THE BUZZ IN certain quarters is that an individual who was identified as a potential leader has compromised their future by undertaking a certain contract.
Though there is a recognition that this person had to eat and so needed a pick, those close to the situation suggest that that person’s taking the contract weakens the hive’s position going forward. And they argue that nothing should ever be done to undermine the hive’s gains.
Word reaching Cou Cou is that this was one of the major reasons behind the Queen Bee’s moves some weeks ago.
Most saw her action as seeking to deal with a noisy low-flying worker bee who comes over as a legend in his own mind. That is, he does not recognise his buzz and stingers are far less effective than he thinks.
However, a careful examination of the shifts in work assignments would show both of these individuals were effectively sidelined from the more glamorous jobs they held within the hive.
For all the talk that has gone down about the shifts, few seem to have acknowledged that the Queen Bee moved decisively to deal with these two workers with little fanfare, but with devastating effect.
It just goes to show the difference between how women and men deal with situations.
Suddenly struck dumb
PEOPLE ARE QUESTIONING why an otherwise loud-mouthed person is so quiet these days.
They are wondering if the individual, who spoke out against a variety of things his colleagues were doing, had a Damascus moment and now views things differently.
Some are querying if this seemingU-turn has anything to do with the contractual arrangements for an impending project and the benefits for the public and everyone else involved with it.
Those familiar with this situation have told Cou Cou that this person’s success demonstrates why people have to keep noise to get noticed. If you sit back and say nothing, no one will take you on.
Teacher photo-bummed
A CLASH BETWEEN two female teachers at a St Michael school has not made YouTube, but for all those who witnessed it, it is still a majortalking point.
Cou Cou was told that the incident occurred after the school’s sports day was finished.
From what was reported, one teacher took a picture of the other’s rear as she was bending over. The picture showed the “crack” of the woman’s butt. The teacher then circulated the picture among her colleagues and it was a source of amusement.
One of the teachers who received the picture showed it to the one who was photographed, and it was from there that the kadooment started.
According to someone who says they were on the spot, the one who was photographed confronted the other and they had a shouting match with reportedly some colourful language involved. And this occurred apparently as parents were arriving to collect their children after the sports day.
We were told the principal at the institution called a meeting of the staff to discuss the issue but the teacher who took the picture reportedly did not attend that meeting, so the matter could not be resolved at that level.
The hard-working officials at the Ministry of Education and representatives of the teachers’ union were reportedly then called in to deal with the situation. From what we have been told the teacher who took the picture will be moved from the school, but until then, there seems to be an uneasy truce.
Governor a maguffy
SOME BARBADIANS HAVE been asking who the Governor of the Central Bank, Dr DeLisle Worrell, answers to.
They are asking because questions have been raised about matters relating to the bank and he often does not bother to answer. It’s as if he can do what he wants at that institution and nobody can do anything about it.
These people point to Worrell’s non-response to charges from a few local economists about the bank “printing money” and the impact this could have. He never said a word. Even when the International Monetary Fund team noted a similar thing in their Article IV report he said nothing.
Now, too, he isn’t saying a thing about how former CLICO executive Leroy Parris could have $5 millionwith the Central Bank.
