PINOY, STOP THE MEDIOCRITY

OK, so my home doesn't look like this--not exactly-- but weeks after I was supposed to move in, it's still unfinished. So the photo really shows my present inner condition.  I know, I know, everyone says that's what construction is like here, but my question is: why do we always have to settle? Most of the delays in the construction of my home have to do with poor planning. Make that no planning. They put the lights in, make a mess then repair and paint.  Next comes the exhaust fan, which goes through the same process.  Why can't it be planned so that everything that needs to go in the ceiling can be purchased and ready so that there's only one schedule for making holes, making a mess, etc., etc?  If you already have your work planned for the next two weeks, you should see that all necessary materials are complete, ready and accounted for. You can't be scrambling to line up your tools on the day of the job, only to find out that you're missing important supplies! Horrors. That's so pre-school! A lot of time is wasted when suppliers come with the wrong tools or no tools! And I am so sick and tired of empty apologies, head-scratching and worse, blank looks and zero sense of urgency. What's heartbreaking is the attitude of  "pwede na". My contractors seemed content to offer me a bathroom with chipped tiles, which they probably hoped I wouldn't notice, coupled with wrong color,  sub-standard grouting. The problem is, I'm very organized, so I seethe and burn at the cost of this  inefficiency and sloth. I have been told that I should have hired a professional project manager and an architect with a very stable back office, but that's all water under the bridge now and I just have to live with work ethics that I cannot begin to fathom. Whatever happened to excellence and pride in our work? Why do we have to be unpleasant to get things done? I'm actually getting to the point where I just take a million deep breaths before I go to the site because I know that there will be one disappointment after another and that people are quite comfortable apologizing, apologizing, apologizing, but not getting the job done properly.Excellence. That's what we need to manifest. In everything we do, we must strive for excellence.  Tama na ang puwede na.  Let's do the job and do it right. Ohhhmmmmmmmm!