No Television in the Bathroom
We cannot blame cellphones. Technology had already condensed the world into one fist, before they got here. That is why affluent people have a mounted television screen in all 10 rooms. They cannot afford to miss what is happening in the world, even for a minute.
They go to sleep with the TV on and wake up to it. They are serfs to producers who decide what we see. They do not like the rain because they cannot sift rain drops and only show us the ones they like.
However, there is one item that is missing in the four bathrooms in mansions: a sit-on-the-floor television box or one mounted on the wall. Why? Because the bathroom is the most important room where men and women attain their full potential. It is where they are drivers, pilots, gardeners or artists of their own fate. There is no joint account or class division.
Independent thought thrives in the bathroom because there is no TV commentator telling you what is, what should not be and how to do it. What happens in the bathroom puts the ‘P’ in privacy.
It is truly democratic because there are no job or religious titles. There are no traditional rulers, no emperors, no queens and kings, no ‘most beautiful girl in the world’, no best soccer player, no best anything. There are no men or women in velvet and silk robes. We are all commoners.
There is no comparison because we are in our natural state. We don’t like it. That’s why we spend as little time as possible on the seat. We cannot wait to rush back to our designated seats in the office or at home.
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
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