Of people...

Whenever there are people, there will always be politics. No matter where you are, what profession you're in, who are involved, how old you are. Politics will always exist.


In completely unrelated news, I have a wedding to attend in Muar tomorrow. An ex-coursemate of mine, who helped me a lot during my university days. I was supposed to drive down with 2 friends (who are a couple). I didn't ask to join them; the girl was the one who invited me to join them. I did mention that I can only go on Saturday morning itself - I cannot leave on Friday. She hinted a few times that they might want to leave on Friday last week, but they were not sure yet and it seemed more likely they will leave on Saturday. So I didn't source for other means of transport.

Suddenly last night she said they are leaving on Friday after all and told me to find my own transport there. Two days before the event and suddenly I'm left without means to travel. A little annoyed, really. Fortunately I found a friend who hasn't found a convoy to travel with yet and he said I could drive down with him.

I suppose it's my fault. I should've looked for backup means, eh? But that's not how I work. I don't want to book a seat in two cars, because that would deny somebody else from traveling down with one of the groups of people. It's like making reservations in two hotels for the same night just in case one of the hotels screws up your reservations. Things don't work that way.

If I were the one who was driving and I was not sure whether to leave on Friday or Saturday, I would have told my potential passengers early on that if they can only leave on Saturday, they ought to travel with someone else so they have guaranteed transport, no matter which day I leave on. I do not like leaving people in a limbo. It's called being fair.

If I had to drive down to Muar by myself, I wouldn't go at all.

I blame myself. I have too high expectations of people. I forget that not everyone works the way I would like them to. Hell, I'm not perfect myself. But I do the best I can with every consideration possible to others. The higher the expectations I have of others, the more disappointed I get when they fail.