I am now on final BIRTHDAY watch as we are nearly down to 5 days and counting! I appologise (a little bit) for my last post in continuing my distaste of my work environment at the moment; it just annoys me so much that people who have power and responsibility in such an organisation as the one I work for can be so shallow and short sighted, not to mention blinkered in their views. There is still a heck of a long way to go before progress can be made (perhaps when I get voted CEO??) - yeah right?! Now who’s a meglomaniac huh? I’m sure I’m making a mountain out of a molehill; but when you’ve devoted over seven years to the same company and seen your way through chapter 11 (American Bankrupcy Avoidance Thingy???), and about three rounds of redundancies to be left pretty much carrying the baby as we are in our department it’s VERY difficult to remain focused and positive about anything!

I am flexible BUT I am ceretainly not a member of the Fantasic Four?!

…night for now….

Anxiety would be proud I hope? I had one of those “I wish I said this….” moments today, and actually bit the bullet and opened my mouth (via an email) because I have simply had enough of being put down and talked too like I am a flipping six year old!! We are supposedly all professionals working in a professional arena and I take great umbrage at someone saying to me either verbally or in an email that they will “Come down on me like a ton of bricks” if something doesn’t get done. When will management realise you cannot talk to people like that and expect positive results? My morale is shot, my contract messed around goodness know how much over the last three years of being treated (in my perception) like a second class citizen by management. This is the thanks I get for stepping up to the plate three years ago to bat for the team and move our department forward and indeed our location as best I could.

So I get another threatening email from management in a very demanding tone I replied a little more eloquently than “Oh…ok then” and no I haven’t had a reply and no you won’t know what was written because if nothing else I have ethics….

I was going to give things a chance until the New Year, but as of now my CV is in circulation.

It would be great if all the time you did something “Above and Beyond” that people would take proper notice and say, “You know what? That was Bloody Darn good of you…THANKYOU!” - the trouble is by and large the majority of people in society today live in a blame culture and it kind of rubs off.

All too often we are remembered for our failures and faults instead of all the GOOD things we achieve.

It’s also nice to be recognised of the fact we are sometimes fallible and get things wrong. Those who stand up and say “Ah well um….actually I kinda did this or that wrong…”, a person like this is demonstrating comprehension of a mistake and has learned….I draw the line of distinction here where criminal activity is concerned; there simply is no excuse for 99.99999% of crime (that percentage chosen because we simply DON’T live in a world of absolutes).

Oh well…..sigh.

The biggest CRIME of all in my opinion is the fact that we blame each other too much, perhaps the only one you can blame with any conviction is yourself - for falling into the same mould as everyone else.

When was the last time you thanked a shopkeeper for serving you and ACTUALLY meant what you said (without it simply being a automatic response like…hello or goodbye) and be honest with yourself. Or took the trouble to learn their name from the name-tag and used it?

Things I miss in society today -

Honesty
Sincerity
Modesty
Respect
Balance

Another thing I miss terribly are “Champions” no matter what it is, or where you are….when I was growing up there werer always champions - people (probably ordinary outside of public view) who would act as advocates for different areas in society….

Who will be the “Lord Kitchener” for the 21st Century? Will we ever see anyone to INSPIRE future generations. Will politicians ever learn to INSPIRE fullstop? Will the Nolan Sisters ever appear on telly again?

Moral of this post:-“The more people blame for mistakes, the more likley mistakes are going to happen, instead of being encouraged by all the praise which SHOULD occur for the good things that happen”

I’d like to end this post by saying a BIG THANK YOU!!! to all my friends out there, who put up with so much CRAP rubbish from me, and yet continue somehow to be my friends…you are the heart and soul of a caring humanity that is sadly on the decline.