Iipleyiti zobhedu kudala zingamagorha angavunywanga okuhombisa ikhaya, asebenza njengeengcango zomnyango ezongeza umtsalane wobuhle kunye nobugocigoci kuwo nawuphi na umnyango. Le mimangaliso mincinci imenyezelayo ayingomboniso nje; banoluhlu olubanzi lwezicelo ezenza zibe yintsika kwiindawo zokuhlala kunye nezorhwebo. Nangona kunjalo, iziganeko zakutsha nje kubumelwane obungqonge iMangcwaba eMarble yaseNew York ziye zenza ukuba kubonakale ukonakala kwingxelo yepleyiti yobhedu. Kubonakala ngathi i-plaque yobhedu kwisango langaphambili lale ndawo yembali iye yaba lixhoba lakutshanje kuthotho lobusela obunobhedu. Ngubani owayesazi ukuba iipleyiti zomnyango zinokunqweneleka kangaka?

Masithathe umzuzwana ukuxabisa ukuguquguquka kwepleyiti yobhedu. Ukusuka kwizindlu ezinkulu ukuya kumagumbi apholileyo, le mimangaliso yentsimbi isebenza njengeengcango ezibonisa ubukho bakho ngobuchule. Zinokukrolwa ngegama lakho, inombolo yendlu, okanye ibinzana elibukhali elifana nelithi “Lumkela Inja” (nokuba akunayo eyakho). Ubuhle beepleyiti zobhedu bukwazi ukudibanisa ngaphandle komthungo kunye neendlela ezahlukeneyo zokwakha, ukusuka kwi-Victorian ukuya namhlanje. Bafana namalovane akwiplate yehlabathi, aqhelana neendawo eziwangqongileyo ngoxa esakwazi ukubengezela ngokuqaqambileyo.

Kodwa ke, asiyiyo yonke into ekhazimlayo eyigolide-okanye kule meko, ubhedu. Ukubiwa kwamva nje kwelitye lobhedu kuMangcwaba eMarble aseNew York kuye kwaphakamisa amashiya kwaza kwabangela iincoko malunga nobude abantu abaya kuhamba kubo xa bedlala. Iphantse yangathi kukho umntu ogqibe kwelokuba ipleyiti yocango emenyezelayo yeyona ndebe yokugqibela. Mhlawumbi babecinga ukuba yayiza kuliphakamisa isango labo langaphambili lisuka “kwimeh” liye “kubuhle.” Kodwa masibe yinyani: ukuba usiba ipleyiti yomnyango, unokufuna ukuphinda uqwalasele ukhetho lwakho lobomi. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, zininzi iindlela zokongeza ukubamba ubuhle kwikhaya lakho ngaphandle kokubhenela kubusela obuncinci.

Ngoku, usenokuba uzibuza ukuba kutheni umntu efuna ukuba ipleyiti yobhedu kwasekuqaleni. Ngaba kukukhanga komphezulu okhazimlayo? Isithembiso semali ekhawulezileyo kwimarike emnyama? Okanye mhlawumbi yimeko nje "yokulandelana nabantu bakwaJone" ehambile. Nokuba siyintoni na isizathu, kuyacaca ukuba iipleyiti zobhedu ziye zaba yinto ethengiswa kakhulu. Azizo nje iipleyiti zomnyango; ziimpawu zesikhundla! Khawuthelekelele iincoko kwivenkile yekofu yasekuhlaleni: “Ngaba uvile ngomntu oweba ipleyiti yobhedu emangcwabeni? Uhambela phezulu ngokwenene ehlabathini!”

Ngokukhanya kwezi ziganeko zamva nje, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukusetyenziswa okubanzi kweepleyiti zobhedu ngaphaya kweengcango nje. Zingasetyenziswa njengamacwecwe esikhumbuzo, iiplati zegama kwiiofisi, okanye njengezinto zokuhombisa kwiigadi. Izinto ezinokwenzeka azipheli! Usenokuzisebenzisa ukuleyibhelisha izityalo zakho—“Asilokhula olu, ndiyafunga!”—kwaye unike isitiya sakho ukuba sibe sesoklasini. Inqaku lelokuba, iipleyiti zobhedu zinemisebenzi emininzi kwaye zinokusebenzela iinjongo ezininzi, kodwa akufuneki zibe ngumxholo wokuphangwa.

Ngoko ke, yintoni esinokuyifunda kule ngxaki intle kangaka? Okokuqala, masiyixabise ubuhle kunye nokusebenza kweepleyiti zobhedu njengeepleyiti zomnyango nangaphezulu. Zongeza ubuntu emakhayeni ethu kwaye zisebenza njengophawu lobuntu bethu. Nangona kunjalo, masikhumbule nokuba ukuba ipleyiti yobhedu yomntu ayisiyondlela ifanelekileyo. Endaweni yoko, kutheni ungatyali imali kweyakho? Ungafumana iindlela ezininzi kwi-intanethi okanye kwivenkile yakho yezixhobo zentsimbi. Ngubani owaziyo? Ungagqibela unepleyiti yomnyango ebalaseleyo kwibhloko—ngaphandle komngcipheko wokuphazanyiswa ngumthetho.

Ukuqukumbela

Ukuqukumbela, ngelixa ukusetyenziswa okubanzi kweepleyiti zobhedu njengeengcango zeminyango sisihloko esikufanele ukubhiyozelwa, ubusela obutsha nje kwiMangcwaba eMarble yaseNew York busebenza njengesilumkiso. Masizigcine iipleyiti zethu zobhedu apho zikhoyo—eminyango yethu, sibonise amagama ethu ngokuzingca kwaye songeze umgangatho wobuhle kubomi bethu. Kwaye ukuba ukhe walingeka ukuba uswayiphe icwecwe elikhazimlayo, khumbula: ayifanelekanga. Ngapha koko, ekuphela kwento efanele ukubiwa kukujongwa, hayi icwecwe lomntu!