i'm someone who loves politics. to be honest, if i had to do it over again i think i would have majored in political science. i don't know if it was the way i was raised in liberal portland, oregon or what, but i really enjoy politics, or at least i thought i did. the last few days, or for weeks for that matter have been very interesting in the political scene. this whole hurricane debacle has really got me a little fired up. mr. brown is actually trying to cop an attitude now that his credentials and handling of the situation are being questioned. what the hell? dude you f'ed up and now it's time to pay the piper. once again someone was placed into a position that they were no more qualified for than the current president himself. many mistakes were made and people need to just fess up and admit the fact that "i didn't know what the hell i was doing!"
i actually know someone who works for FEMA and he's told me that the whole thing is an absolute joke. "if you only knew what we're up against" is something he's said to me several times. people from florida are still waiting to be paid from the hurricanes that hit them last year. but i'm sure you've not heard anything about this. it's all a bunch of bureaucratic bullshit. and the president is fully aware of what is going on, don't let the dub fool ya. mr. brown, your ass needs to take a clue and just take your lashing. it will all be ok in a few years. you'll write a best selling book about your side and everyone will feel sorry for you and give you your props. but as of today, you need to just bend over and take it like a man. you can even go out and choose the switch from the big tree in your yard. but i promise you, right now you are going about it all wrong. lashing out the way you are doing is not going to do you any good but get your ass thrown under the bus and but quick. you are the fall guy and you need to realize that. i'm not saying that you aren't a complete idiot and the way you handled the situation was totally irresponsible, but now you have to live with your unsatisfactory performance and it's only going to get worse before it gets better.
which brings me to politics as usual in the workplace. i've just started a new job and love it dearly. i'm one of those people who really enjoys what i do for a living. so it amazes me that people don't take their jobs as serious as i do. i'll tell you right now, if i screw something up i'll be the first one to let you know that i made a mistake. but then i move on and hopefully learn from my mistake and pray that it doesn't happen again. at least that's what i'd like to happen. so i'm sitting in a meeting today with my immediate coworkers to discuss the progress of my WIP (work in progress), only to be given that look that i just can't stand to save my life, that look up to the ceiling as if the answers to my questions are going to fall out the sky and give me the answers i need. accountability folks, that's all i ask. i swear i won't curse, beat you, call you names, stone you, or shun you, i just want an answer to the question currently on the table. the same answer i was looking for last week and the week before. that look sends me through the roof like you don't even know. things have been all sweet and jolly, but you don't want me to flip my crazy switch, you just don't. how hard is it for you to show up to the meeting that is scheduled at the same time every week with the same adgenda, "to answer my questions!"
so i sit there glaring at you and wondering what part of my question you didn't quite understand, or didn't hear, or...hell you heard me as clear as day. but i'm telling you now, we can be great coworkers or we can be enemies, it's up to you, but i'll tell you and everyone who knows me will tell you, it's easier to be in with me than vice versa. i'm not sayin' i'm just sayin'! get your flipping act together and come prepared. your messing up the rotation, puff puff pass already. take ownership in your job and support your coworkers. we're all on the same TEAM, let's try to act like it. being thrown under the bus is not fun.....don't make me go there! when i ask you a direct question, please give me a direct answer. this whole deer in the head lights is not cutting the mustard.
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