Two Little Words...

WORK ETHIC - I know, it doesn't seem like much to you. But in reality, it is nearly everything. A man is only as good as his words - these two in particular. This is a foreign concept for most people. I'm not sure what the world is coming to, but if the percentage of employable persons that are actually conscientious of the meaning of these words is any indication, we might well expect something epic like the great flood to be coming our way. 

I find it absolutely incredible the lengths and depths I have to go to to get even the littlest things out of the people I work with. It's worse than trying to feed squash to a toddler! 

God grant me the serenity 
to accept the things I cannot change; 
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Pray for me, folks!

but wait! There's more!

So he never showed up yesterday. When my director called him, he bitched and complained that he is being harassed! Wait. You get paid a large sum of money to do something for me and when I try to get you to actually do it, you complain that I'm harassing you? Hmmmm, I'm confused. Didn't you say that you were going to do all of this work for me in exchange for the large sum of money? And didn't you sit on that very balcony and demand that if we were going to work together that you needed to be respected? You didn't think that respect should be earned? Like maybe by showing up and doing the things you said you would do? So now we are on to day # 3 that I have been waiting for this dude to take me to immigration and get this paperwork done. It's 9:20 and he was supposed to be here at 9am. Harumph!

Frustrations

Remember that commercial for Heinz Ketchup where they used the Anticipation song and you had to watch while the ketchup moved like molasses out of the bottle? That's what it's like getting nearly anything done in Haiti. I'm posting this here because this is my Rant and Rave page and I don't want to put it on the other. 

It seems like everything we try do do here is a matter of one step forward, 17 steps back. 

I have been waiting since October 11th for this man to get me my permanent resident documents. He has so far stood me up over 20 times, even refusing to take my calls for a period of two weeks. And when I try to confront him on it, he has absolutely no sense of wrong-doing. 

So here I sit and wait, he is over 2 hours past due. The days just keep passing and nothing happens and there's no way to compel anyone to do anything except for threats of bodily harm. 

Harumph!

Oh how I long for the days when I could just make someone do push-ups when they pissed me off! lol

Keep praying for me. I'm sure to evolve eventually!

Facebook Wisdom of the day #3

okay, so this one isn't exactly a wisdom, but for anyone that knows my family, you will admit that it is perfectly apropos!

Misrepresentation

This trailer is almost 9 minutes long but worth the time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8__GFHYkdZo

Facebook Wisdom of the Day #2

And in the case that you don't accept that this is my philosophy, well then, I revert to the old Marine Corps toast:

Here's to you and here's to me

and if we ever disagree,

here's to me

and @#$% you!

Peace, love and applesauce!

Facebook Wisdom of the Day - #1

I choose...

to live by choice, not chance;

to make changes, not excuses;

to be motivated; not manipulated;

to be useful, not used;

to excel, not compete;

I choose self esteem, not self pity,

I choose to listen to my inner voice,

not the random opinion of others.