Some labor laws in Kuwait are just rediculous!

Kids should learn responsibility, there should be laws protecting them from working too much but give them a chance to earn their own money and learn the value of it. Even low pay can help them learn the value of things instead of sitting at home and not having anything to do.

These kids running around in the streets could learn the tools they need to move forward if they had a chance to work. I remember the first time I had a chance to work in the US my first pay check felt like a million bucks, I was on top of the world that day and I wanted to do something rediculous so I invited all my friends out to dinner. I couldnt have been happier since I earned it. Even when I was in Kuwait I used to do part time jobs for the family while I was a kid and that 40KD meant that I could buy at least 10 Sega Games from the place in Salmiiya a while back.
All Im saying is that the kids I see these days have nothing to do and they are turning into brats because of it. If you teach them to get on their own to feet then they will have this inclination to work and become productive. When I see friends who work after classes going to Best Buy to do the night shift, working part-time as a waiter, temp secretary, or any other job you give them the real oppurtunity to work in the real world.

I know there are a few places that allow kids to work in the summer, but when Im talking about is kids who want to work part time after school. What about families who depend on their children to work because they dont have the complete ability to keep the family afloat. I am talking about working in a real enviroment not the child labor abuse that you see in the Kuwait traffic intersections.

I have the deepest respect for a friend of mine who kept his family afloat while they were going through hard times and still working on his sport medical degree. His major is difficult and he worked many hours, and there is not enough I could say about this person except that he has my deepest respect.

There is one secretary who I pass by at least 20 times a day depending on how meetings I have or who Im trying to find to track down information. I have yet to see her once not on the phone, its not that she isnt working (she is but not much) its just that her head is stuck to the phone all the time. We have multiple lines in the company to make phone calls but a few times all our lines are busy. Sometimes she manages to jumble up all the lines, but the last couple of days she had to go to do something, Im not sure what but everytime I try to call someone from the landline I think it would be busy, but no that isnt the case. I have gotten a line everytime, so the one conclusion I came to is that she somehow manages to hog a lot of lines and puts people on hold without transfering. She probably wont be staying long if she keeps up this pace, but only time will tell.

And if we had phones like the Avvaya phone above I dont think I wouldnt be able to make a phone call since I wouldnt know how to call someone or take a line.

That is something on its own that you have to Master. Dealing with customers and vendors back and forth all the time has taught me to get better and better at it. The problem is that there were a few bumps in the road that I wish I could have avoided, its one hell of steep learning curve. Slowly getting their and learning form everything is key.

The other I was in a heated meeting which great since it was back and forth over negotiations, and I was impressed with some people. It was experience that you cant gain from a book that I took to heart. Its kind of like memorizing a manual. Its also about the negotiation room you have, but the tactics were fantastic and the customer got cornered since he was given what he was asking for, so he was asked to commit. It was a difficult situation, and I have to say I learned a lot in that hour.

I had a very good feeling that the wind will fall today, that the storm would calm down after 2pm today, but I was totally off things only got crazier!

I literally didnt sit down for a minute while at work,

I was on the phone,

Typing out numbers on excel sheets

Contacting vendors and suppliers

Crunching out numbers

Sittings in long meetings with comments and opinions flying everywhere, I felt like a goal keeper trying to catch every damn shot

It was intense, I was running at full throttle all day

When we submitted everything I thought everything will be fine and I could chil, then I got a call from the guy who started this storm in the first and he wanted to meet in 30 mins. So I took the top sales guy, and technical guy with me for backup and off we went.

Then the guy ask for more then the impossible that he already asked for!

I make the impossile possible, but somethings are just too short notice! But I could never say no for this, and I just kept on going.

Now that Im home I need to pass out because there is more work to do tomorrow morning! What a day!

Im looking forward to this weekend! I need some chill time, I think Im screwed until thursday Im not sure but I know Im too tired to remember everything right now, but too many things! I need to ride in this amazing weather!

I had some meetings in the morning and I had to go through some paperwork to finish things up a bit, but I thought I would have sometime to myself after work to go to the gym, maybe grab a bite to eat and finish things up that I wanted to do. I was totally wrong and storm came later in the afternoon. Its when someone asks for the impossible and you have no choice but to make it happen, and what pisses me off is that the person who was asking for it could have asked for it earlier not on such short notice. This what got on my nerves.

I got home at 10pm last night, and I know Im going to get burnt out over the next two day until Monday afternoon, which Im happy is close. I just want to get this over and done with. I want to hit the gym, I couldnt go yesterday since I didnt have time to breath and food was the last thing on my mind. I had an inkling that I was in for a storm.

Just like last time when I made a chart of my last work week, this time I did with just two things in mind, the normal work hours and the hours I worked! I have to say that Im happy I got things over and done with! This time there is no 24hrs in day bad! hehehe! I has been a hectic week, but now Im just going to have to wait for the evaluation of the presentation hopefully we did good, and others did worse. And the funniest part is one co-worker asked me why I always come to work with a smile, I told him because Im losing my mind and he started laughing!

After all this hectic time at work, getting things ready. I just have one major presentation later in the afternoon and then Im finished with the hectic schedule. After that its back to normal hours. Then I get to breath a little. I’ve reached the point where Im not worried at all, I just want to get it over with. Even when Im driving from work on friday night Im just happy the roads were empty so that I could take it easy, put the windows down and enjoy the drive home with some nice music in the background. I cant wait until I get some time to ride, and I will hit the gym sunday night to burn off the shenanigans night of splurging! hehe!

After this work week, I got bite to eat after finishing work at 3pm. I was just happy I could see the sun outside! I havent even had time to breath this week. I wanted to do something to off-set this work! And contacting my cousin was the best thing to do!

So much to do so little time! I want to relax! But I got call around 5pm telling me I have a meeting 10am and a meeting at 3pm! Puff the weekend is gone! hehehe! Hopefully it will get better after this!

Yesterady I got into work at 7:30am knowing that I have a lot of things to do. I knew I was going to work at least until 5pm non-stop to get things done. By 4:30pm I started feeling tired and hungry, but I kept going with a few other people. It was one hectic day, everything on top of each other, phone call after phone call! People were bouncing off the walls emails were flying all over the place! It was like a tsunami!

Later on through the day I realized that I was getting hungry and there was one person working with me, and two other people working on other stuff. Literally we couldnt stop working it was like a train that couldnt stop! By the time I realized somebody was asking me something and all I could think about was that Chicken Shawarma from the Milcha and how much I wanted one at that point. We were all laughing because I was loosing it! We just kept on going and going, the only thing that kept us going was some biscuits and a ton of water! I didnt stop drinking water! It was a Wednesday night and everyone was calling me, because I texted and bailed on a lot of people earlier in the day, saying “Im out, cant do anything stuck at work”.

Towards the end things were getting slower, and my brain was beginning to shutdown and I was zoning out! Then I look at my watch and it was 10:35pm. I thought that was enough and took off. Got home had some dinner, chatted up with the family for about an hour and passed out to get back into work at 7:30am.

I have to say 7up I had this morning just hit the spot. I just needed something different in the morning, its usually water but this time I wanted 7up for some reason. And it hit the spot. Got in at work 7:48am and things just kept going from there. This is going to be one rough weekend.

When you wake up and its still dark outside the first thing you do is look at your watch to make sure you didn’t wake up too early. Then you realize what time it is and get up! Do your thing, and get into the car ready to go to work! Its still cloudy outside with a little sunlight! The weather just doesn’t help to get up or do work! It makes me feel like chilling at home watching some tv shows, anime, and playing videos games!