A Maltese man is hoping the entire country is experiencing a power cut, and not just the town he lives in.
Large parts of Malta did indeed suffer an outage earlier this evening, which Enemalta has blamed on damage to the interconnector. However, 33-year-old Mark Barbara from Rabat did not have the internet required to confirm this fact.
“Oh god damn it. This is ridiculous. Fucking third world country, that’s what Malta is,” Barbara said as his game of FIFA Ultimate Team came to an untimely end.
“I just hope it’s the entire country that’s affected and not just Rabat. The thought that people in the rest of Malta could be playing PS4 – or 5 even – and watching Netflix while I sit here in the dark like a caveman before the invention of fire makes me ill with envy. If I have to suffer, then everyone else should suffer too,” he added, before futilely sending a message on his friends Whatsapp group.
“I went on the roof and could see a flicker of light to the south-east, which means those fuckers in Mqabba might have power. Probably some minister lives there.”
Barbara also speculated that the cause of the power cut was more sinister than interconnector problems.
I bet it’s Keith Schembri playing with the switch just to remind us he’s still in charge.”
Meanwhile, the Maltese government continues to believe it can successfully oversee the construction of an undersea tunnel between Malta and Gozo while failing to guarantee a constant supply of electricity to the country.
