Ever wondered what you look like to other people?
Example:
Line manager comes in today (all smiles ’cause it’s her first day back at work after the holidays) and says “Hi Ed, Happy New Year! Good Holiday?”. I’m in the middle of something and didn’t really notice her coming in so she gets a kind of mumbled (in my usual half awake/back at work a day before you and been in for 2 and a half hours already/monotone sounding voice) “Yeah thanks, happy new year”.
Nothing totally obvious here but the look on her face changes ever so slightly – it changes enough to tell me that i’ve just taken a wee bit of the shine off her morning already.
Now i’m thinking that she’s thinking that i’m a grumpy git. I’m not all that bothered about it to be honest but it did make me think just for a second about what she can see through her eyes just at that particular moment……
She comes in all smiles and sees this guy (that she doesn’t particularly like by the way) sitting staring at his screen, tries to be overly cheery and nice (probably because she’s decided as some sort of new year resolution to be overly nice and cheery to everyone) and gets a mumbled/dull sounding reply……
Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realise she’s just thought to herself “What a grumpy bastard”
Ah well. You can’t please everyone.
January 4, 2007 at 1:34 pm
you ruined her day? you git…she’s probably crying in the loos now!
January 4, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Ah Pinky, you are toooooooo soft.
Line Manager = probably earning more so she’s earning enough that you can be a grump. Sod it. We can start a club for grumpy people.
January 4, 2007 at 2:55 pm
BTW – like your first post so have added you to my Blogroll, hopeful about content to come! No pressure…