Stupid is as stupid does

That's because when you achieve B either the family will demand a part of it, the government will want to take it, or a typhoon will wipe it away.

 

I think Pompolino is right about the cause of most of the problems. It is simply bureaucratic behavior, you see it everywhere when dealing with government. You see something that doesn't make sense and ask the person to change it, but the default answer is always no. You don't get fired or get in trouble in a bureaucracy for saying no, you don't get more work that doesn't benefit you in any way for saying no and what doesn't make sense right now might have made sense at one time, but it can't be changed without authorization.

Staff is seldom given any leeway in the PI, that isn't how management thinks or is trained, they themselves probably have little leeway, so it all rolls downhill. The good news is, that like most things, things are getting better, although slowly. Probably the best thing to do is support those little islands of hope that you find and hope that others follow.

 

as long as I share and understand all the described frustrations, I still would say, that what makes no sense from one's eye, still makes sense to another one. It's their culture, not ours. Don't we expats all come from countries where more or less everything makes a kind of sense? So why did we choose to settle down here? Ask anyone in a positive way; mostly the answer is: The more relaxed lifestyle, things are more easy going, more personal freedom. So that's the way it is, and that means things are out of stock, people are not willing to work hard to fulfill our special wishes etc...Yes, it's not always that comfortable but I still prefer that the filipinos will not change their style, otherwise life wouldn't be so chilled here anymore. Btw; I wish to find a filipino forum with the same topic "Stupid as ..." about us foreigners, would be surely funny and surprising to read...

 

Great to learn you understand, though, as far as I am concerned with the exmple I gave, it had nothing to do with any kind of frustratiuons. I simply walked out of door and went next door where the owner of that shop was not that stupid as his neighbour and got my business. About the other issues, relaxed lifestyle, more personal freedom.....as long as the balance is still positive I will stay, the moment I get the idea things are going wrong; if any, off I am.

 

Many things that foreigners do are regarded as strange or amusing by filipinos.

 

Can you give some examples? Very curiously it might also refers on me.

 

To complain about greed and indifference is not complaining about culture... just sayin....