The Urbаn Prophet™ 5.0

People are so full of contradictions it's funny how we manage to get anything done at all. Seriously, think about all the things everyone has told you from the time you could say "mama" 'til now. Think long and hard and I'm sure you'll begin to see what I'm talking about. I suppose most of the time it's because people have to work with the information that they're given even though half the time that info is just plain faulty. I've been through many interviews, and always, always, been told plain nonsense. How many time have i heard from my prospective bosses that they have "comprehensive plan" that will make life easy for me, all I need to do is follow the plan. Well, after YOU'VE done the preliminary research, writen it, typed it out in font 12 double space, got it bound and made three copies. After that, you can follow it, simple as. What makes it even more sweet is that then they'd get upset because you haven't met the deadlines they've set for you.

Bosses are prone to contradiciton. One day they'll tell you that our ultimate goal is to increase awareness. The next day, screw awareness, we need the sales. First they say that they believe in flexi-time, then they say you've gotta be in the office by 9am. The whole idea of a business plan is to chart out your course of action with goal posts and deadlines in order to achive a preset target. Most bosses will agree on that, however in practice, most of them would change course willy-nilly then moan about not hitting targets. Well, If you've changed targets mid-way, how the hell are you suppose to hit them? Apart from that, they love saying things like "don't worry about making mistakes, it's all a learning process." Then, as soon as you fuck up; they'd be the first one screw you without giving you the dignity of a reach-over.

Parents are a great example of contradictions, for the first few years of your life they're asking, practically begging you to walk and to talk, then when you finally figure out how to string a sentence together and walk across the living room it's all shut up and sit down. In the same breath i have heard my dear old mum, bless her, tell me that i should learn how to be independent and think for myself then complain about i how i never listen to her and do what she tells me to. Now what, I ask you, is the appropriate reaction?

I used to date this girl when i was still in college all those years ago. When we first started seeing each other she'd tell me that she was open to any kind of food. tHis girl would eat anything, she said. Later i found out that "anything" did not include food that was meat based, deep-fired, grilled, baked, stir-fried, spicy, salty, bland, too sweet, cream-based, with tomatoes, or garlic, or onions, or carrot, or leafy veggies and finally absolutely no fast-food what so ever. also she didn't drink tea, coffee, canned drinks, most fruit juices or anything sweet. Weirdest thing was that she'd get angry at me for not taking her out to dinner enough. I'm sorry, but there are no restaurants in K.L. that serves gruel and water sweetheart. In a way, I'm glad she left me.

Anyway, back to why people keep contradicting themselves. My belief is, is that deep-down inside, people just don't know what they want. I mean, they think they know what they want but really they don't. I suppose it's a fact of life, 'cuz hey if everyone knew what they wanted then i suppose our economy would simply grind to halt. What need would there be to rush forward if you're already there? I suppose the pursuit of most peoples lives is that of finding what they're heart truly desires. Until they do, they'll simply keep contradicting themselves.