Given the evident indifference to this travesty from the lack of responses to this article, it is safe to assume that this type of behavior is not limited to BPL. So how many other public enterprises and Government Departments have Lords and Ladies of Doom in their employment? Time for the Government to do something about this. It is unacceptable and must be stamped out ASAP. Come on Prime Minister Minnis it is time to rise to the occasion if you want to go down in history as the Prime Minister who changed the work culture in the country from partying On the job to working diligently at work. The time is now.

My goodness what an abomination? It appears as if the entire company is riven with wrongdoing, slackness, dishonesty and criminal behavior. This is a culture of crookedness. Are we to condone this at this stage in our development?

From what I have heard through the grapevine, the Lords of Doom type of behavior is a common practice while other illegal and immoral behaviors are the rule.

It is little wonder then why blackouts are the norm. When employees are mentally blocked upfrom drink and drugs the nation experiences a blackout.

So what can be done to fix this problem? What will it take to transform this company?
I do not know but I will leave it to the experts. All I know is that the behavior exhibited by the Lords of Doom is a mirror image of the behaviors currently rampant in the nation. Please remember they go to work from the outside and bring the outside culture with them into the company.

Absolutely. Random and mandatory drug testing is required. One strike, your are immediately terminated. No recourse, no excuse and no appeal.

I am referring to the workplace. Not your home, your car, on the beach ( when you are off duty), in the yard or any private personal space. Somehow you are unable to differentiate between the two. And this is precisely why we lack productivity and efficiency in our organizations. Please do not get away from the point. No DRUGS or Drinking on the Job. No drugged or drunk employee on the job. Are these regulations an infringement on your personal freedoms? Then if this is the case let us just go back to being primitive and aboriginal. And We will no longer need formal organizations to provide us with food, clothing and shelter or safety and security. Please let us be serious about the workplace.

The discussion about whether marijuana should be legalized or decriminalized is for a day.

And there are those who support the legalization of marijuana? I would like to know how many Bahamians go to work under the influence of this dangerous drug? I would like to know how much productivity is lost from individuals who are stoned and unfocused on the duties they are assigned to?

The effects of marijuana on the mind is not like an automobile where you can turn it off and on at the turn of a key. The scientific evidence shows that the effects impact your mind for at least twelve hours. And it is so addictive that once the high starts to subside the user needs another hit. This is why the workers at BPL were getting stoned. What then are the implications for the workplace?

Clearly the BPL saga is a case in point. Just how many of our institutions and organizations have similar behaviors taking place?

As for the use of alcohol this is just as dangerous. At BPL for example, a drunk employee is unable to be vigilant in monitoring highly complex equipment which requires diligence. And the deleterious impact of being high and drunk on the job just blows your mind, no pun intended.

I would not like my child to be taught by a drunk or stoned teacher just as I would not the quality of the water I am drinking to be monitored by a worker who is loaded.

The BPL case is a blessing in disguise. This the time for the nation to do something about drugs and drink in the workplace. And the rabid call for the legalization of marijuana. Please, this is A life and death issue.

Were any of the workers under the influence of marijuana? Were any of the workers under the influence of alcohol?

It is an abomination to countenance the knowledge that this type of behavior is going on in this critical utility and nothing is being done to stop this.

What is happening in our nation? What is happening with the culture of our organizations? Clearly there is no respect for rules and regulations? Where are the managers and supervisors? It does not take a genius to put in place policies and procedures to drug and alcohol test the employees? Or is it the case that everyone, rank and file workers, supervisors and managers are all loaded.

If this is going on at BPL is it safe to assume that this type of behavior is taking place in other organizations?

And this might be the reason why there is an outcry to legalize marijuana. The next demand will be to allow a room at the workplace to smoke marijuana.

Tribanon it is very clear you have bee in your bonnet for Prime Minister Minnis. And I am wondering why is this the case? I asked a colleague who is a psychiatrist and he hypothesizes, without the benefit of reviewing your medical records, that you are probably suffering from envy, jealousy, fear and greed because as a child your parents never gave you love and attention. He also went on to opine that you were not breastfed for a sufficient period of time which was the result of being rejected by your mother. Accordingly, the hate you demonstrate towards the Prime Minister is because you hate yourself. He recommends that you consult a psychiatrist as soon as possible. Your are a pathetic person.

Your name should be Ispewfilth. Please do not let envy, jealousy and bitterness cloud your assessment of the proactive responses of the Government to this virus. What would you do? What would a PLP Government do? Take kickbacks on every COVID-19 Test? Push their supporters to head of the admissions line at the hospitals? Fly their leaders to Florida for treatment with funds from kickbacks? Yes, of course. It would be a vicious cycle of benefiting at the expense of the man and woman in the street.

I am just shocked that you PLP sycophants cannot put the National interest above your narrow self enriching greed. Face it , those days are over. Never again will the Bahamian people be saddled with such a despicable group of greedy politicians.

We are grateful for the leadership of Dr. Minnis.

Once again the response to this virus must be fluid, flexible and farsighted. As the empirical evidence emerges on the metamorphosis of this virus an effective leader adjusts the strategy to handle It. As the needs of the nation begin to become manifest the FNM will once again implement strategies to accommodate them.

Thank you for your leadership. May God continue to bless and keep you.

Mr. Davis is Continuing to look for any opportunity to criticize our Government. When will the PLPs stop this nitpicking and allow our Government to address this pandemic in a flexible and proactive manner.

How many times is Mr. Davis to be informed that the evidence on the best practices in addressing this disease is still fluid? How many times is Mr. Davis to be advised that the role of Government is to advance the welfare of the people? This what our Government is trying to accomplish, nothing more and nothing less.

This recent tweak to the policy regarding how arriving visitors are to be dealt with is contemporary best practice. Just like how the USA and European countries are tweaking and changing their approaches to the handling of this pandemic.

It should behoove Mr. Davis that at this critical juncture in our nation’s history to stop stooping low and trying to find ways to score political points and instead demonstrate political maturity and national solidarity.

When the history of this period in our nation’s history is written let it not show that when solidarity was needed, the opposition failed to rise to the occasion and chose to look for bones in eggs. Come on Brave live up to your Moniker. Rally around the Flag. Be Brave.