Storms rock. There's the sunshine afterward to look forward to.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
PW Woes (Not Mine)
In the rare event that one of the members from THAT PW group stumbles across this and understands what I'm talking about, I just want to say that you're treating your member very harshly.
He's been working his butt off because of the demands of the project. He may have not always been this way, but he's working hard now. I've seen him. I've even seen the fruits of his efforts. He genuinely wanted to contribute to the group effort. But undeniably, life sometimes throws you into a pinch. All traces of his efforts disappeared. Through circumstances he could not control. Before you could witness his efforts. And what then? You don't even give him a chance. You don't give him the benefit of the doubt.
You insist (rather tactlessly) that he rummage through garbage over and over again like some slave in search of the items that disappeared. You send him all around Singapore to do jobs even when you know he lost his wallet, his EZ-Link card along with it. Heck, you even ask other people behind his back whether he really did his job. I say hell, yeah, he did.
I know that despite the fact that he's disadvantaged and had strokes of bad luck, it's still PW, and results must be produced no matter what the obstacles are. But if you're going to scold him, don't scold him for lack of effort, nor irresponsibility, nor for lack of caring about the project. After all he's done for your (and his) project, it is a damn insult to scold him for those reasons.