urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:piratesarrrneat Only because PiratesArrrCool was taken. "Neat" is just not the same... piratesarrrneat 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:piratesarrrneat:6519 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z Just a Thought, by Michael Andrews Note to self, or anyone else who will be in a management position someday:<br /><br />RESPECT those who work "beneath" you! You may be terrific at your job, make a killer salary, and be the smartest person you work with, but if you don't respect those around you and treat them as you'd like to be treated, you'll never gain the credit or respect in the workplace you're looking for... someday, it will come back to haunt you.<br /><br />I cannot count the times my boss has called me up to his desk to meet about something, and then has abruptly interrupted our meeting to take a phone call or answer e-mails. Not only does he rudely interrupt like this, but he proceeds to joke, laugh and generally goof off while on the phone and does not just talk business. Meanwhile, he expects me to sit there, waiting on him to get off the phone to continue our conversation. As if I have nothing better to do than wait around on him. Today, after the thousandth time of waiting on him for over 10 minutes for him to get off the phone after he'd interrupted our billing discussion (for which i had a bunch of questions I needed to ask him), I finally just left. Right now, I don't really care if he's mad at me... I'm tired of letting people walk all over me like that.<br /><br />Does he treat his superiors like this? Negatory. He never makes THEM wait on him to make a call, or forgets about meetings he has with them, just me. Someday, I hope to have a job through which I'll feel respected as a person...<br /><br />Until then... here's to hope! And a good vent session with friends (my lifesavers) later tonight! ;-)