on timing and compliments
Shortly after a meeting today at the office, one of my coworkers decided to tell me how smart I was. It wasn't the best time to do this. Maybe she meant well. Maybe she just didn't think it through. Maybe by "smart" she meant "you think just like me". Which isn't necessarily a compliment when you think about it.
The thing was, that it made me very briefly depressed as heck. (How depressed is heck? I don't know) I spend all my time at work trying to communicate with people, and feeling as though I'm getting nowhere. In response to what I say, I either get a straight up no, or more often than not, I get a reply that makes no sense, a reply that makes it obvious that they didn't understand what I said, or no response at all.
And then I get told that I'm smart?
If I'm so smart, why can't I get people to understand what I'm asking for?
The thing was, that it made me very briefly depressed as heck. (How depressed is heck? I don't know) I spend all my time at work trying to communicate with people, and feeling as though I'm getting nowhere. In response to what I say, I either get a straight up no, or more often than not, I get a reply that makes no sense, a reply that makes it obvious that they didn't understand what I said, or no response at all.
And then I get told that I'm smart?
If I'm so smart, why can't I get people to understand what I'm asking for?