Read my Mind
Well the reviews are in (at work) I'm an excellent employee with a bad attitude. I realized that I've been getting the same assessment my entire life. I had a bad attitude when the girl who sat next to me in first grade lost her purple crayon - and then stole mine instead. When I insisted that she had stolen my crayon and that she couldn't have it. The teacher told me I had a bad attitude and broke MY purple crayon in half. Shortly thereafter the girl "found" HER purple crayon and gave me the other half of mine back. And I had the bad attitude.
I was the one with the bad attitude when my high school music teach - who had a horrible experience teaching at my school - left. But she couldn't just leave things in peace she wrote a letter to the new music teach. Telling the new music teach that I was "trouble." I was marked from the first class. And I was the one with a bad attitude all year and came in with the preconceived notions about her.
I was also the one who pushed and pushed and pushed Denise whenever I could visibly see that she was annoyed by me hoping that she could push me to getting fired. I'm the one that went out of my way to try to exert any power I could make up over her. I'm the one that tried to sabotage her work and took credit for her work while I was at it. I'm the one with the bad attitude yet again.
I take the "bad attitude" assessment as a good thing. It means I am not willing to put up with bullshit, and I'm not willing to roll over and take whatever crap you are going to dish out to me. I'm going to stand up for what I think and I'm not going to follow people I don't believe in. Nor am I going to be friends with people who hang me out to dry. I've never been one to sit down and shut up when I can try to elicit change for the better. It's very Type A of me to never be able to just chill - I need and strive for better, stronger, faster more efficient.
So I just keep saying "Fuck you" to the man... and just keep on trucking. <= Display of bad attitude.
I was the one with the bad attitude when my high school music teach - who had a horrible experience teaching at my school - left. But she couldn't just leave things in peace she wrote a letter to the new music teach. Telling the new music teach that I was "trouble." I was marked from the first class. And I was the one with a bad attitude all year and came in with the preconceived notions about her.
I was also the one who pushed and pushed and pushed Denise whenever I could visibly see that she was annoyed by me hoping that she could push me to getting fired. I'm the one that went out of my way to try to exert any power I could make up over her. I'm the one that tried to sabotage her work and took credit for her work while I was at it. I'm the one with the bad attitude yet again.
I take the "bad attitude" assessment as a good thing. It means I am not willing to put up with bullshit, and I'm not willing to roll over and take whatever crap you are going to dish out to me. I'm going to stand up for what I think and I'm not going to follow people I don't believe in. Nor am I going to be friends with people who hang me out to dry. I've never been one to sit down and shut up when I can try to elicit change for the better. It's very Type A of me to never be able to just chill - I need and strive for better, stronger, faster more efficient.
So I just keep saying "Fuck you" to the man... and just keep on trucking. <= Display of bad attitude.
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