minutes, I happily dial 17 but the woman insisted on taking the order in my room and refused to take my order over the phone! After half an hour, she knocks on my door. She goes directly on my bed and plops her elbows at the edge. And to make sure my meal is in length of the South African style, she brings my dessert in after in a third trip.
