Friday, September 19, 2003
testing testing
a coworker who i've just started working with is allegedly very anal, picky, and micromanaging. i have felt it just a bit, but not so much as to irritate me. today she asked me for some files that i have at my desk, and a few minutes later, she left a message with a question that she had regarding one of the files. i properly searched for the most thorough answer that i could give her, leaving her 2 messages hoping that the information i provided her was sufficient (i'm also constantly trying to impress these people with my work, so as to keep my temp job and potentially get hired permanently). then she returned my call and said, "dorothy, that was a test and you passed with an A+!" i was confused at first because i didn't get it. like, why would someone do that? i thought i was just doing my job. the information was not very easy to find but i was resourceful and gathered as much info as possible. she came by my cube a lil later to return the files and said that she should give me a big gold star for my A+ effort. i'm rather annoyed at this because i feel like i did something useless-an unnecessary task that i wasted my time on. and i feel belittled, like she had to "test" me to see my capabilities. and that very well may have been the case, as she's never really worked with me before, but i'd rather have her go to my supervisor and tell her good things about me than straight tell me that she was just testing me. sorta like when that guy straight told cici that he was trying to "spit game" (see 09/18, 10:57am entry) if you're testing me, don't tell me. eventhough i passed with flying colors, dude, i don't want to feel like a little kid like that. ewwww.
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"To try is to risk failure. But risk must be taken because the
greatest hazard of life is to risk nothing. The person who risks
nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid
suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change,
grow, live, and love."
~unknown
"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues."
~ Abraham Lincoln
"live a life that others will remember years from now, NOT because it pointed to you but because of how it pointed to the One who made you."
~ Mark Hart, the Bible Geek
"we grow up learning to become self-reliant, but really we need to be God-reliant"
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"never wound hearts that love u, never give them the endless pain, because wounded hearts are like roses that never bloom"
"there comes a time when we have to stop loving someone not because that person has stopped loving us but because we have found out that they'd be happier if we'd let go"
