I was recently held responsible for 2 mishaps that happened at
work.Now normally I would go and convey my displeasure with the unfair
situation however this time I chose to keep my mouth shut.
The
first instance is I failed to put a block between pallets, and when the
driver had to brake hard the pallet fell over and caused a spill. The
second instance I couldn't finish loading a truck so I put the paperwork
back in the slot for the next crew to finish. The supervisor couldn't
find the paperwork and the truck was late by 30 minutes.He said I hid
the paperwork so it would be late.
In the first case I should
have put up the block however I'll only accept 40% of the blame because I
wasn't driving.In the second instance I could have told him on my way
out about the truck then he would have known about it. However all I
feel I'm negligent in the second case is my failure to tell him about it
because I put the paperwork in the correct location.
The reason I'm sharing all of this is because normally I do go and vent my displeasure with the bosses.
This
doesn't work out for me and I usually make it a lot worse.This time I
spoke only with my supervisor and she helped me go through all the
scenarios and helped me see how things went haywire and I just happened
to be the unlucky person caught in the situation. So for once I feel
better because I was able to let all the hot feelings die down and
looking at it objectively. I can improve in these 2 areas. I feel I am
finally keeping my mouth shut at the appropriate times and found a more
constructive way to deal with the situations.
What this has to do
with Kung fu is this. I am 100% responsible for my actions or lack of
action. By keeping a cool head and not blowing my stack I was able to
take the criticism and use it to improve myself.
I did dishes, took out the garbage, swept the floors and made the bed
Had
steak and tortellini for supper with a salad. had wonton soup for lunch
and had a banana and an orange for snack and a granola bar.
Sifu Jeannette Langner
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