>THIS IS AN ON-GOING (IF INFREQUENTLY UPDATED) JOURNAL ABOUT OUR LIFE ON AN ISLAND--ON ISLAND TIME--WHICH BEGAN WITH THE BUILDING OF OUR DREAM HOUSE.
>EACH NEW ENTRY IS POSTED ABOVE THE LAST, SO TO BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING...GO TO THE END.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

I Loathe "Island Time"

I love almost everything about living on this island, so I can complain about my pet peeve, which I attribute to the prevalent attitude called "island time".

I've mentioned this before, but I can't help mentioning it again. You need some kind of service--cleaning roof moss, mending something that broke, garden help, etc. You call the person you need, leave a voicemail giving your name, phone number & what it is you want done. Then you sit & wait. If you're lucky you get a return call in 3-4 days, but usually it's more.

If I were in the business of providing services I would return the call the same day I received it, regardless of how busy I was. Even if it meant I couldn't possibly get to the job for several weeks I'd tell the person that. But here the attitude is "Well, I'm too busy to get to it so I won't call until I have the time." It's far more polite, if you will, to at least let the caller know you got the message & to give an estimate of how long it will be before you can show up.

Is that asking too much???

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