True Story.... I sh1t you not...

[Times Roman]

my depth of experience over here is still pretty thin. Some of what I have seen is disturbing.

I think almost everyone back home would be disturbed as well.

These people are not at a very high level, and to think they can responsibly handle money, business, or government is asking more than they can probably handle.

To be honest, I find their entire business thought process lacking. We are more or less required to hire local afghans... there is a policy called "afghan first". The afghans we do hire most pretty much do nothing. The little bit we do ask they are very ill equipped. Additionally, they have a serious lack of ability to "connect the dots". For example... this just happened. My currency bill counter just died. So I had my assistant go down where we bought it, with the receipt, to exchange it. Now keep in mind payday is tomorrow (a minor one). And I'm going to pay out in cash. So he comes back with no machine, and no money. I ask him where my machine was. He said the owner of the store is going to fix it. When I say. Soon he says. Today? No sir! When? In a couple of days hopefully. Why didn't you just get a new one? Because the owner says he can fix it. (WTF?)

So now, when i run payroll tomorrow, I have to friggin count out all the cash by hand. The biggest bill I have is about 500AF, which is about $10USD.

He knew pay day was tomorrow. He didn't connect the dots, realizing that without the machine, payroll just became a bich. Nor did he call me saying there was a problem with the mission. The mission was to come back with a machine that worked. Now it's 3pm, and traffic is a serious bich, which means it is too late in the day to go again.

I get this all the time, every day.

In fact, this apparent lack of ability to connect the dots is common place.

[lovbyts]

my depth of experience over here is still pretty thin. Some of what I have seen is disturbing.

I think almost everyone back home would be disturbed as well.

These people are not at a very high level, and to think they can responsibly handle money, business, or government is asking more than they can probably handle.

To be honest, I find their entire business thought process lacking. We are more or less required to hire local afghans... there is a policy called "afghan first". The afghans we do hire most pretty much do nothing. The little bit we do ask they are very ill equipped. Additionally, they have a serious lack of ability to "connect the dots". For example... this just happened. My currency bill counter just died. So I had my assistant go down where we bought it, with the receipt, to exchange it. Now keep in mind payday is tomorrow (a minor one). And I'm going to pay out in cash. So he comes back with no machine, and no money. I ask him where my machine was. He said the owner of the store is going to fix it. When I say. Soon he says. Today? No sir! When? In a couple of days hopefully. Why didn't you just get a new one? Because the owner says he can fix it. (WTF?)

So now, when i run payroll tomorrow, I have to friggin count out all the cash by hand. The biggest bill I have is about 500AF, which is about $10USD.

He knew pay day was tomorrow. He didn't connect the dots, realizing that without the machine, payroll just became a bich. Nor did he call me saying there was a problem with the mission. The mission was to come back with a machine that worked. Now it's 3pm, and traffic is a serious bich, which means it is too late in the day to go again.

I get this all the time, every day.

In fact, this apparent lack of ability to connect the dots is common place.

Easy fix and it's how most people/animals learn. Make it matter to him. Let him know that WHEN you get the counter back in perfect working condition or a New one that is when Payday will be. I bet he will learn quickly.