Arrg, if I got payed for everything I've done for people who were supposed to know how to perform their tasks better than me, I'd be filthy rich be now.
Ai, isn't that the truth? It seems to me that the higher a person climbs, the more incompetent s/he becomes. Maybe the air is thinner up there, so high on the political/corporate ladder, that they get lightheaded? ;)
One of my hopes, as a business owner and boss someday, is to never become that way. My dad--who is a very good manager--taught me when I first started working to never ask someone to do for you what you have not done yourself a hundred times before. I like this philosophy. :)
The worst was the corporate-types who would come into The Piece brimming with ideas of how to make this and that better...never mind the people who have been working there for five or more years, who know what the hell they're talking about, standing there screaming that it won't work. No, they'd throw money at it...and it wouldn't work. Which I could have told them for my measly hourly rate.
Okay, I'd better also not get worked up about this. ;)
I don't think it would be a bad idea to establish yourself as a tutor, for example. Then, if people want help, you can hand them a business card and name your fee. ;)
I hate having to become intolerant and defensive like this, but sometimes, people leave me little choice.
That's exactly it. I find myself bristle when someone starts talking about his/her "belief" or how active s/he is in church...even if it doesn't involve me. But I have learned to expect that it will, eventually. People either ask what religion I am or assume that I am Christian, which makes me see pretty shades of red. The Christian friends who say, "Oh, okay, cool," when I say that I'm not Christian are okay by me. :)
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Date: 2006-02-27 03:17 pm (UTC)Ai, isn't that the truth? It seems to me that the higher a person climbs, the more incompetent s/he becomes. Maybe the air is thinner up there, so high on the political/corporate ladder, that they get lightheaded? ;)
One of my hopes, as a business owner and boss someday, is to never become that way. My dad--who is a very good manager--taught me when I first started working to never ask someone to do for you what you have not done yourself a hundred times before. I like this philosophy. :)
The worst was the corporate-types who would come into The Piece brimming with ideas of how to make this and that better...never mind the people who have been working there for five or more years, who know what the hell they're talking about, standing there screaming that it won't work. No, they'd throw money at it...and it wouldn't work. Which I could have told them for my measly hourly rate.
Okay, I'd better also not get worked up about this. ;)
I don't think it would be a bad idea to establish yourself as a tutor, for example. Then, if people want help, you can hand them a business card and name your fee. ;)
I hate having to become intolerant and defensive like this, but sometimes, people leave me little choice.
That's exactly it. I find myself bristle when someone starts talking about his/her "belief" or how active s/he is in church...even if it doesn't involve me. But I have learned to expect that it will, eventually. People either ask what religion I am or assume that I am Christian, which makes me see pretty shades of red. The Christian friends who say, "Oh, okay, cool," when I say that I'm not Christian are okay by me. :)