nor cal mike 1,098 Posted February 5 (edited) I have learned a great deal about patience over these last 20 years and I received most of my learning in the PI. After a few visits I learned that patience was absolutely necessary for a good stay in the PI. How has your patience been affected by your time in the PI.? I know we all have some good patience stories. Edited February 5 by nor cal mike 3 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonjack2847 10,179 Posted February 5 I too have learned to be much more patient.If you don`t you will go crazy here.I was at J mall immigration in Mandaui the lady behind the counter said "wait a while sir" I said would it be ok if we go and get some breakfast as we have been travelling 3 hours.We went off had something to eat and as we walked into immigration a man behind the counter called us over with our PPs and exit clearance. I have learned which things are going to be a problem and how to deal with them so my brain does not explode.Of course there is always some times you cannot avoid crap. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark57 34 Posted February 5 Teaching Driver education for over 30 years taught me to be more patient 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nor cal mike 1,098 Posted February 6 1 hour ago, Mark57 said: Teaching Driver education for over 30 years taught me to be more patient I bet it did. I remember teaching my children to drive and the test of my patience. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeoffH 1,317 Posted February 6 2 hours ago, Mark57 said: Teaching Driver education for over 30 years taught me to be more patient I hear you! Doing assessments for already ‘trained’ heavy vehicle drivers isn’t much better :) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hk blues 1,816 Posted February 6 I thought I was relatively patient until I came here - I have since discovered that I have a tolerance level and, like an alarm clock, when the tolerance level is reached, I go off! It's not so much being kept waiting, It's being kept waiting for no apparent good reason. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Onemore52 333 Posted February 6 I am heading out today for a 3 week break and reset my patience back to zero. I find if I stay off the roads I can manage alright but once I had out and have to deal with them I stray off course. Yesterday I was driving along at the same speed as everyone else 30kph, when a van came out at me from the left hand side, with me heading into the gutter to avoid contact, they just don’t care. Last week at the store I was waiting at the counter, the only one there, when finally someone came to serve me this woman butted in and started to give her order as though I was invisible so I said in a loud voice ‘’wait your turn’’. i just do not understand how rude these people can be, I could go on and on and on but I won’t just get out of here for a while. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Onemore52 333 Posted February 6 Because the tricycles are king of the road here and drive along at 25kph to save fuel, I drive along at 20kph to conserve fuel and wait till I have a procession of the behind me, then I go home. Who in the hell told these people that driving along at night without lights on conserves fuel? Or is there some other reason? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jack Peterson 21,421 Posted February 6 3 minutes ago, Onemore52 said: Or is there some other reason? Yup! No working Lights of course 1 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tukaram (Tim) 6,849 Posted February 6 (edited) It is best to have your patience working well before you get here. They will test it. I had a patience test the other day... I gave up on their banks long ago. It is easier and more efficient to us my US bank and a phone app but my wife likes to keep a local BPI account. I noticed a sign on the ATM the other day saying that after 18FEB the BPI cards without chips will not work, please go to your branch for a new card (franchise banking, so you have to go to 'your' branch for a lot of things). We go to our branch and they have an envelope with my name on it waiting for me. But it has only 1 card. I ask about getting my wife a card. They give me a form (ATM card request) and point to a desk. I go to the desk and the woman has no idea what she is supposed to do with me. She asks the guy and he says I am supposed to have my wife fill out the form and take it back to him. Still, no one knows why I was sent to the woman's desk. My wife fills out the form and gives it back to the first guy. He then sends us to a cubicle. The guy there looks at the form oddly. Says it is wrong and that I have to fill out the form with my info (right form, wrong person's info). Turns out I have to fill out a 3 page form to request the card they told me to pickup, and had already printed. I fill it out and he gives me my card and wishes me a good day. But I ask again about getting my wife her card. He says it takes a different form. So I give him one of my patented 'ok idiot, that is why we are here, let's do this' looks. We fill out the form and he wishes us a good day. So I ask when/how we get her card. He says to come back in one week for it. 3 desks, 2 sets of forms, plus an incorrect form, having to ask about her card a minimum of 6 times, and 45 minutes later we are done. Simple, right? Simple...but... I may have lost my patience a few times. Yeah, hate to say it, but I did. I had to ask 3 people, and fill out multiple forms, and still not get any closer to getting her card. The idiocy astounds me at times (and I let him know in no uncertain terms).But I never raised my voice. ha ha. Edited February 6 by Jollygoodfellow Offencive to some members. Comment removed 2 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
