Thursday, September 6, 2007

Car accident or time waster

Yesterday was just another typical day where I work. I get a couple of emails and calls asking me to drop off all my taskings for the day and focus on accomplishing one task of getting a programming software for our VHF radios used in the field. Now this is really urgent because we depend a lot on VHF due to poor cellphone coverage and also put in mind the non predictable situation in the region our project is located. Luckily that task was already under process and followed up by the supply folks. By the end of day the software is delivered, great. But guess what it is a pirated copy and one cable was damaged but hey at least it will do the job or so I hope. Today however, was different. A colleague had a vehicle accident and yes he was at fault. So we rush to the accident spot and luckily it was a minor one but we had to go through the traffic police procedures. Thought this was easy but the poor driver as soon as he gets to the traffic police station gets locked in!! what? why? he has a driver's license and comprehensive valid insurance!!!We rush to the place to get him out on bale (another should be simple task) but no more was still hidden for us. We get there and we are told just wait while we get the paper work done with the Attorney General. After about 45 mins we enquire and we are told the docs are not yet back. Not yet back? from where? well they were sent to the main office down town. You got to be kidding me man; sshh****t! We chill out for sometime and then we are told wait another one hour or so. While leaning on the wall, a traffic cop approaches me and tells me that it is not civil of me to be chilling like that I should sit down on the hard bench and wait. Ya right! I almost asked him is there anything civil there. The system is a joke, the place is dusty and dirty, its just all screwed up. But off course i didn't dare to say that. We went away for a bite and were roaming around then our poor guy calls up and says we can come now and bale him out. It was already night and we get there, I present my ID and then the cop says well you can't bale this guy because you live in a different area of jurisdiction (I live like 10 Km away). So we call up another colleague to come and assist. At last we get this "criminal" out. Basically it took about 5 hours to finish this mission impossible. I wonder if that is civil Mr. traffic cop!!!!! By the way just before we finished I saw Mr. Civil cop sitting on the same spot and same way I was sitting that he criticised me for earlier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We will probably have a better system in a few decades that is if we stop going backward or else....?

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I think u have got a goldfish story can u post it please?