Forgetting appointment - not a good way to project professionalism and reliability

It is about getting better...

We had an appointment this morning with an account executive this morning at 9 am.   We would be seeing him in a place some 40 km away.  We met him in an exhibit and we explored the possibility of plastic substitute to our concrete supply.  

We talked to  him two days ago while on a trip to Northern Luzon.

Just as we were taking our breakfast, I requested that a phone call be made to confirm our appointments.   Several calls and text were made and none were answered, even with a text.  

We decided to slide our appointments to a trip to a town 100 km away.  We would meet with our contractor who wanted to make something out of his 2.6 hectare property.

At 4 o clock we made a call which he finally answered saying he is sick.   I am not as interested anymore in the deal we are supposed to talk about since:   1.  We still have to get a govt approval.   2.  There is a huge price difference we have to negotiate on.

Our education should not be merely be about learning facts and information but also about being a good person

It is about getting better...

For two successive days, I was disappointed with two events:   Two appointments where the other party was a no show

The first involved a student leader whom we gave the privilege of going over our operations for their capstone project.   She made an appointment with me for the presentation. She did not appear although

her group members did.  She claimed she had more important things to attend to as student council

leader

The other one involved a business.   The one who set up an appointment wanted to know what project

we can do to his inherited property.    He did not appear.

This post wonders how these people can be successful if they could not even keep an appointment and/or keep their word

One of the secrets of success