Happy 2013 people...sorry that I have been quiet...but I'm busy...
Actually I haven't been busy, I have been having some down time, relax time and fun time, but in the midst of all this I have made time to hold up my end of the agreement. You see, I have made the big decision to study full time this year, after working my entire adult life, sometimes two jobs, sometimes a job and a full time uni study load, so before my baby birds leave the nest, I have made a monumental decision to cut down my budget and finish my masters this year with no work distractions.
This decision was not taken lightly, and is reliant on two institutions being able to do their jobs also. One is a university...one is a government department...neither is able to pull their shit together. So I am now existing in a limbo land and the only explanation I am able to receive for their incompetence is "We are really busy this time of the year..." So that got me thinking...and guess what...I hate that excuse. It is an excuse, not an explanation, justification or even a platitude. It is the excuse that we pull out when we really don't want to catch up with that person or finish that unpleasant task. If someone actually said "Look, I am not in the mood to have lunch with you today because I just can't be fucked." I would have more respect for their honesty than, "I am just too busy with work/kids/study/picking my nose (insert appropriate excuse here!)" to salve my bruised ego.
In the case of these two institutions, they are expecting me to be happy with their excuse of "this is the busiest time of the year for us with everyone starting classes and expecting payments, you just have to wait." Hmmmm...colour me stupid (what is that colour actually...) but if you are running a business, and you KNOW that this is the busiest time of the year because you have been in that business for YEARS...don't you think that prudent business planning would be that you prepare for the busiest time of the year.....obviously not. And as an ex-public servant, I know the Friday afternoon attitude of 4pm is beer o'clock and it can all wait until Monday. (Please note that I know that not all government workers are this way, and it is my frustration that is lumping all and sundry together at this point in time.)
Adding onto my frustration is that it is seemingly my fault that these things are occurring. Their errors and failures are being reversed and projected onto me....hmmmm...this is a topic for another time methinks...back to I'm busy.
How many times a day do you say to others...or even yourself...I'm too busy to do that thing. Then ask yourself if it was something that you actually wanted desperately to do, COULD you make the time to do it...if the answer is yes, then you are not too busy, you just don't want to, and know that the socially accepted reason is "I'm too busy". Has life gotten busier or have we made it seem that way....I have no answer at the moment, but as I wait in limbo land I will think about this some more.
In the case of these two institutions, I sympathise with you being busy, but I wonder if you think through the ramifications of your actions...people's lives are actually depending on it.
