So I'm sitting here at work trying to figure out what to put here for my first blog. Should I write some little guide on proper clicking? Should I write something about setting up your UI to facilitate said clicking? Years ago I used to write for About.com when it was a new company, it was kind of a forerunner to the current blog that everyone and the people they hate now have, except it was just people who passed a qualification back then. We also all got paid, life was good.
Then my writers block kicked in, I stopped updating and was eventually fired. Not really a big deal in the grander scheme of life because it was really just a part time gig for extra beer money. Ever since I've always thought of myself as a writer with a permanent case of writers block. Sure once in a while an idea kicks in but it usually flutters before I get a chance to take a note or put anything down to print.
As my guys know I'm not one to put them down when they mess up. I will tell them they messed up, but usually in a diplomatic way so they can continue to feel happy about themselves and their little ball of pixels they use to keyboard turn circles around fires and what not. But today at worked something just peeked its way out from deep inside my subconscious, in real life of all places.
Its not like this guy didn't deserve it, he's generally useless. He thinks he runs the place. "Deserves a supervisor position" is something we all hear often. While he continues to surf his silly useless websites while the rest of our group has to work.
He was WRONG, flat out wrong today about something trivial in our daily reporting. I said to him, and I quote, "You are sitting there with that stupid smile on your face and you have no idea what the fuck you are talking about".
Oh man it felt good.
Poor guy has been sitting there frowning in my general direction since, and my other two co-workers are loling their fingers off with me over our work chat client. Its incredibly hard to keep it all in at this point and not burst out laughing in his face.
Is it going to make him a better worker in the long? Nah, not at all. He's way to full of himself to let his current emotions overwhelm the sense of entitlement that controls his current demeanor.
In a roundabout way I think I found the one thing that grinds my gears. People that choose not to see themselves for their faults, and not make the choice to be better. To let everyone else carry their ass while they put themselves on a very non-deserving pedestal.
So a little warning to my guys.... Carry your weight, your shit does stink, and you can always find ways to improve. And if you happen to think the previous comments don't apply to you. Don't be surprised when I call you on it, and probably not in my normal happy way of speaking to you.
