The great thinker and philosopher, Aristotle once said, “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work”. I find my pleasure in my work is eroding by the day because I have to work with Bithcy Old Maid and her sorts.
Microsoft’s Bill Gates once said, “ Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” While I truly agree with Bill’s words, I feel compelled to add, “Your most unhappy colleagues are your greatest source of misery”.
Bitchy Old Maid was being difficult again today. All I needed was our calendar of events for the annual report in a format, which I have provided to everyone concerned. What I don’t understand is when everyone were able to revert with the same format, she couldn’t. Instead, she asked me to pick whatever events I want from their operations review and community relations write ups and put it in the format we want myself. In other words, she was reluctant to do it herself, and expect me to do her work for her.
When I explained to her, that’s not what was required, she refused to budge and insist on her way. So, I had no choice but to bring this matter up to my boss because I was being pressed to meet my deadline. When my boss asked her, she agreed to do it in our format. Well, I think what she wanted was for my boss and not me to tell her to do it as I’m just an underdog. Do you get this all the time, or is it just me?
But then again, nothing is going to get Nel down. It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up. If I treat every situation as a life-and-death matter, I'll die a lot of times. Oh man!
On the brighter side, I shall remind myself what Mark Twain once said, “Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
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