I've been living
abroad since 8.5 years now. As in any other relationship, years tend to
smoothen the roughest edges and build comprehension. But C'mon, let me share
some of the "bizarries" that make my days:
(Nb! We are in an EU country here. 30 years after Just-in-Time delivery
concept was invented. In the Era of IT. Of a Green(er) Europe.)
1. Delivering express mail home during office hours with 99% chance there is nobody there. Makes all your green efforts of taking the bike seem a bit silly, doesn't it?
2. Delivering goods to home with a timespan between 07:30 -13:00. So you are expected to take half-day off from work. And then you wait. The guy arrives 12:50. Or not. The same applies with Gas/Electricity technicians and plenty of other services. How difficult is work and route optimization? Applying GPS??
3. Introduce customer data in a pharmacy in three different places: 1) piece of what-ever-paper 2) little paper booklet 3) Computer database. This may be nice for the grannies needing social contact, but less nice with a 8-month old runny nose. Was it CRM?
4. Pick-up garbage during high traffic hours. No comment. I really don't understand the logic behind. Except that overtime is expensive.
So to make life enjoyable in this setting I have had to follow the advice of my "beau-pere" to "Be kind, rather than Right".
The same obviously applies with your Significant other =)
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