LJSDesigns
11-06-2021, 07:00 PM
If you guys recall, I had taken in 100 blank thank you cards to work for people to sign for the local radio station's 10,000 thanks project for our service men and women overseas this holiday season. I want to give you an update on how that went, because I have to vent a little about crazy people and their lack of gratitude. :crying:
All and all, I am happy that I did what I did, but along the way I had to deal with some really surprising, and not pleasant, results. Frankly, a few of the people I work with need to adjust their gratitude attitude. :cursing:
Before I even did this, I had asked the Plant Manger if I could bring in the cards and he said yes. He thought it was a great idea and felt like the employees would love the opportunity to thank our soldiers. For the most part he was right, but the exceptions to the case just about wore me out. :(
The HR director called me in for a chat because if I had told her what I had planned "she could have done it better." Instead of the hundred bright thank you cards I purchased that were blank inside, she could have had five hundred printed with the company logo and signed everyone's names. What? :confused:
The entire purpose is a heartfelt thanks written by a real person to a service person who is serving their country and therefore them. Not 500 impersonal company logo cards that have no real feeling behind them. She tried really hard to get me to stop doing what I was doing, or just give all the cards to her, so she could make sure it was done right. Again with the right thing. I was doing what the radio station requested, so what exactly was I doing wrong? :unsure:
Anyway, I told her that the radio station was looking for 10,000 cards/letters so she was free to do what she wanted to do as well, but I preferred to stick to what I was doing. ;)
I guess she didn't like my response, because she called in the Plant Manager to tell him that I didn't have permission to do what I was doing, not aware he had given it to me and that I wasn't cooperating with her idea to make my misstep better. :unsure:
Thankfully he was able to set her straight and then stood behind me and told her that the entire purpose of the project would be lost if we did things her way. So now she is less then happy with me. That was day one. :o
Day two, someone walked off with some of the cards and we never saw those again, so I had to get more cards. Really how can you steal cards meant for such a purpose? And really, why steal cards anyway? Frankly, I don't think people stealing thank you cards are the type of people who are sending them out, so what was the purpose? Boggles the mind. :blink:
Yesterday, the last day, I went into the break room and reminded people that we still had some cards left to fill out and how great it would be if they would take a minute to thank a service person.
One man got really nasty and told me that he did not appreciate me bothering him with my nonsense while he was on his break. I swear, I thought my head was going to explode. I told him the next time a soldier goes to battle for his right to work, live and even breathe in this country, I hope said soldier didn't think doing something that big for such a little person was nonsense. Then I told him he should be ashamed of himself for saying that trying to thank a service person was nonsense, because without our soldiers, he wouldn't have the freedom he does to be an A-hole.
Yes. I had to talk to the HR director, again. :unsure:
So while I loved the project and did manage to get 90 cards signed for service people, I am not sure I want to do that again. I may not have the temperament for it. :D
My son got 60 cards from his students, so all together we have 150 unique cards to drop off at the radio station for them to add to their quest for 10,000. :thumbup:
Hopefully, by the time the project rolls around next year, I will be ready to do something positive again. Or maybe I will just let the HR director do what she wants and keep it on a more personal level for me and mine. :hugs:
All and all, I am happy that I did what I did, but along the way I had to deal with some really surprising, and not pleasant, results. Frankly, a few of the people I work with need to adjust their gratitude attitude. :cursing:
Before I even did this, I had asked the Plant Manger if I could bring in the cards and he said yes. He thought it was a great idea and felt like the employees would love the opportunity to thank our soldiers. For the most part he was right, but the exceptions to the case just about wore me out. :(
The HR director called me in for a chat because if I had told her what I had planned "she could have done it better." Instead of the hundred bright thank you cards I purchased that were blank inside, she could have had five hundred printed with the company logo and signed everyone's names. What? :confused:
The entire purpose is a heartfelt thanks written by a real person to a service person who is serving their country and therefore them. Not 500 impersonal company logo cards that have no real feeling behind them. She tried really hard to get me to stop doing what I was doing, or just give all the cards to her, so she could make sure it was done right. Again with the right thing. I was doing what the radio station requested, so what exactly was I doing wrong? :unsure:
Anyway, I told her that the radio station was looking for 10,000 cards/letters so she was free to do what she wanted to do as well, but I preferred to stick to what I was doing. ;)
I guess she didn't like my response, because she called in the Plant Manager to tell him that I didn't have permission to do what I was doing, not aware he had given it to me and that I wasn't cooperating with her idea to make my misstep better. :unsure:
Thankfully he was able to set her straight and then stood behind me and told her that the entire purpose of the project would be lost if we did things her way. So now she is less then happy with me. That was day one. :o
Day two, someone walked off with some of the cards and we never saw those again, so I had to get more cards. Really how can you steal cards meant for such a purpose? And really, why steal cards anyway? Frankly, I don't think people stealing thank you cards are the type of people who are sending them out, so what was the purpose? Boggles the mind. :blink:
Yesterday, the last day, I went into the break room and reminded people that we still had some cards left to fill out and how great it would be if they would take a minute to thank a service person.
One man got really nasty and told me that he did not appreciate me bothering him with my nonsense while he was on his break. I swear, I thought my head was going to explode. I told him the next time a soldier goes to battle for his right to work, live and even breathe in this country, I hope said soldier didn't think doing something that big for such a little person was nonsense. Then I told him he should be ashamed of himself for saying that trying to thank a service person was nonsense, because without our soldiers, he wouldn't have the freedom he does to be an A-hole.
Yes. I had to talk to the HR director, again. :unsure:
So while I loved the project and did manage to get 90 cards signed for service people, I am not sure I want to do that again. I may not have the temperament for it. :D
My son got 60 cards from his students, so all together we have 150 unique cards to drop off at the radio station for them to add to their quest for 10,000. :thumbup:
Hopefully, by the time the project rolls around next year, I will be ready to do something positive again. Or maybe I will just let the HR director do what she wants and keep it on a more personal level for me and mine. :hugs: