No, it's an observation I made, based on the fact my household paid what amounts to $12/month for electricity and water and gas. The official words were "enough with subsidies for everyone". People with low incomes, retirees and the disabled are eligible for a discount, but those prices are still nowhere close to the previous ones.
Maybe, but the former would have been easier to deal with considering we have yearly salary negotiations, whereas these sudden tariff increases came way before the talks for this year even started.it would merely be the case of slowly boiled frog vs. a quickly boiled one
Very true, but good luck with that. Movements like that either never come to be or fall apart quickly. People get distraught over differences, even on the smallest ideas, or even worse, try to exploit these things for personal gain. Add the culture of "how can I cheat my way to the best result" or "what's in it for me" we already have in this country, and you aren't exactly boosting the odds.they are simply not ready for a change, they do not want to personally do something about it, they expect someone else will do it for them (which is correct, but they'll have to wait for the so-called doomsday to get there, ie. thousands upon thousands of years), even though the solution is very simple: a country-wide unity ...
Anyway! I received a phone call from Human Resources yesterday, asking me to attend a meeting today. I did, and guess who was there. I had anticipated this possibility, though - it was unlikely that they'd call just me to see what's up. They (HR and co.) said this was the only way to get us to be in the same room and talk everything over. And indeed, the former hadn't happened since December 30th, 2015.
Firstly, I got pwned hard over an e-mail I sent to our coordinator early this week, mentioning all the drama with the passwords and the new lock. They say I should have e-mailed her asking for a copy first. I didn't do it because the base chance of getting an answer from someone who was physically avoiding me was approximately 0%, and I didn't want to waste time. But in hindsight, I should have, if only to be able to use a potential lack of response against her. I conceded my mistake on this.
They asked how I could possibly trust a rector that four months ago was hellbent in kicking me but is now on my side. I'm doing it because (as far as I can see) he was being played by her and is only now seeing the facts. But good luck saying that without making it sound like a feeble excuse. They also mentioned there is a chance he's playing either me or both of us to get her or us kicked from the school because of causing too much trouble. I said nothing at the time, but as I type this, a part of me thinks it could be true. I mean, he seems to be on my side now, but when he wasn't... well, just read this thread and see all the things he invented and swore by, and strings he pulled to keep me out. And he did ask me to make a small addition about her on that e-mail this week. I think I shall have to be a lot more careful with the guy from now on.
I brought up all the lies and contradictions she's uttered against me thinking I'd never see them. According her, they were either false accusations or taken out of context. Who changed the lock? It wasn't her. Who hacked her Dropbox? It was me, and fuck the activity log screenshots that prove otherwise. Not to mention on December she was allegedly desperately asking to undo the decision, and early this month she was "so happy to hear about [my] return". There you go folks, problem solved, turns out I'm the bad guy here... not. She also threatened to resign, then later backed off saying she'll have to "think about it". As far as I'm concerned, she can walk off anytime, but I'm not stupid enough to think the threat was serious.
They say they're getting really tired of all this stuff, which I wholeheartedly understand, but I sure won't not fight back because of that if I'm being pushed around with passive-aggressive attacks.
They ended the meeting asking us to leave personal problems aside whenever we have to work together, and to keep all our work-related conversations over the official e-mail accounts, CC'ed to the coordinator. We both agreed. We'll see.
Bookmarks