Wednesday, January 30, 2013
I'm a mmmm professional 24/7.
One thing I've always admired about myself is how professional I've been in my career. I've had my ups and downs but overall I've made a conscious effort to maintain a professional stance. Of course my level of professionalism today is higher than it was ten years ago but at least I've always recognized the most important factor needed when working with others...RESPECT. It unfortunate when others don't recognize that. In addition, I'm not a proponent of disrespecting someone at work in order to get my point across. I will NOT tolerate being spoken to in a disrespectful manner. I just wont do it. When someone decides to take that approach with me, that action now becomes the catalyst for change; change in my interaction and association with that individual. I have to continue to work with and around this person. It's going to be a challenge but I'm going to prepare myself. My professionalism is my ammunition. It is my armor to combat the ego of a very insecure and terribly inadequate person. I will use this occurrence as a lesson. Today begins a new era in my career, working in a new type of silence. I do not want an apology. I believe they showed me their true feelings. I will not engage in the falseness. But don't get it twisted, I will Pop Off if provoked.
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Interesting, as I have recently had to deal with something similar. In my case, I simply sat back an analyzed the individual. Since they weren't a threat to me, I learned to ignore them... That is, until they started to become a threat to themselves. Then it became a challenger not to hit the "Pause" button like: "Yo! My Mellow, what the EFFF is WRONG with you?!?"
ReplyDeleteWhen that moment came, I had to look around first and realized that this individual had created a much MUCH bigger fish with their statement and, within moments, I was sitting in my manager's office (thankfully not the director's; but it could have gone that way) explaining just what this person said and what she meant by it... Racially charged statements, no matter what direction they're going in, can pull a lot of chains in an office full of Navy Lawyers...
I found myself wondering: "What could be so wrong in this person's life to have them flipping like this?"
That was several months ago. Since that incident, it's been pretty quiet around here. Someone told me that she was unofficially, officially repremanded (handed a letter from the Captain) on the issue.
As George Thorogood would say "She Lubby Dubby".