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Ways to Piss.Me.Off.

Blog Yeah, kitt finished writing this at 19:39 on 1 November 2004

There are various ways to piss me off. Actually, there are many, many, many ways to piss me off. Here are just a few that I experienced, why, just this past weekend.

  • Take credit for my work
  • Don't do the work you're paid to do
  • Get mad at me because I can't solve a problem of your creation
  • When you're part of a group, don't pull your own weight
  • Don't give me enough information to help me help you solve your problem
  • Sit around on your ass while your boss is running around like a chicken with her head cut off
  • Tell people my idea was yours
  • Stick your nose in where it doesn't belong
  • Start a job, do a crappy job, then leave it 95% unfinished
  • Lie^H^H^H Exagerate to people about what you do
  • Fail to give credit to all the people who support you
  • Hire someone to do your job because you're too lazy to do it (or maybe can't do it? not sure there), thereby doubling the cost of your job to your employer
  • Do a shitty job
  • In a panic, ask me to solve your problems because you were too clueless to plan ahead
  • Don't plan ahead
  • Waste people's time, thereby burning big favors from said people
  • Dress poorly when it reflects poorly on your employer
  • Show extreme disrespect to your coworkers

I'm not 100% convinced that any one of these things would piss me off by itself. But when the same person does all of them, well, I admit I'm pissed.

One of the problems I have, however, with getting pissed, is that the person I become is not a person I like. I don't like getting angry. I don't like the downward spiral that happens when I start complaining. I don't like that sometimes I need to rant, and that Kris takes the brunt of that ranting. Poor Kris. He's so good to me. But this is an entry about being pissed off...

Personally, I can't stand being angry without a way to solve the problem. I don't want to complain, I want to solve the problem. What's wrong? Fix it.

But how do you fix clueless, egotistical, immature, disrespectful people? With patience? With understanding? With maturity, respect, gentle persuasion and, well, not a little manipulation?

*shrug*

I guess I can give it a try.

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