Can we recover what we once had?
In today’s Nation … “Arthur knocks poor work ethic.” The Unions of course do not wish to acknowledge this. “We must not allow this country to fail because of our deficiency in maintaining an attribute that used to be commonplace, but now is becoming scarce,” he said.
He failed to mention we also have become arrogant and unmannerly.
Nor did he mention that we are among the finest rhetorical speakers in the world. Nuff talk and no action.
… submitted by BFP reader “G”
Barbados Free Press 
Every time i see his picture i remember how he robbed bajans blind and got so much mouth to actually want to be heard now,no jail for him i guess just lectures now about how to run countries after people like him rob and f#*K them up,i guess we deserve it.
Is Arthur now finding out about Barbados poor work ethic? You got to be kidding!
Owen, Owen…..please come back and save your people. Things bout real serious man, silver sands hotel close and arawak laying 60% of it workers. The unemployment gotta be near 15% by now and I predicting that its going to be 20% before yearend. NIS going to go bust. Contractors going out of business at an alarming rate, save for Jada, Preconco, Caribbean Homes and the other Bjerkhamn clan companies who seem to have a particular knack (hint hint) for encouraging the administration to full their guts. The rest gotta starve.
I should’nt laugh because God knows I encounter so many sour pusses on a day, but.. LOL… to true…
I think Arthur was bouncing off the World Economic Forum’s “Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011”. It said “Barbados got poor marks for inefficient government bureaucracy, access to financing, a poor work ethic among the labour force and foreign currency regulations.”
The Report was published on Thursday, September 23, 2010 under the heading “Caribbean globally uncompetitive: Time to get serious” in Caribbean 360 and the article was written by Sir Ronald Sanders.
Another excerpt from that article reads as follows:
“The government bureaucracy that slows down investment also has to be overhauled rapidly. Inordinate delays and red tape that slow investment cost Investors money. They don’t hang around; not with a world eager to lure them.
It is time to get serious, or get left behind.”
Hello! TIME TO GET SERIOUS? ! ! ! Ha! Ha! As the BFP article observes… “we are among the finest rhetorical speakers in the world. Nuff talk and no action.”
Barbados has long been a member of NATO.
No Action – Talk Only.
Much pride – but little Industry
check our national motto on the arch over the bridge.
As Hoady once axed, where are all the strongmen these days?
Where are the guys that could lift a bag of sugar to put it on a lighter?
To quote a professional limer on Swan Street..
“Work? -work is for machines!”
Arthur has a point. How many times have you rung someones office to be told their not in, their at lunch & the receptionist doesn’t when the person will be back. Lunch is an hour. Why do people take longer?? Too many people put on the uniform & just turn up. Then consider that to be a days work. It would be great to have “A day of work” once a month where everybody turns & does the work they are supposed to complete with good customer service & time keeping.
Mac,
Man, you want to try NCC after lunch! LOL
It’s amazing how people want to beat up on Owen Arthur? Tell me, what major economic crisis did B’dos suffer under Arhur’s administration? Did the World Bank, IMF or any other global financial regulatory agency come knocking on B’dos’s door? Barbados will lose its comparative edge, in the caribbean community, if the citizens of B’dos don’t wake up from their sloth, Barbados the country will suffer from a massive devaluation of its currency and its trademark “Pride in Industry.” Bajans must moreso now than ever before, tweak their collective genius, and commit to global economic excellence. We cannot afford to have “Beer Money, and Campaign taste.” A country taht plans for future generations, typically saves and produces for those generations. Like Owen Arthur or not, give the man some credit, for loving his country and caring about bajans.
Hello,
This is soooo true!!! I was living in Barbados for 2 years as a UWI Student and I also worked there. Trust me man! Owen Arthur is spot on correct!