Excellence In the Philippines: A Rare Commodity?
My friend told me that he wanted us to go to his sister's party together. That idea was cool because he had a lot to tell me and the traveling time would give him a chance to do just that. It was set! Monday... the convenient store at the corner... 8 pm.
I arrived at 7:30 and bought a sandwich since I was already hungry. They gave me two sachets of catsup and mayonnaise to go with it. As I tried to open the sachets, I realized that they didn't have slits so I had to bring them back to the counter and ask someone to cut it open for me.
And what's this thing about fast food security guards leaving their posts to clean tables? How are they going to protect the customers if they are guards/crew members?
This is a very simple illustration of the kind of mentality we Filipinos have. It's the "that-will-do" or "pwede-na-yan" mentality.
Everyone knows that Filipinos are one of the most creative and talented people in the world. What we do doesn't matter as much as how we do it. As life coach Beebo puts it, "If you're a janitor, be the best janitor you can be. If you're a student, taxi driver, teacher, doctor, lawyer, business owner...be the best that you can be." If we all follow this piece of advice, our country/world would be so much better.
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I arrived at 7:30 and bought a sandwich since I was already hungry. They gave me two sachets of catsup and mayonnaise to go with it. As I tried to open the sachets, I realized that they didn't have slits so I had to bring them back to the counter and ask someone to cut it open for me.
And what's this thing about fast food security guards leaving their posts to clean tables? How are they going to protect the customers if they are guards/crew members?
This is a very simple illustration of the kind of mentality we Filipinos have. It's the "that-will-do" or "pwede-na-yan" mentality.
Everyone knows that Filipinos are one of the most creative and talented people in the world. What we do doesn't matter as much as how we do it. As life coach Beebo puts it, "If you're a janitor, be the best janitor you can be. If you're a student, taxi driver, teacher, doctor, lawyer, business owner...be the best that you can be." If we all follow this piece of advice, our country/world would be so much better.
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