infinitepossibilities

geez! darn other people’s lack of respect for time! i’m tapping the keys on the keyboard to release the anger swelling within me. i’m furious at the moment.

yesterday, i volunteered to come here today [sunday] to oversee a couple of people who’ll be working on our men’s room. we’d to make some alterations in the room to address some minor health concerns. our office arranged with the building admin to have some work done today at 1 P.M. i arrived five minutes before one as i didn’t want the workers to be waiting for me. i loathe the idea of making me an excuse that their work was delayed because i came in late. the clock striked 1 and no workers in sight. all right. no big deal. five minutes after, i called the guard at the front desk to follow-up on the workers and inform them that the office is already open. twenty five minutes after, still no workers in sight. thus, i asked pink dimples and miss secretary to give me the building administrator’s contact number. 1:40 PM, i called the building admin to follow-up on their workers.

the conversation went something like this:

vet: follow-up lang ta ko sa trabahante that were supposed to do some work. it’s way past 1 P.M. and they still haven’t reported.

bldg. admin: buang jud ning mga trabahante. giingnan sila nga manganhi ug domingo. pwede hulaton lang nimo kadali. gi.follow-up naman ni architect. sunday man gud ron. amo lang gud to gihangyo maayo ang plumber mo.anhi. in fact, we had to pay him double pay just to come here.

vet: then there’s no reason why they [the plumber and another worker] shouldn’t keep their appointment. please lang ko follow-up kay i’ve other tasks to attend man and that’d mean i’d have to extend more hours if they come in real late.

bldg. admin: yes, hulata lang jud kadali. gi.follow-up naman to ni architect. di man gud ta kapugos sa trabahante na moanhi. sunday man gud ron…..

vet: [in my head: yada, yada... those were your opening lines, duh?...like if you can't ask your workers to come on sunday, why the heck did you arrange some work done on this day?]

vet: anyway, just make sure they’ll be here.

ten or so minutes after. a woman appeared at the front door of our office.

woman: were you the one who called earlier?

vet: yes, anything i can help you?

woman: i’m here to tell you that di maka.anhi ang plumber. ni saka lang ko para maingnan tika na pwede na ka maka.uli.. wala man gud diay sila kapalit ug ‘kapras’? [or whatever part that was she mentioned/] Sunday man gud ron. Sira ang hardware. La kapalit ang plumber. Inform tika para maka.uli na ka.

vet: ah, what does it mean? what about tomorrow? sure na sila maka.anhi?

woman: o. they’ll be here by 10:00 AM. unsa na lang gani diay kulang nila?

vet: am not sure really. but, please lang ko to make sure. naa man gud mag.partition ugma so maghulat na pud ang mag.partition if magwork pa imo tawo sa tubo.

woman: aw problema nana nila. basta tomorrow mi magtrabaho.

vet: [what?????????] just make sure, they’ll be here. they’re your workers so make sure that they attend to their job.

woman: right, amo man gyud gi.follow-up amo trabahante.

vet: [some kind of follow-up you're doing]

after the woman left. i was so furious. it was so easy for her to tell me to go home. it was like she expected me to be happy that i could go home earlier than planned. geez, that woman! if she knew that working on a sunday isn’t feasible, then she shouldn’t have made the sunday arrangement with us.

hmmm, i intended to do some work today, so the cancellation shouldn’t have mattered, right? it shouldn’t have. true. but it irked me that she robbed me of the opportunity to make other plans. i could have gone with my sister to bantayan today if not for the arranged work schedule.