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Wednesday, February 8, 2017
On bitterness
There are two major sources for bitterness in the workplace. Yesterday
we discussed the one that I consider to be important and justified.
Today we
are going to tell you the one of them I feel to be fundamentally
illegitimate.
The legitimate one was contained and expressed in the phrase: "That person makes my job more difficult." The illegitimate one is expressed in the phrase, never spoken aloud or
directly, as follows:
If you were wondering, yes, you should comment. Not only does it remind me that I must write in intelligible English because someone is actually reading what I write, but it is also a pleasure for me since I am interested in anything you have to say.
I respond to pretty much every comment. It's like a free personalized blog post!
One last detail: If you are commenting on a post more than two weeks old I have to go in and approve it. It's sort of a spam protection device. Also, rarely, a comment will go to spam on its own. Give either of those a day or two and your comment will show up on the blog.
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If you were wondering, yes, you should comment. Not only does it remind me that I must write in intelligible English because someone is actually reading what I write, but it is also a pleasure for me since I am interested in anything you have to say.
I respond to pretty much every comment. It's like a free personalized blog post!
One last detail: If you are commenting on a post more than two weeks old I have to go in and approve it. It's sort of a spam protection device. Also, rarely, a comment will go to spam on its own. Give either of those a day or two and your comment will show up on the blog.