It is Wrong to Blame the Modern Technology for Errors Committed by Man

IT IS WRONG TO BLAME THE MODERN TECHNOLOGY

FOR ERRORS COMMITTED BY MAN

By Apolinario Villalobos

 

I had a very bad experience with a bank after it printed ALL information about my savings and time deposit, complete with account numbers and sent the UNSIGNED SYSTEM-GENERATED LETTER to my home address by a COURIER OF A NEVER-HEARD MESSENGERIAL SERVICE COMPANY. THE IDIOT COURIER INSERTED THE ENVELOP WITH THE NAME OF THE BANK PRINTED OUTSIDE, INTO A SPACE OF THE GATE. HAD I NOT PICKED IT UP IMMEDIATELY WHEN I CAME HOME, A CRIMINAL COULD HAVE TAKEN IT AND TAKEN NOTE OF THE INFO AND HACKED MY BANK ACCOUNT! WORST, I FOUND OUT THAT THE COURIER MADE IT APPEAR THAT I SIGNED HIS COPY OF DELIVERY RECEIPT!

 

It was only after I irritably explained to the bank officials their mistake of bringing out of their system the information about my confidential transactions with them that they realized the breach of bank secrecy that they committed. I told them that I could easily file a case in the court against them. And, to think that it is a prestigious bank that can afford expensive ads on print and broadcast media about their offerings. It left me wondering how a prestigious bank could hire INCOMPETENT IDIOTS to handle their information system with sloppiness. WORST, THE RESPONSIBLE GUYS, ALTHOUGH, APOLOGETIC, BLAMED THE “ SYSTEM-GENERATED LETTER”….THOSE PRINTED GOOD FOR NOTHING LETTERS THAT ARE NOT SIGNED AND SENT TO CLIENTS!

 

Relative to this, I felt I made a big mistake when I dealt with another bank about its insurance offering. Due to non-completion of details on certain forms, A SYSTEM-GENERATED TEXT WAS SENT TO ME. I had to go back to the bank to accomplish what were asked. A little later I received another text about their posting of my payment to the assigned policy number. I had to go back to the bank again to arrange about the delivery which the insurance representative has supposedly submitted to their concerned office. BUT, THE FOLLOWING DAY, I WAS SURPRISED TO RECEIVE SIMILAR TEXT THAT ADVICED ME ABOUT THE NON-COMPLETION OF DOCUMENTS (AGAIN!)! HOW CAN ONE BE NOT IRRITATED BY SUCH KIND OF IDIOTIC COMMUNICATION, AFTER HAVING BEEN ASSURED THAT EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER?

 

WHAT IS IRRITATING IS THE FAILURE OF THE GUYS OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY TO APOLOGIZE IF THEY COMMITTED AN ERROR BY SENDING AN UNNECESSARY SYSTEM-GENERATED TEXT THAT MADE ME TENSE AND RUINED MY DAY. THE GUY WHO HUMBLY APOLOGIZED HAS GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CLOSED TRANSACTION AS HE IS CONNECTED WITH THE BANK WITH WHICH THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS AFFILIATED. I MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE GUY FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY RESPONSIBLE FOR SENDING THE SECOND TEXT SHOULD SEND ANOTHER AS AN “ADVICE TO DISREGARD” THE ERRONEOUSLY SENT ONE AND APOLOGIZE, TO CLOSE THE CASE. THAT IS THE PROPER PROTOCOL THAT CUSTOMER-ORIENTED COMPANIES SHOULD OBSERVE IF THEY COMMITTED A MISTAKE. IT IS WRONG FOR THESE COMPANIES TO LEAVE THE CLIENTS WITH INSECURITIES FOR MISTAKES THAT THEY (COMPANIES) COMMITTED.

 

My point here is, the modern technology should never be blamed because the MACHINES OR COMPUTERS OR WHATEVERGODDAMNTHING BEING USED TO GENERATE LETTERS OR TEXTS ARE CONTROLLED BY A “BREATHING PERSON OR GROUP, VERY WELL ALIVE, AND SUPPOSED TO HAVE BRAINS”!…OTHERWISE, HE/SHE/THEY COULD JUST BE PLAIN AND SIMPLE INCOMPETENT IDIOT/S WHO IS/ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HADLE SENSITIVE TRANSACTIONS SOME OF WHICH INVOLVE MILLIONS AND NOT JUST HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF PESOS!

 

THE DANGER HERE IS, EVEN IF A POLICY NUMBER IS ASSIGNED OR ISSUED, THE INSURANCE COMPANY WILL DEFINITELY MAKE IT HARD FOR THE CLIENT TO GET BACK THE MONEY THAT HE INVESTED DUE TO “non-completion of information in documents, etc”….THESE ARE THE FINE LINES IN INSURANCE CONTRACTS! ALSO, BY THE TIME MY POLICY GETS MATURED, I WOULD BE DEALING WITH ANOTHER SET OF PEOPLE WHO MAY ALSO BE IDIOTS, HENCE, NOT GIVE A DAMN IF THE DOCUMENTS THAT THE COMPANY ACCEPTED  FOR PROCESSING JUST TO HAVE A POLICY NUMBER ASSIGNED TO CLOSE THE DEAL WERE INCOMPLETE!

 

 

I WILL NAME NAMES IN MY NEXT BLOG IF THE GODDAMN INSURANCE OUTFIT WILL NOT MAKE AMENDS IN WRITING, COMPLETE WITH SIGNATURE, TO CONFIRM THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH MY DOCUMENTS.

 

Habang Hindi pa Ulyanin, Pairalin ang Common Sense Bilang Paghahanda sa Pagtanda

Habang Hindi Pa Ulyanin, Pairalin ang Common Sense

Bilang Paghahanda sa Pagtanda

Ni Apolinario Villalobos

 

Kapag umabot na sa retired age na alam na ng lahat kung ano, dapat ang taong tumatanda ay palaging gumamit ng “common sense” habang hindi pa siya ulyanin at kaya pa niyang mag-isip ng maayos. Ang mga sumusunod ay mga suggestions na dapat gawin o pag-isipan bilang paghahanda (pero, take it…or leave it…walang pilitan):

 

• Para sa mga mag-asawang parehong buhay pa, dapat ay dagdagan pa ang pagiging mabait sa isa’t isa upang ang unang mamatay ay hindi libakin ng naiwang nabuhay na partner tungkol sa mga kaaliwaswasang pinaggagawa nito (namatay). Marami akong nakausap na biyudo at biyuda na sa mismong lamay ng kanilang namatay na asawa ay pinagkukuwento ang mga katarantaduhan nila pero idinadaan sa biro, sabay sabi ng,”parang nabunutan ako ng tinik nang mategok yan (sabay turo sa kabaong)”.

 

• Maging mabait sa mga anak para pagtanda mo ay may mag-aalaga na mabuti sa iyo, hindi yong hahayaan ka na lang na namamaho o nangangamoy sa isang tabi kung saan ka tumae o umihi, o di kaya ay pakakainin ka ng isdang maraming tinik, etc….bilang ganti sa pagmamalupit at pagpapabaya mo sa kanila. Maraming ganyang uri ng anak ngayon na mas mahal na mahal pa ang gadget kaysa magulang. May nakita akong matandang nanay na halos hindi na makakilos, pero kinakaladkad ng anak sa labas ng bahay upang paliguan, hindi pwede sa banyo sa loob ng bahay dahil baka madumihan ang tiles na sahig! Ang isa ko pang nakita ay isang lola na wala nang ngipin na pinakain ng malaking hiwa ng karne kaya halos mamuwalan ito, pero dahil gutom ay nguya lang siya ng nguya gamit ang mga gilagid (gums) habang pinagtatawanan ng mga anak at apo.

 

• Magtabi ng pera para sa katandaan at piliin ang anak na mapagkakatiwalaan na siyang mangangalaga sa naipong pera na gagamitin mo pagdating ng panahong hindi ka na makapunta sa bangko. Ang anak na ito rin ang mangangalaga sa iyong mga pangangailangan gamit ang perang inipon mo. Kung walang anak na mapapagkatiwalaan, pumili ng kamag-anak na matagal mo nang kilala at mas maganda ang ugali kaysa iyong mga anak .

 

• Kung lahat ng mga anak ay suwail, at ang mga kamag-anak naman ay puro mukhang pera kaya walang mapapagkatiwalaan, pumili ng isang “home for the aged” na ang nangangalaga ay mga madre at makipagkontrata tungkol sa balak mong pagtira sa kanila at ang kapalit ay donation mo. Ipaalam o sabihin sa mga mapapagkatiwalaang kaibigan mo at mga anak nila ang iyong ginawa upang pagdating panahon ay mati-check nila kung inaasikaso kang mabuti ng mga madre. Huwag nang asahan ang mga anak at kamag-anak tungkol sa bagay na ito.

 

• Huwag piliting gawin ang pinagbabawal ng doctor dahil nakakasama sa iyong kalusugan, tulad ng pag-inom ng alak, pagsisigarilyo, pagkain ng mga pagkaing magbibigay ng sakit sa iyo, etc. Pero kung talagang ayaw mo nang mabuhay nang matagal, itodo mo ang pagkain ng mga bawal, magpakalasing at manigarilyo ka rin sa loob ng 24/7. Huwag ka lang magsisi kapag nagkaroon ka ng kanser, o na-stroke kaya nagkandangiwi-ngiwi ang mukha o hindi na halos makalakad, o di kaya ay bumubuga na ng dugo kapag umubo….dahil lumigaya ka naman sa mga bisyo mo!

 

Ang “common sense” ay hindi binibili kundi likas na bahagi ng ating diwa mula pa noong tayo ay ipinanganak at nadi-develop habang tayo ay lumalaki. Nakakatulong sa pag-develop ng common sense ang pagmamasid natin sa ating mga kapaligiran lalo na ang ginagawa ng ibang tao. Kung minsan, nalalaman natin ang ating pagkakamali kung nakita nating ginawa ito ng ibang tao…kaya dapat palaging handa tayong tumanggap ng pagkakamali upang hindi na maulit pa lalo na pagdating ng panahong tayo ay matanda na.

 

Palaging nasa huli ang pagsisisi, pero paano kung hindi na tayo makakilos habang nakahiga, o di kaya ay may Alzheimer’s disease o ulyanin na tayo, kaya makikita na lang tayo na nagtatampisaw sa sariling ihi o naglalamutak ng sariling tae?