FLYING FISH & COU COU: Four the hard way

Sat, June 26, 2010 - 12:10 AM

COU COU understands that there is a four-man team from a registered company making Barbados proud in the Caribbean, and simultaneously raking in about US$18 000 monthly in at least one jurisdiction. And the team is operating in more than one jurisdiction.
This is something that others should seek to emulate – put collective skills together and make hay while the sun shines.
But who are the team members?
One is already known, although he has tried to play down his leadership of the squad, which he shouldn’t, because he is doing nothing wrong or illegal.
Another in the squad is a research man and is credited to have just as much bite as he has bark. He does the “leg work” for the team, as he once did at a political level and was handsomely rewarded for it.
The third man in the squad is one of the most important. He is quite a brain merchant, although he has a propensity for wanting to lock horns with too many people, especially intellectuals.
He has found a new home with his boss who has great faith in him. In fact, he might still prove to be second to his boss one of these days if the unexpected occurs.
The fourth team player is the oldest, and although he often gives the impression that he is about to drop to sleep, his slow, retiring nature should not lull anyone into believing that he is completely over the hill.
He knows what it is to be a leader and was a leader of sorts in his last two occupations.
On the local front, one still has certain aspirations, the brain merchant is still undecided, and the other two are now footnotes on history’s political page.
Cou Cou will continue to follow their glorious exploits across the region.

The final curtain

COU COU can confirm that an individual whose rubber stamp has much authority is now in receipt of an official document that will determine the future of a particular individual.
It seems that those who submitted the document are in agreement that the proposed action take its full course. Now it is up to the person with the stamp.

Public dressing down

MUCH healing will need to be done among members of a certain grouping.
Significant animosity recently came out at an event where damaging salvos were thrown at a female operative.
Although she was successful in achieving what she had set out to do, some of her “friends” and colleagues painted a picture of her of being a spoilt brat.
They accused her of resigning from a certain position because she did not get her way. They charged that she abandoned the cause and went her way because of a false sense of entitlement.
But in very gracious style, she did not fight fire with fire, but used diplomacy well. However, she still described one of her detractors as similar to a submarine that had reemerged after a 20-year absence. And she wasn’t lying about the time span.
Now it is left to see if she can sink her teeth into the job at hand, similar to the effort attempted by her predecessor.

Political dump

PEOPLE at a certain agency are complaining that their work site has become a dumping ground for failed politicians.
And what makes it worse, they are saying, is that the failed politicos are being paid big salaries when they are not bringing anything worthwhile to the table.
The latest is a many-time loser whose company has been hired and is being paid for just existing. It is a situation that is making conscientious managers furious. But to their credit, they have tried to be patient. But that is wearing thin.
The real problem is that the person doing the hiring is also a political operative, although she is only now emerging from the shadows. Staffers say that a coup in the boardroom is perhaps the only way to save face.