Most people who know me realize that I cannot stand the liars, fakes, lazy, narrow-minded, discriminatory, ill-mannered, and/or corrupt.  So I was tickled when the BBC reported the following headline, “Tanzania civil servants locked up for lateness”and thought, this is something that China can totally learn from their African counterparts.

Many of my coworkers, colleagues, and/or random people on lines at government offices have complained at the lack of efficiency in government offices in China.  Between the red tape, forms, lack of regard for others, lack of work ethic, and/or lack of ability to properly get in line, getting things done in government offices in China is a nightmare.  What I do not understand is how Chinese Consulates in the U.S. are so efficient yet Chinese governmental offices for foreigners in China are so dysfunctional…

Notice in the article how the new Anti-Corruption President of Tanzania, John, Magufuli on his first day in office told his fellow civil servants to show up on time.  He then arrested all the employees who were late for the meeting without any viable explanations – approximately 20 according to the article, and then miraculously, the next day, all of the meeting members showed up 2 hours early.

Tanzania civil servants locked up for lateness – http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34931964

Maybe if President Xi adopted these kinds of policies for his anti-corruption campaigns, the Chinese Government would be super efficient and overtake the U.S. in terms of productivity overnight.  As it is, from my unofficial polls of Americans in China, many of us cannot figure out why it takes us so long to try to get anything done.

The exception seems to be my school at the university who can pull conferences together overnight if necessary.  This however seems rare.  I am testing the waters with the International Student Cultural Scavenger Hunt – so far seems awesome, my department was approved funding, the proposal is all done along with the costs, and the foreign affairs office seems on board, and some of the awesome students at Wuhan University have agreed to come over and be clue givers for the event 😀  Have some more logistics to figure out while walking along campus but other than that seems good to go.  Wish me luck.

Mood: A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss 😛