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Date: 14 March 2008 19:43:51
Thank you, Dith, for your comment on my comment (on tractor girl's wiblog entry) ...
I am possibly overly sensitive when it comes to people minding what I do. I'm wondering if my son takes after me - his teacher told me on Wednesday about an incident when she asked him to do something, but he didn't, because, she thinks, he was afraid that by doing so he would be breaking one of her rules. And to-day, I was phoned by someone who matters (I guess, because she leads a project I am working on). I think that her primary intention was to make me aware that she minded something I'd done, although I'm not entirely clear how I can be criticised for not following instructions which I have yet to receive. But so often in my job I find myself between two groups of people who mind, but in opposite directions, so if I please one group, of necessity I alienate the other.
My instinct is to make things work, somehow. But I also have a strong inclination to remain within the rules, as I understand them. Making progress can be difficult ...