For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. I have seen the business that God has given to the sons of men to be busy with. – Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 verse 1 and 10.
IT CAN BE VERY difficult these days to have a good conversation with anyone at home or the workplace. That is so because so many people are caught up with modern-day technology whether at home, school and work and even church.
Some people do not know when and where to use it and that there is a place for everything on earth. There are people in the same house who text and email each other rather than have an oral conversation.
Even in the office, a person will be sitting next to a colleague and yet they are texting or emailing each other. What a pity.
I have gone to a number of offices, including Government departments, and have seen staff – both junior and senior – sitting at their desks with earphones, or whatever there are called, in their ears and I am assuming they are listening to music or whatever it may be.
This type of behaviour should not be allowed in the workplace because it is not good for business, whether it be Government or the private sector.
Too weak
Where are the heads of department, supervisors and the senior staff and what are they doing about this type of behaviour? Are they too weak to address this problem or are they afraid of the same workers?
All of us must come together and address the problem. Our secondary schools must play a great role with the school-leavers and point out to them what is expected of them in the workplace; that is if the students will listen.
When school-leavers get to the workplace, all bad habits must be left behind. We are always talking about productivity, how are we going to get it with so many bad habits out there?
Benefit fete
There will be a back-in-time fundraiser tomorrow for Maria Inniss at The Plantation Theatre, St Lawrence, Christ Church, at 10 p.m., featuring John King, Admiral International and other artistes. Maria needs financial help for some very serious health challenges and is in a United States hospital undergoing treatment.
Flea Market
The Clifton Hill Moravian Church, Clifton Hill, St Thomas will hold a Flea Market Day tomorrow from 10, on the Church Grounds.
Appreciation service
The Moravian Church will be hold an appreciation service on Sunday in honour of the Rev. Dorothea Rhode as she proceeds on leave. The service begins at 4 p.m. at the Calvary Moravian Church.
Church Credit Union AGM
The Moravian Church Credit Union annual general meeting will be held on Saturday, June 4, at 4:30 p.m. at the Duncan C. Moore Centre, Sharon, St Thomas.
Jazz in the Yard
The St Mary’s Church presents Jazz in the Yard – A Heritage Gala on the lawns of the church on Saturday, June 11, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Patronal festival
The St Philip-the-Less Church, Boscobel, St Peter, will be celebrating its patronal festival from Sunday, June 5 to Sunday, June 12, with the theme: We are one in the Spirit, We are one in the Lord.
Services on the first day will be at 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Weekday services, except on Wednesday, June 8, will be 7:30 p.m.
