Tower Of Babel

Well, April is almost over and I have posted all of twice for the month. That’s just the way it is so, no apology. What has been happening? Plenty work, and a fair amount of play.

Now….. Wednesday of this week was the 25th of the month, which for those of us who receive salary on a monthly basis, was the day that our accounts were to have received some resuscitation. One of my colleagues came to work the morning and asked me if I knew if we had got the funds. I was unable to answer as I had not checked. In any case, my main account is at NCB, and they tend to credit the funds at the very last minute on payday, despite their receiving them a few days before. I’m no financial wizard, but I check seh dem ‘rinse’ the funds on a short term basis and earn some interest before dem let it off! If me wrong, well then I will ask the Big Guy to forgive me for accusing them wrongly.

My colleague’s account is with Scotia, and she said she saw nothing reflecting a lodgement in her account. We went about our merry bizniz and started the usual work. Somwehere around 10:45 AM an announcement is made by one of the telephone operators over the PA system……”Monthly paid staff will not be paid salaries today due to an administrative problem……We apologize for any inconvenience caused!” Those may not have been the exact words……..but that was what the message conveyed. Now, I had issues with the way in which it was handled. Don’t tell me that the people in charge of Finance did not know until the 25th that the shit was a go lick…….and furthermore, they should have communicated the problem to us, before payday via a memo, not an announcement on the PA system IMHO. You may not agree with me, but that’s life.

Well, as a consequence of that, when I reached work yesterday, the 26th, I was told that the pharmacy was closed as many of the Pharmacists did not show for work. Question the correctness of their action, fine, but perhaps if the matter had been handled in a better way, maybe that could have been prevented. The way I look at it, its the way in which things are communicated that make the difference. Treat people like adults in a manner which shows that you care. Anyhow, the funds somehow reached the bank yesterday, but I hope this does not become a regular occurrence……if so, then I may need to start exploring other options for income earning. And I doubt that I would be able to make a living by selling mi body! (See me haffi a tek bad tings mek joke.)

Well, now that I let that off pon y’all, weekend round de corner and I looking forward to greeting it, spirit and all. I going Portland tomorrow, haven’t been for a while, so looking forward to it. Sunday I have a piece o fresh pork that I goin pot roast for dinner….haven’t done any cooking of consequence for a while….time short. Have a good weekend. ‘Till next time….which I am quite sure will not be sometime inna May.

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