I have it sussed.
Ever since I became the secretary for a charity organisation I volunteer with, I’ve had to make dozens of phone calls to Government agencies in order to keep ourselves legal. It is no picnic but I no longer stress out the way I used to.
Evidence I’m now a pro – I managed to get back income tax money from the Government after chasing them for 5 months. Most people give up only to never see the money ever again.
Yesterday I called the Ministry of Internal Securities to follow up on our publishing license. A lady answered to say that the department was understaffed and that everyone else was on holiday. Hello? Is that my problem?
So I asked for her Boss. Because SURELY……………….SOMEBODY could help me. Especially when this was the 5th time I’d called without any result. She said that her Boss had been posted to another city. Gosh Lady, spare me the details and get me to whoever’s above you, alright! Finally, another lady came onto the phone after I asked Miss Lazy Ass for her full name. An hour later, I got to tick another task off my To Do List.
Same thing happened when I called the Post Office Headquarters to hold my parcel for another day. Sorry Mam, the person-in-charge is not here today. Are you telling me that out of the hundreds of people who call in everyday, there is only ONE person who can take requests to hold a parcel? Again, I asked for his full name and eventually got my parcel held.
Holy fucking cow. I could start a whole database on these little scenarios.
Today, my mother sent her helper down the street to buy some Kentucky Fried Chicken for her darling grand daughter whom she adores and would arrange for the moon to be delivered if T asked. When T bit into the oily drumstick, she immediately spat it out and said, “Too spicy!”
I tried it and she was right. It was the hot & spicy version. Apparently the KFC staff had given the wrong chicken type to the helper so off she went, back to change it for the correct type……but of course. Did you expect anything less?
Alas, KFC didn’t want to change it! What customer service school exactly did Kentucky Fried Chicken send their staff to? Oh I forget. They were not. To cut a long story short, only when names were thrown around, did little T get her original version of KFC drumstick. WHY???
So before you key in those numbers, get a pen and paper ready to take down the full name of the person you speak to. Jot down also the date and time and what transpired.
It really works!
**************************************************************************Who is Mamapumpkin?
Mamapumpkin spent 7 years in London committing crimes to gain her Bartlett degree in Architecture. She then spent 7 years as a Stay At Home Mom raising her children as documented in this blog of over 15 years thereafter returning to the Corporate World stronger than ever as the Country Director of a British Multinational. She sets out to prove to all, that you can have anything and everything that you want; if you have that fire of desire burning within and the drive to work hard. Even better with much love.
Mamapumpkin has not only grown corporate businesses successfully in the past but has grown not one but TWO network marketing businesses in the notorious MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) industry, achieving success in under 2 years. She believes in the MLM business model but realises the DRASTIC PITFALLS and great stigma attached to it, understanding EXACTLY WHY the majority would shy away (or RUN for their lives) from ANY MLM business. But open your eyes and take time to understand it intellectually, remove your hang-ups, confirm your research, and you may just want to seize an opportunity. She did. And no, she never went about chasing people for sales. She had a sophisticated system work for her through technology and a smartphone.
She now impacts lives authentically with proven strategies amassed through the last decade of her own transformation offering online coaching programmes and always supports the underprivileged. She believes that we can all have a life of our own desires to enable real contribution into the world. But first, one needs to understand what this all means.
A beautiful life without limits.
If you wish to learn some tools to propel your life forward guaranteed, be brave enough to make contact as her life's purpose is to build people. She operates through a discovery call after which she will commit to helping you. Or not.
Most lose out on an opportunity because they are afraid they would be sold to, conned or whatever fear resides in their brain without even trying. And that's on them.
Mamapumpkin is a living testimony that women really can have a lot. Being financially and time free has enabled her to travel the world anytime, anywhere, doing anything, and she spends most of her days with her children, having fun, and supporting others wherever she can. Also having fun.


Oh been there b4! I normally threaten the staff to give me the higher authority’s name & contact no. Once I got a hamper because of all the fuss I made due to their blunder!
Wah…!! I know who to look for if I need a garang friend to come along for backup, you go girl!