Hawaiian Work Ethic
"Hi, we talked earlier this week. I'm leaving for Kauai on Tuesday morning and was wondering if it was possible for you to make a sample of the dress before I leave. I can get everything to you tonight, so that gives you the rest of today and Monday...."
No. I cannot make a dress for you in a day and a half.
It's called planning people...
And I could have sworn the person I talked to earlier in the week had introduced herself by a different name...and without an accent...
The mentality of Hawaii continues to boggle my mind. The last minute plans. The no shows. The late comers. The generally slow 'we'll get it done eventually, what's the rush' mentality. Well, unless they ask you to do something. Then it's expected to be done immediately.
Perhaps great for the leisurely vacationer. Someone who has no desire to leave their resort's beach. But then again, I'm not the rest and relaxation sort of vacationer. If I'm taking a trip to somewhere I haven't been, I want to take full advantage of every minute. Case in point...dragging three fellow jet lagged travelers through Portobello Road shortly after landing at Heathrow. I believe we all crashed on the double decker tour bus and were rewarded for our nap with bad sunburn. Sorry guys...
No. I cannot make a dress for you in a day and a half.
It's called planning people...
And I could have sworn the person I talked to earlier in the week had introduced herself by a different name...and without an accent...
The mentality of Hawaii continues to boggle my mind. The last minute plans. The no shows. The late comers. The generally slow 'we'll get it done eventually, what's the rush' mentality. Well, unless they ask you to do something. Then it's expected to be done immediately.
Perhaps great for the leisurely vacationer. Someone who has no desire to leave their resort's beach. But then again, I'm not the rest and relaxation sort of vacationer. If I'm taking a trip to somewhere I haven't been, I want to take full advantage of every minute. Case in point...dragging three fellow jet lagged travelers through Portobello Road shortly after landing at Heathrow. I believe we all crashed on the double decker tour bus and were rewarded for our nap with bad sunburn. Sorry guys...
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8:54 PM
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Sunburn in London...who'da thought...
It's the same here in CW. You apply or ask for something and then you wait. And wait and wait and wait, sometimes for months, before you get a random phone call..."you still interested in applying?" Sure. They'll get back to you...but on their own schedule
I found this "Hawaiian attitude" to be similar to the Jamaican attitude I encountered when volunteering there in high school and thought it was a kind of cultural thing in countries with warm climates and lots of vacationers. A why do it now when I can do it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow? In Romania things happen slowly as well, but it's a different kind of slowly. It's not "I'm too busy enjoying life, the sun and the sand and the water, I'll do it later and it will get done eventually" kind of procrastination. I don't know what it is exactly but it's kind of a "well, I could do this but what if I don't get any results or no one shows up to my meeting or it doesn't work. Maybe I shouldn't even do it, I mean it's not going to change anything anyway. Well, I guess I'll still do it but I better do it in a way that no one will see it or pay attention. In case it doesn't work.
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