Everyone has a value attached to him or her – I mean each of us will assign a value to people we know, some more, some less, some worthless even negative. Xmas gift exchange, among other occasions such as birthdays and valentine’s day, is by no means the best time to reveal (how much u like/disgust a person) and discover (your own worth) that.
Shopping takes effort – we look forward to the expression on the recipients’ faces.
People who matter to us, we try our best to second guess what they like and buy them their dream gift. It takes lots of hard work but the look on their faces is worth it all (or can be really disappointing).
Compulsory/peer-pressured gift exchange, so we’ve to willing or unwillingly chip in or buy something for some people whom we would otherwise rather not see. In the case of the former, we make enormous efforts to find the cheap (if not cheapest) and most presentable item we can in town – it kills brain cells. But the disappointment on their faces is worth the rummaging the piles for the BEST find!
Both are painstaking but to me FUN!
Sometimes we have no choice but to buy the cheaper range cuz the real thing is out of reach; or we exchange gifts for the fun of it; or we simply buy cheappos for the cheapskates.
And its very telling when A particular person receives all the GOOD BUYS!!! Its time for him/or to reflect but of course some get the gifts precisely b’cos of who they ARE– our lives will be less exciting without them!!! I NEED them.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Working with People
I read it somewhere that smart people are those who ask lots of questions and listen more than they talk. I’m glad to be working with some smart people and also the not so smart ones. Some people just keep quiet or have the blank stare b’cos they are clueless of what’s going on. Some keep nodding when you are talking, as if they understand it all. Then the next moment, they pop a stupid question. Of course, some just look/are plain (stupid).
I’ve worked and am still working with some “genius” who screwed things up and kept assuring me that everything would be just fine. Recently there’s this cannot-make-it printer who cannot get things right, not even copy and paste jobs. Last week, he offered to give me a good price for a job, I told him to put it down in the quotation. And he said “like that it will be meaningless”. So I asked him “Then what’s the purpose of a quotation?”, and he was dumbfounded. He just asked for it.
He was supposed to print some name cards for a lady director. So I told him to follow the template he used for a male manager. He said "Don't worry, i know what to do". He sent me THE template, untouched. Of course, these are just 2 out of the 10 encounters with him.
The classic example I could quote you was my ex-colleague who put up an invitation to quotation for whistles. She received some calls for clarifications and one vendor asked: the whistle can blow or not?
I must share that I've enjoyed working with the society for the physically disabled. They are so much more abled and smarter than the abovementioned retards.
The next time someone tells you: Don’t worry or no problem, please take extra care.
I’ve worked and am still working with some “genius” who screwed things up and kept assuring me that everything would be just fine. Recently there’s this cannot-make-it printer who cannot get things right, not even copy and paste jobs. Last week, he offered to give me a good price for a job, I told him to put it down in the quotation. And he said “like that it will be meaningless”. So I asked him “Then what’s the purpose of a quotation?”, and he was dumbfounded. He just asked for it.
He was supposed to print some name cards for a lady director. So I told him to follow the template he used for a male manager. He said "Don't worry, i know what to do". He sent me THE template, untouched. Of course, these are just 2 out of the 10 encounters with him.
The classic example I could quote you was my ex-colleague who put up an invitation to quotation for whistles. She received some calls for clarifications and one vendor asked: the whistle can blow or not?
I must share that I've enjoyed working with the society for the physically disabled. They are so much more abled and smarter than the abovementioned retards.
The next time someone tells you: Don’t worry or no problem, please take extra care.
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