I don’t normally flare up easily unless it’s past my tipping point which reawakens the dormant volcano within. Unfortunately, it had to happen this morning.
When I discovered to the mother of all horrors that my webmaster had given my blog a surgical operation without my consent, the only thing I knew was to pick up the phone there and then.
Like the dragon spouting large doses of fire, I launched an offensive not unlike that in the Gaza Strip. Feeling naturally pissed and upset, I gave him a good dressing down.
If you want to fix something, make it better. If you can’t, then don’t even attempt it in the first place. You don’t end up with a half-fucked result.
When trust takes time to be earned over the years, you should not abuse it by misplacing it.
If I had approved the go-ahead, I would bear full responsibility for the consequences. But the truth is, I never gave the green light.
If it was meant to be an early Chinese New Year present out of sheer goodwill, I think it was done in awful taste as the end result speaks for itself.
Don’t do things which you know will infuriate others, unless you want to get a good scolding in the morning which ruins your mood for the rest of the day.
Having destroyed the outlook of my blog, you might as well send in the bulldozer next to tear down my house without my consent.
Perhaps the best lesson to be learnt from this unfortunate episode is that communication is vital. Both parties have to be speaking the same language, in the same context and sharing the same reality. Only then can they forge ahead in the same direction.
If you act unilaterally without consent or agreement, I’m not so sure that’s communication. That, in my opinion, is acting smart and then getting slapped in your face thereafter.
Oh well, guess I’ll be kept busy doing some skin grafting so that longtaizi.org regains its cheery outlook again in time to usher in the lunar new year. And I thought I could have a good rest after the spring cleaning was completed.
January 21st 2009 Posted to
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