A lot of you read my post that I submitted in to the Mississauga News for the kind man that helped me when my car caught on fire. After I had posted this article to my facebook page, I had a couple of people comment and tell me their personal stories of other good samaritans that came to their rescue.
After reading those stories, I couldnt help but feel inspired from these acts of kindness because I find that in the world we live in there is so much noise and negativity and not enough "thank yous" or positive messages and you start to feel that there is nothing good in the world.
Here are a couple of my own personal stories that I would like to share:
Just Last Month Allan and I were in the Superstore close to our house and their was an older gentleman in front of us who was struggling to pack his grocery bags. We helped him pack them and carry them to his car, he thanked us profusely and I left feeling wonderful that I had taken the couple of minutes to help someone.
Over a year ago Allan and I were in a car accident that totalled my car, we were ok but my car was a write off. We were amazed by the amount of people who wanted to help out in case we needed witnesses. One guy drove the lady who hit us home to get her husband and then he stayed with us for 2 hours until the cops came, to tell them his account of the accident, we were amazed that he would stay until 12-1am in the middle of a snowstorm to make sure that we received the justice we deserved.
I open the forum to hear from everyone about their experiences with good samaritans so we can share with each other the goodness that there really is in the world. I cherish these stories as I will go back to them whenever I am feeling discouraged and look to them to empower me and surge forward.
If I can help anyone in any way, by connecting you to someone in my network, or promote you or your company through my blog, facebook, twitter and Linked In page please let me know, I only ask for a cut of the profits......LOL just kidding!
Sarah C Barnes
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Saturday, February 13, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Infrastructure in Canada
As an Account Exec for a total logistics firm in Mississauga, Ontario I get complaints all the time from customers as to the delays on their import shipments.
This complaint is one of the most frustrating for me as we are bound in place by the privatized railways, slow action of the minitry of transport and the lack of pressure from the steamship lines.
One of my only responses to the customers are to write a letter to their local MP in the hopes that if they receive enough complaints and letters that they will make a difference.
Let me ask you: How does such a prominent country with so much to offer have such a poor system of infrastructure that we can be compared to a third world country?
In 1995 CN Railways were privatized and in 2008 made market capitalization of 21 billion usd. How can a company make that much money from all the imports our industries provide and not do something about helping their customers.
It is hard enough for companies to import into Canada or start an importing business in Canada, without having to deal with delays and added storage charges (CN only offers one day free time including weekends and holidays) that brings more pressure for offloading containers etc.
I would hope that the Ministry of Transport would look to step in at some point to improve on the state of our infrastruture to make it easier on industries to import and provide for our communities through job creation etc.
Maybe one day, when its really too late the government will realize how important this issue is and will start putting some pressure on the parties that can make the difference for all Canadians.
Sarah C. Barnes
This complaint is one of the most frustrating for me as we are bound in place by the privatized railways, slow action of the minitry of transport and the lack of pressure from the steamship lines.
One of my only responses to the customers are to write a letter to their local MP in the hopes that if they receive enough complaints and letters that they will make a difference.
Let me ask you: How does such a prominent country with so much to offer have such a poor system of infrastructure that we can be compared to a third world country?
In 1995 CN Railways were privatized and in 2008 made market capitalization of 21 billion usd. How can a company make that much money from all the imports our industries provide and not do something about helping their customers.
It is hard enough for companies to import into Canada or start an importing business in Canada, without having to deal with delays and added storage charges (CN only offers one day free time including weekends and holidays) that brings more pressure for offloading containers etc.
I would hope that the Ministry of Transport would look to step in at some point to improve on the state of our infrastruture to make it easier on industries to import and provide for our communities through job creation etc.
Maybe one day, when its really too late the government will realize how important this issue is and will start putting some pressure on the parties that can make the difference for all Canadians.
Sarah C. Barnes
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