{UAH} Uganda has a Problem

casual lateness is a subset of something more serious - habitual
lying/opacity/confusion.


http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Full-Woman/Nalongo-Stephanie-Rivoal-average-ambassador/689842-4181644-iomhnz/index.html

Things she cannot get used to

The moment she was posted to Uganda, Rivoal realised that people do
not come from the same culture. The other thing that is important to
note is the notion of time. In France, she says people are on time and
deliver on time, which she says is something totally different in
Uganda.
"Here people are constantly late. Many times people let time fly and
they arrive for meetings 30, 40 minutes or even an hour past the
agreed time.
This is completely beyond my understanding. When you work with Ugandan
companies such as those in construction, to be on time, organised and
stable is not easy. It is very hard to get used to this notion of time
because it delays some projects and it is a challenge," Rivoal
observes, adding that postponement is very hard for the western world
to internalise because time is money and all this time to them is
equivalent to a loss of money, an attitude Ugandans need to take on.
On the other hand, she thinks it also means that Ugandans are
stress-free. It means everything is very smooth for them unlike people
in Paris who look stressed out.


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