I agree that you shouldn't do it, though I sure do sympathize. Right now I'm seething because I was on the receiving end of a particularly spiteful set of e-mail from a colleague, who was apparently venting some long-held (+/-) resentment against me. (He was wrong, by the way, but I apologized because I'm mature and far-sighted that way. I will kick his ass into next week if he does it again, though.)
This guy's office is about 20 feet from mine. Because mine is next to the kitchen, he walks past my always-open door at least twice a day. The exchange that spurred his little outburst occurred in a brief conversation I came to his office to initiate. Instead of saying right then, "I am peeved" or coming round to my office to say it, he sent me two pissy messages.
My point (apart from venting, thanks) is that this incident reinforced for me that the best way to clear up a disagreement, a misunderstanding, resentment or whatever is to TALK to the person. Maybe even ask, "What's up with this blog?" before you say, "This blog is sucking up too much time." If the guy had just said, "I am peeved" on the spot, I could have said, "You misunderstand what I'm saying." Then maybe -I- would have gotten the freaking apology, since I'm the one who ended up deserving it. BUT NO.
This guy's office is about 20 feet from mine. Because mine is next to the kitchen, he walks past my always-open door at least twice a day. The exchange that spurred his little outburst occurred in a brief conversation I came to his office to initiate. Instead of saying right then, "I am peeved" or coming round to my office to say it, he sent me two pissy messages.
My point (apart from venting, thanks) is that this incident reinforced for me that the best way to clear up a disagreement, a misunderstanding, resentment or whatever is to TALK to the person. Maybe even ask, "What's up with this blog?" before you say, "This blog is sucking up too much time." If the guy had just said, "I am peeved" on the spot, I could have said, "You misunderstand what I'm saying." Then maybe -I- would have gotten the freaking apology, since I'm the one who ended up deserving it. BUT NO.
Sorry. Tangent. May I have some Ritalin?
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