All Kinds Of People

In my 33 years and 4 months of work, I have come into contact with all kinds of co-workers. Some are hard to work with, needs a lot of tact:

• The armoured car (Kereta kebal - mahu cara sendiri, bising, mendesak)
• The sniper (Penembak hendap - tidak bermoral, sabotaj, gosip)
• The hand grenade (Bom tangan - senang meradang)
• The Knows All (Serba Tahu - mengetahui segala-gala, tak mahu dengar cakap-cakap 'orang yang serba kekurangan')
• He thinks he knows all (Ingat dia serba tahu - ingat aje)

When it comes to working as a team, it's a torture working with the following kind of people.

• Mr Yes (Orang Ya - cepat setuju, lambat habis tugasan)
• Mr Maybe (Orang Mungkin - suka tangguh)
• Mr Disappearing Act (Orang Tiada - tiada maklumbalas langsung)
• Mr Cannot (Orang Tidak - Saya tidak bersikap negatif, saya cuma bersikap realistik)
• Whiner (Perungut - merungut tidak henti-henti)

But of course, not everyone I met over my entire career are like that. I've also met those who have been a real pleasure to work with.

• Positive thinking - even the most difficult of all problems seem possible to solve with these people around
  
• Hardworking - willing to go the extra mile in the name of efficiently and effectively completing the task set for them
  
• Co-operative - always willing to lend a helping hand, and cover for you if you land yourself in some sticky situation
• Good and cheerful attitude - they are pleasant, smiling, and (best of all) they don't complain even if the task set ahead of them is probably one of the most difficult in their entire family history
• Realistic - they don't allow themselves to float on air; their feet's always on the ground
  

Bottom-line is we encounter many kinds of people throughout the life of our career. Some are just pleasant to work with, helpful, hardworking etc. It's really a good bonus to be working with people such as these. However, in the real world, more often than not, we face people who are really difficult to work with (people who have the characteristics I described in the first two batches of bullet-points above. No, they are not necessarily bad people, they are good in some ways, and truthfully, many things wouldn't have been done without them. It's just that they have "unique" attitudes and behaviours that need to be managed, that's all). Thus, working with them calls for a positive mental attitude. Accept all of them and do your very best. And no matter what happens, smile!! Don't tear your hair out over them. I quote a speaker in one of the many conventions I have attended:

A little bird in the sky

A man looks up
The bird shits in his eye.

He was not angry
He did not cry
He said, "Thank God, cows don't fly"


Hehe... Ciao! And have a nice weekend! :p