Who’s to Blame?

 

Things did not go as planned.

Do we blame the personal assistant

Who arranged the business dinner at 1804 C Street?

Or the Uber driver

Who assumed it was C Street NW not NE?

Or the executive who didn’t specify

If he wanted Indian food or French cuisine?

Or the lawyer who insisted

He knew  where and when and what they should eat?

Or the delivery man who double-parked his van that blocked C Street

And backed up traffic for half an hour?

Or the nanny

Who couldn’t pick up the children from school?

Or the principal

Who issued a detention to one of the children for name-calling?

Or the weatherman

Who forecast 5” of snow and it happened?

Or the minister

Who had encouraged families to slow down?

 

Blame is a game that nobody-wins.

Cindy Herndon