Last week 24th of July, it was on a Saturday. It could have been a special one since an agent who was checking our school was also joining. Special indeed because it turned out to be the worst island hopping that i have ever joined!
It could be a deliberate sabotage or just pure coincedence that everything should go wrong on that day.
First we started so late,in fact we were even an hour late from our original departure. This one has never happened before. We could be late but around 15minutes at most. Several reasons were given why the departure was late. One was there were these group of students who were misinformed about the schedule...misinformed? they were informed about the changes some few days before. Another thing is that one of these students was already there physically and all he need to do is to call his other friends or simply they cancel or join another schedule.
It has happened before that some students were late and they were left behind. What i can't understand is that why wait for a long time with these students. There were more than 30 students already who were waiting and adding to that fact, there is an agent! I thought that the management or the one in charge of the island for that matter knows the fact. I even kept on reminding the in charge about the situation. He just simply said, "we have to wait."... and wait we did!
Why only this time? Several times already that some students were late. We waited for a few minutes and if the student is still not around, they were left behind. They will be given refund later or change their schedule. This one was really different and I felt it was very strange. I was uneasy for my part because there was an agent and we were suppose to treat the agent the best that we can do. It wasn't the case. Another thing is,if we were delayed the van drivers trip will be delayed. They have other passengers to pick up too at a particular time. They complained that with every time delayed they have lost some income. The one in charge won't listen. That made the matter worse. Assemble time is 8:30am and departure time is 9:00am or some few minutes later than that...NOT and NEVER one full hour. There were only few students who were not there on time...FEWER, indeed it is even fewer than 10 students. The students who were there already were more than 30 plus an agent whom we should really give important attention.
What kind of managerial skills this fucking in charge has? I d0n't have a rat's ass's idea!!! He favoured a lesser number of students from an obvious majority and there was even an agent there, who waited patiently before the assembly time and even extended her patience more when she has to endure her motion sickness while sitting on a rocking boat. Some kind of treatment from this manager. I'm sure he will wash his hand on this incident like Pontius Pilate did on giving judgement to crucify Jesus Christ. They will surely pass the blame on someone else and as usual, and they do this regularly, the blame will fall on the subordinates. I won't be surprised if they will pass the blame on the drives or on me!
My bosses are a Koreans and I have been and still here in this company for the past 6 years. Most of the higher management positions are handled by Koreans too. There are good managers and worse managers. There are more good managers, really outnumbering the worse ones but the worse ones do more worse things that someone can't help but to generalise.
Why am I still here? I have many complaints yet still happy with my job. I do really hate one of the bosses to a point of wishing him death and even, at one time, prayed that the cancer of my aunt would transfer to him and let this boss of mine suffer greatly. I still work with the same vigor on the first day i worked here and I'm still willing to go for the extra mile...even without pay. I could have been long gone here if i didn't love my work. Only one person is making my day bad there are more people who are always smiling at me and extend their thanks whenever something is accomplished and to know that many people are satisfied with the things I do has more worth than the pay i got. Another thing that kept me here is the promise I made to some people...from colleagues,managers and owners alike. Once i'm freed from this promise,i'm gone here faster than the light. Several opportunies I let go in favour for this job i have now. I really like what I do and happ with it. Only unhappy with one of the bosses and a handful of managers, who are Koreans too. Even they are few,they are really good hellraisers.
