On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 10:45 PM, divya manian<divya.man...@gmail.com> wrote: > People are never on time - or never bother to inform if they are > coming or not. Nobody says "No" or even "Yes". I had so much trouble > managing one of the employees of an outsourcing outfits. He seemed to > understand, but never did what was asked. But, it seems to be the case > otherwise. My sister-n-law seems to have the same problem interacting > with ppl at her work place. One guy (an "experienced" senior) who was > fired seems to be hell bent on making her resign from her job (she did > resign eventually, but for different reasons). >
A lot of this is related to the conditions people live in -- time keeping is a problem because somebody else isnt on time. If a plumber promised to fix a broken tap at 7 in the morning, but appeared at 9, then its difficult for anyone to say if they are coming or not or act in a predictable and timely manner. The plumber in turn is delayed either because his public transport broke down / he got shaken down by a cop / the shack he was living in collapsed etc... If your plumber lives in a good neighborhood, and has a decent house, he will probably be always on time. Here in Kenya where generally the living infrastructure and conditions are much poorer than india -- time keeping is very very poor. I have learnt to do my own plumbing and electrical work nowadays, its less frustrating and leaves me with a lot more angst-free time. > I know it is not a problem in India alone. But this has been my > experience in India. I doubt if I can get even 10% of the usual stuff > I get done here, in India. I don't really look forward to living in > India but I would have to at some point in the future to take care of > my parents. >
