对人不要太苛刻，不要太快认定人家就是你想的那样。给彼此一点空间，一个台阶下。不要把别人和自己逼到墙角。这样会不会好些呢？
Matt and I witnessed this at pp the other day. A middle-aged lady (hereinafter "MAL") was blocking the exit path of a baby pram. Said baby pram wheeled by presumably the father (herinafter "PPF") was trying to navigate out of the lift. MAL finally realised she was in the way after a while and stepped out of the way. By then there were 2 guys who have stepped out of the lift and the whole jean gang in the lift waiting. PPF didn't look like he was irritated by MAL. But when one of the young guys (herinafter "YMG) reentered the lift, he muttered "bodoh" under his breath, presumably at the MAL who was blocking the path of the PPF and thus holding up everyone. MAL exited the lift at the next floor and scolded the YMG something in Malay, too cheem for me to comprehend. I suppose MAL was not happy she was called a bodoh. Yes, MAL was probably obtuse for not noticing that she was in the way. Maybe her mind was preoccupied, maybe she was just slow to react, and of course it didn't help that she didn't apologise for holding everyone up, but really there's no real need to call anyone names. YMG, I get why you were irritated, but really, you didn't need to be belligerent. Everyone walk away now to their respective corners and cool down!
Also I heard from a friend yesterday how civil service can be so exciting for young graduates, so much international exposure, blah blah. Yes, but fresh out of school, you're young, and you think you should be doing greater things rather than pushing papers, umpteenth version at that, that all this is utterly just shit. After all you know the saying, we'll just be monkeys since we're paid peanuts right? I know I'd said that in my first job. Then a job or two later, you realise there's shit in every job, and every boss has their failings. The world isn't perfect and you are not anything special, despite what your parents have tried to convince you all these years.
Matt and I witnessed this at pp the other day. A middle-aged lady (hereinafter "MAL") was blocking the exit path of a baby pram. Said baby pram wheeled by presumably the father (herinafter "PPF") was trying to navigate out of the lift. MAL finally realised she was in the way after a while and stepped out of the way. By then there were 2 guys who have stepped out of the lift and the whole jean gang in the lift waiting. PPF didn't look like he was irritated by MAL. But when one of the young guys (herinafter "YMG) reentered the lift, he muttered "bodoh" under his breath, presumably at the MAL who was blocking the path of the PPF and thus holding up everyone. MAL exited the lift at the next floor and scolded the YMG something in Malay, too cheem for me to comprehend. I suppose MAL was not happy she was called a bodoh. Yes, MAL was probably obtuse for not noticing that she was in the way. Maybe her mind was preoccupied, maybe she was just slow to react, and of course it didn't help that she didn't apologise for holding everyone up, but really there's no real need to call anyone names. YMG, I get why you were irritated, but really, you didn't need to be belligerent. Everyone walk away now to their respective corners and cool down!
Also I heard from a friend yesterday how civil service can be so exciting for young graduates, so much international exposure, blah blah. Yes, but fresh out of school, you're young, and you think you should be doing greater things rather than pushing papers, umpteenth version at that, that all this is utterly just shit. After all you know the saying, we'll just be monkeys since we're paid peanuts right? I know I'd said that in my first job. Then a job or two later, you realise there's shit in every job, and every boss has their failings. The world isn't perfect and you are not anything special, despite what your parents have tried to convince you all these years.
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