Comments on: Working girl http://jesseract.com/2010/02/23/working-girl/ Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:24:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bre http://jesseract.com/2010/02/23/working-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Bre Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:19:25 +0000 http://jesseract.com/?p=36#comment-32 Most people can't handle candor. I don't think you would have had to lie, but you would have had to say the answer in a different way. I am not good with this either and hurt a lot of people's feelings with candor. To me, it feels like I am covering a pile of sh*t with flowers to mask the smell. But you do what you have to do to survive. If asked point blank, "Is this job fun?", maybe your reply should have been along the lines of "I really enjoy working with everyone here and find the work rewarding." While that seems like a lie, it is really a diversion from voicing the displeasure you feel being on the phone 6 hours a day and focuses on the truth of how much you enjoy working with them and you enjoy the reward of being paid. If he demanded a candid answer from you, then you wouldn't have had a choice but to say that the job in which you are on the phone for 6 hours a day sucks. =) Most people can’t handle candor. I don’t think you would have had to lie, but you would have had to say the answer in a different way. I am not good with this either and hurt a lot of people’s feelings with candor. To me, it feels like I am covering a pile of sh*t with flowers to mask the smell. But you do what you have to do to survive.

If asked point blank, “Is this job fun?”, maybe your reply should have been along the lines of “I really enjoy working with everyone here and find the work rewarding.” While that seems like a lie, it is really a diversion from voicing the displeasure you feel being on the phone 6 hours a day and focuses on the truth of how much you enjoy working with them and you enjoy the reward of being paid. If he demanded a candid answer from you, then you wouldn’t have had a choice but to say that the job in which you are on the phone for 6 hours a day sucks.
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