In Case of Emergancy... (3)

Break glass?? Uh hell no! In case of emergency, panic, panic like the sky is falling and you can’t avoid the huge falling pieces. Remember Chicken Little? I never imagined he was actually right. The sky was falling and the school was on a “Black List”, whatever that means. Finally, after talking with five different Asian airport agents I found a traveler who knew how to make international calls. I called the recruiting office first. No answer... This was probably due to the fact it was Sunday in Taiwan, but this thought never crossed my mind until much later. The panic gained momentum and all I could think was oh man I am being sold into the Heroine Whore trade. Real people have read all about it on the Internet, on Facebook mostly. I knew I was right! Everything they put on the Internet is true, especially if it's on Facebook. I racked my brain about what to do next. Do I call the whole trip off? No, I did so much to come on this doomed excursion. So I decided to call the cell number I had for Wade, my Dewey recruiter. Finally, there was someone on the other end of the international call. I proceeded with my freak out. I was in such a tizzy by that point I wasn't even using whole sentences between the sobs. Knowing what I know now about Wade, I am lucky he understood me at all. I told him what the Internet said about the school and even threatened to not get on the flight and to sue his whole darn company for misleading information and human trafficking. I told Wade that under no circumstances was I getting on the flight from Vancouver to Hong Kong. I told him he better start explaining and with super speed, the flight was boarding and was going to take off mere minutes. He reassured me that the news regarding the school was not new and somewhat inflated. It was old and from more than five years ago. He said that someone with a grudge had posted half-truths in order to cause problems. Really? I thought. That could really be the case? People actually lie on Facebook? So maybe the things posted on the Internet were actually one sided and possibly half-truths? Maybe, but I have to believe that everything on Facebook is the gospel truth. Can I get an Amen. AMEN and pass the ammunition.

 What could I really do?? The flight was leaving and going home was not an option. Should I trust Wade to be a man of his word and trust God wouldn't let me be harmed or hurt? Stepping out in faith I got on the plane.

 Jing-Xi’s Lesson of the Day: The Truth Police are a thing of myth. They do not exist and do not police the world punishing people who tell half-truths. This being the case, people tell half-truths all the time. Sometimes people’s profiles are works of complete fiction. People tell half-truths to their bosses, their children, their parents, their family, their lovers and so on and so on. If people tell these half-truths every day what makes a person think it wouldn’t be easier to post half-truths to a place that is full of people posting half-truths and shoulda coulda wouldas? Yes, Virginia people post bull shit on Facebook. Is there an “explanation” really warranted?