Amapuleti e-Brass kudala amaqhawe angahlonishwa okuhlobisa ikhaya, asebenza njengezicabha ezengeza ukuthinta kobuhle nobunkimbinkimbi kunoma yikuphi ukungena. Lezi zimangaliso ezincane ezicwebezelayo akuzona nje ezokubukwa; banezinhlobonhlobo zezinhlelo zokusebenza ezibenza babe yisisekelo kokubili kwezindawo zokuhlala nezohwebo. Kodwa-ke, izehlakalo zakamuva endaweni ezungeze i-New York Marble Cemetery zenze isimo esibi kakhulu ekulandiseni kwepuleti lethusi. Kubonakala sengathi i-plaque yethusi esesangweni langaphambili lale ndawo eyingqopha-mlando isiyisisulu sakamuva ochungechungeni lokwebiwa okunethusi. Ubani owayazi ukuthi amapulangwe eminyango angafiseleka kangaka?

Ake sithathe isikhashana ukwazisa ukusebenzisana kwe-brass plate. Kusukela ezindlini ezinkulu kuya ezindlini ezithokomele, lezi zimangaliso zensimbi zisebenza njengezicabha ezimemezela ubukhona bakho ngobukhazikhazi. Angaqoshwa ngegama lakho, inombolo yendlu, noma ibinzana elihlaza njengokuthi “Qaphela Inja” (ngisho noma ungeyena umnikazi wayo). Ubuhle bamapuleti ethusi busekhonweni lawo lokuhlangana ngaphandle komthungo nezitayela ezihlukahlukene zezakhiwo, kusukela ku-Victorian kuya kwesimanje. Afana namanwabu asemhlabeni weplate emnyango, ajwayela indawo ewazungezile kuyilapho esakwazi ukucwebezela.

Kodwa maye, akukona konke okucwebezelayo okuyigolide—noma kulokhu, ithusi. Ukwebiwa kwakamuva koqwembe lwethusi emathuneni aseNew York Marble kuye kwavusa amashiya futhi kwasusa izingxoxo ngobude abantu abazoya kubo ukuze badlale kancane. Kucishe kube sengathi othile unqume ukuthi isicabha esicwebezelayo siyindebe yokugcina. Mhlawumbe babecabanga ukuthi kuzophakamisa isango labo langaphambili lisuke “elihle” liye “elibabazekayo.” Kodwa masibe yiqiniso: uma weba iplate lomnyango, ungase ufune ukucabangela kabusha ukukhetha kwakho kwempilo. Ngemuva kwakho konke, ziningi izindlela zokwengeza ukuthinta kobuhle ekhaya lakho ngaphandle kokusebenzisa ukweba izinto ezincane.

Manje, ungase uzibuze ukuthi kungani noma ubani efuna ukweba ipuleti lethusi kwasekuqaleni. Ingabe iwukuyenga kwendawo ecwebezelayo? Isithembiso semali esheshayo emakethe emnyama? Noma mhlawumbe kuyindaba nje “yokuhambisana nabakwaJones” kuhambe kabi. Noma ngabe yisiphi isizathu, kuyacaca ukuthi amapuleti ethusi aseyimpahla eshisayo. Awasewona nje amapulangwe eminyango; ziyizimpawu zesimo! Cabanga ngezingxoxo esitolo sekhofi sendawo: “Ingabe uzwile ngomfana oweba uqwembe lwethusi emathuneni? Uhambela phezulu ngempela emhlabeni!”

Ngenxa yalezi zenzakalo zakamuva, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukusetshenziswa okubanzi kwamapuleti ethusi ngale kwamapulangwe eminyango. Angasetshenziswa njengama-plaque esikhumbuzo, ama-nameplates amahhovisi, noma njengezinto zokuhlobisa ezingadini. Amathuba awapheli! Ungazisebenzisa ngisho nokubhala izitshalo zakho—“Akulona ukhula lolu, ngiyafunga!”—futhi unikeze ingadi yakho ukuthinta kwekilasi. Iphuzu liwukuthi, amapuleti ethusi anemisebenzi eminingi futhi angafeza izinhloso eziningi, kodwa akufanele neze abe yindaba yokuphangwa.

Ngakho-ke, yini esingayifunda kulokhu konakala okucwebezelayo? Okokuqala nokubalulekile, masibonge ubuhle nokusebenza kwamapuleti ethusi njengamapulangwe eminyango nangale kwalokho. Zengeza isimilo ezindlini zethu futhi zisebenza njengokubonakaliswa kobuntu bethu. Kodwa-ke, masikhumbule futhi ukuthi ukweba i-brass plate yomunye akuyona indlela okufanele uhambe ngayo. Kunalokho, kungani ungatshali imali kweyakho? Ungathola inqwaba yezinketho ku-inthanethi noma esitolo sangakini sezingxenyekazi zekhompuyutha. Futhi ubani owaziyo? Ungase uvele uthole ipulate lomnyango elihle kakhulu ebhulokhini—ngaphandle kwengozi yokuhlangana nomthetho.

Isiphetho

Sengiphetha, nakuba ukusetshenziswa okubanzi kwamapuleti ethusi njengamapulangwe eminyango kuyisihloko okufanele sigujwe, ukweba kwakamuva eMathuneni Emabula AseNew York kusebenza njengesexwayiso. Masigcine izingcwecwe zethu zethusi lapho kufaneleka khona—eminyango yethu, siveze amagama ethu ngokuziqhenya futhi sengeze ukuthinta kobuhle ezimpilweni zethu. Futhi uma uke walingeka ukuthi uswayiphe i-plaque ecwebezelayo, khumbula: akufanelekile. Phela into okumele yebiwe yiso leso, hhayi isicabha somuntu!