2003-02-20 - 1:17 p.m.

Between the last entry and this, which was a whopping 1.5 hrs, alot of things happened that made re-visit the issue of "idiots at the work place".

I notice that whenever big big bosses are in town to visit, every other boss and big boss gets worried and panicky. As a result, everyone below them becomes the run-around-monkey. (i.e ME)

And the key word to the whole fiasco?

"Face-value".

Example 1:

"That stupid so-and-so didn't tell me that it was going to be so small. It wasn't worth the trip. I was so embarassed"

So I thought, if you didn't think about it in the first place to clarify with the contact person, what makes you think the other person would have thought of it too?

Example 2:

"Why didn't you show this to me earlier? When X asked me about it, I was so embarassed"

If your usual comments were "circulate it" without batting an eye to documents shown to you, what makes you think I would show you that particular document to you?

To top it all off as an after lunch treat, an elderly lady in the office has a very endearing way of calling me, which goes a little something like "shhhiihhh". Yes, if I was a little puppy dog, or a kitten and she was holding my bowl of food, dammit, any name she called me would endearing.

So what do I do? I have very politely (and people who know me, please note that I was VERY REFRAINED and I even SMILED) told her that I wasn't a dog. I thought by leaving things at that, she would get the hint. Obviously, I am so wrong to assume such things!

Her reaction was to my reply was a hearty laugh saying, "I'm so used to it".

After a few weeks of being called "shiiiiiiiiiiish", I gave her the deadly look when she did it to me again *today* but I think maybe she was standing a little too far for her frail eyes to notice it.

What do I do the next time she does it to me? I like to be as diplomatic and respectful to her as much as I can.. tho, I'm *this* close to giving her a piece of my mind.

SO HOW ?

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