Wearing flipflops in Rome

Along with the dollar obsession comes the “making life easier” tactics of the beloved finance department. As it’s always been done that way, the cheque is written out for me to cash in at the bank in central Dakar. That’s good, yes. It’ll only take maybe 2 to 3 hours to go there and come back. Oh, and don’t even think of asking for a car to drop you off. That will create such havoc in the office you’ll wish you could go sit at the bottom of a dark damp well…