u/Mashy_za

I'm thinking of taking the Gautrain from Rosebank to Midrand to renew my drivers license. Unfortunately, it shows 0 appointments available for Waterfall on Natis and I need your advice to make a decision please. If you have had an appointment there:

What was your experience like?

Are they as good as they say the Waterfall centre is?

What's the difference between the Gautrain Station, and Gautrain Office option when making a booking?

*EDIT* I realised after posting this that there's a license station at the Sandton station as well. Anyone used this before?

You know those random shops in malls that only sell carpets with no branding or minimal advertising. I seem to notice them more often these days and there's usually an Indian/Pakistani guy running it.

Now I'm not here to question whether their rugs are genuine Persian or not, but the whole setup just feels off to me.

Firstly there's the aesthetic. Carpets draped everywhere, stacked haphazardly, with little to no modern design in sight. It gives off a slightly dodgy vibe, like you're walking into a bazaar rather than a modern retail store in a mall.

But here's what really gets me. How many carpets can one store possibly sell to stay afloat? Carpets aren't exactly consumables. People buy them once and keep them for years. There's almost no repeat business there. There's also hardly any foot traffic in those stores.

So either they're sitting on a goldmine of high-margin Persian silk, or... something else is going on. My theory? It's a front. For what, I'm not sure...money laundering? Something dodgy? Either way, it doesn't add up to me. Am I overthinking this, or have you noticed it too?

I don't like wine and I haven't cooked with it before so I'm not sure if adding it to my food would make it taste fabulous. I have given some away but I still have a few bottles left. At the moment it's just used as decor in my cabinet.

You get a group of friends, fill a glass of water, sit around it and turn off the lights. Then you say glassie glassie speel met my. Then you wait and you will see a green light in the glass, and if you are unlucky, you will get a hard klap from nowhere.

Is it just me, or does Toblerone actually suck? Firstly the shape is just impractical. You have to snap off those weird triangular chunks with your hands, and I always end up with sticky fingers. Biting into it directly doesn't work either unless you're okay with shoving a whole triangle into your mouth.

Then there's the taste. The chocolate itself tastes okay, nothing special. But those little nougat bits...all they do is get stuck in your teeth and add nothing to the experience. They don't even complement each other, unlike biting into a chunky chocolate bar with something crispy like biscuit or wafer inside.

For the price, I don't think it's worth it. I'd rather go for a plain Cadbury bar. Maybe it's not adapted to the South African palette. So do you actually like Toblerone or do you think it's overhyped?

I joined a tech company on 26 June 2025. Been happy with them so far. Before the financial year-end, they asked everyone to complete a salary motivation form based on what we think we should get (because they're "different like that"). I put together a solid list of the work I've done and sent it to my manager mid-February 2026.

It's now May 2026. I assumed I'd at least get some feedback, even if the increase was pro-rata based on the months I've been here. When I asked my manager why I haven't heard anything, he said they usually only consider increases after a year or more.

So that means I'd have to wait until around mid-2027 for my first salary increase.

I haven't job-hopped much, but this is the first time I've heard of this policy. My previous company gave me a full increase plus a pro-rata bonus even though I joined around August. Also why ask me to complete a motivation form if it wasn't even applicable to me? Thats got me fuming!

Anyway, I think this is kak. Just wanted some opinions on whether this "normal practice"? And how should I approach this? I was told I could raise it with the CTO but haven't spoken to him yet.