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Ecstasy in the Workplace
Feb. 13th, 2006 09:10 pmLast week at work, person A noticed some new versions of web sites created by person B that were live, without any fanfare or even time for comments. He had a number of criticisms, and over the weekend he put together a list. Today he mailed that list to B. A is tired of seeing problems crop up that are never fixed, even if the fixes are easy, and has gotten into the habit of documenting everything.
Today I met with B for other reasons. B said that A's comments were very helpful asked if I knew whether A would mind meeting with him to discuss this further. He had worked with person C, but even the two of them together are hardly experts on everything.
In summary, A is going to be ecstatic that B is actually going to address his concerns. And B is ecstatic that someone is actually noticing his work and helping him do a better job.
I also got some unexpected happiness because B approved all the updates I requested in draft pages that were not yet live. I really expected a lot of arguments about my changes leading to pages that weren't pretty enough, but he only argued one point, which I was able to find a way to concede.
I suspect that many of us are in danger of getting so paranoid that everyone else is just an obstacle that we won't even try to get anything done anymore. Currently, we're still making at least pathetic half-hearted attempts, so there's still hope!
Today I met with B for other reasons. B said that A's comments were very helpful asked if I knew whether A would mind meeting with him to discuss this further. He had worked with person C, but even the two of them together are hardly experts on everything.
In summary, A is going to be ecstatic that B is actually going to address his concerns. And B is ecstatic that someone is actually noticing his work and helping him do a better job.
I also got some unexpected happiness because B approved all the updates I requested in draft pages that were not yet live. I really expected a lot of arguments about my changes leading to pages that weren't pretty enough, but he only argued one point, which I was able to find a way to concede.
I suspect that many of us are in danger of getting so paranoid that everyone else is just an obstacle that we won't even try to get anything done anymore. Currently, we're still making at least pathetic half-hearted attempts, so there's still hope!