wERE yOU aT?

(The title is a homage to e e cummings)

Well I'm still going on day 2.  I think I deserve cake.

I was talking to a Colleague here at work.  He was telling me about how some people here are really out to get him ("it's not paranoia").   And I would agree, here at work it can be hard some days (maybe more than other places, but not likely).  I don't think he can get over the idea of [things are not set up the way they are suppose to be].  And maybe that's true too.  But we are in the business of speed and accuracy.

I think one of my strengths is my ability to adapt to a given situation.  If I work at a place where speed and accuracy are needed, I can do that.  Maybe some of that comes into play when people tend to like me.  I can be what it is they need me to be.  Maybe it's the other way around; I can be what they want in order for them to like me.  After all isn't that what most of us want?

I think along those same lines (or limes, whatever) I'm the kind of person that is very good at empathising with other people.  Through the years of sitting back and watching others I've learn to be able to put myself in their shoes.  When I was young, my friends would get mad at me because I could understand their parents point of view.

Then back up to the beginning.  I feel sorry for this guy.  He tells me this is his last stop because he's worked everywhere else in town.  It seems obvious to me because maybe his inability to be more flexible in his job has force him to move around so much.

Although I know how hard it is to change from who you are.