12 GIFs that perfectly sum up life on the ‘Slower’ South Coast

Here we have the good, the bad, the ugly and everything in between.

How do you know that someone lives on the South Coast?

They tell you. On Facebook. Ten times a day.

Let’s face it, South Coasters. We brag a lot. We brag about our beaches, our amazing weather and how generally fabulous we happen to be.

Life on the South Coast has pros and cons, however.

We’ve illustrated these with some GIFs.

• The grocery chicken run

Everyone knows everyone around here. One does not merely walk into a grocery store for a litre of milk without bumping into someone you are trying to avoid. Obviously you don’t feel like greeting her. She doesn’t feel like greeting you. So you two haters end up playing chicken. One gives in and waves, only to be flatly ignored. When this happens, she wins because you feel rather stupid.

• Yes, ‘they’ know everything about you

Chances are that your neighbour will know what you’re wearing tomorrow before you will. South Coasters generally know too much about each other. That is because gossiping is a pastime around here. Then again, is there any region in South Africa where people don’t like a lekker skinder?

“What? Someone else’s business?” you ask.

-pause-

“Let me get my popcorn.”

• Your inner thermostat gets out of whack

When people move here for the first time, the heat makes them want to die.

January, 2018:

After a few months, they grab a coat whenever the sun’s not shining.

July, 2018:

• You’re wondering where the talent is, yet when you find it, you flee

Snow and eligible singles are equally scarce around here.

When faced with a semi-decent, average looking single female, the average male loses his cool.

The average female who spots a nice, attractive man with manners can’t keep her cool either.

So the story ends where both lose their cool, feel stupid and end up avoiding each other.

*Cue awkward grocery chicken run.*

• You are a beauty queen or you know one

The South Coast hosts a bunch of beauty contests.

There’s a crown for every kind – Mr This, Miss That, Mrs All of the above. You get the idea.

• South Coasters are not the best drivers

• They tend to skip red traffic lights

“Chase and catch the traffic light?”

• Locals like a glass of wine…

“One drink? Okay then”

• Lastly, South Coasters are pet lovers par excellence

Four-legged housemates often end up ruling the household.

Do you have any South Coast quirks to add to the list? Leave your GIF or comment below.

* This article has been adapted from the original, written by Helene Eloff for our sister Caxton publication, Lowvelder

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