The more things change...

My life down here has definitely changed changed from what it was in Canada. Some of the changes are good, and some of them are bad. Still, I find it comforting on most of the occasions when something crops up down here that is so familiar to how things worked up North.

Our salesmen still thinking that the world revolves around them? Not so comforting.

Hypothetical Situation #1: Salesman A gets us a contract awarded on Monday for a significant amount of work. The first job is to go at the end of the week. A normal person might actually inform some people within our company of this immediately so that equipment and logistics can get sorted out ASAP. A salesman won't think anything about waiting two days to tell people.

Hypothetical Situation #2: Salesman B doesn't like the numbers coming out of the lab for a certain blend. Rather than discussing his (valid) concerns with the people who understand the chemistry and trying to come up with a solution together, which is what a normal person would do, a salesman will instead discuss the issue with another salesman and then unilaterally change the blend, inform the client of the new blend, and then ask the lab to run tests on the blend to make sure it works.

They just don't seem to live in the same world as us.

Still alive... Again.

So there was another tornado in Arkansas on Friday. 8 people were killed. Fortunately for me, I wasn't among them. The twister hit about an hour northwest of me. Still, thanks for the concern from those that have phoned to check up on me. Apparently you're paying more attention to the weather than I am, since I don't seem to find out about these things until people call to check up on me.

On the one hand, this is kinda nifty, since I think in the last few months I might have leapfrogged ahead of R:tAG and Amy in the "natural disasters in your state that prompt people to check on your health" category. On the other hand, the sudden frequency of these twisters is bothering me a bit. After all, I didn't really have to worry about them for pretty much all of last year, and now it's seeming like every couple of weeks there's another one. Ah well.