I have been having a quite frustrating time at work recently, and today my line manager came into my office and said she really appreciated my efforts. She then gave me a cycling magazine and a cycling DVD and said she hoped I would enjoy them. Small things do make a differnce.
Aw, that's nice. Things like that always make everything worthwhile. I don't think it's a particularly small thing, either; she obviously appreciates you enough to have noticed what one of your interests is, and she's responded to it. That's lovely.
. It's the little things like that that are priceless. I used to work for a small firm where money was tight and the lads worked flat out to try and make a go of it. The boss was not a people person and could not give the lads a simple thankyou. I had many discussions with him on this matter but he simply could not do it. A thankyou costs nowt but goes a long way. Cycling mags and DVDs cost a bit more .
So now you are fully preapred for the re-shuffle When it happens in a couple of weeks, and you are re-shuffled out the door, the last words you will hear are her saying "I don't understand why he didn't see it coming. I bought him that CD and magazine with ideas for long tours through the summer....."
I only work with one other person and he just called me a knobhead. My self esteem is a an all time low - i may spit in his tea
The amount of hours you've been putting in Noodley you should have at least got a blow job out of it!
It was my birthday last week. They have a 'secret' whip-round and usually buy a bottle of wine and some chocolates. My boss went to the trouble of finding a bike shop and asking them what would be a good present. I got a pair of arm warmers and some self-adhesive patches. The presents were ideal, but the fact that she had gone to that much effort meant more.
i was leaving sainsburys the other day and the weather was filthy blustery rain etc...as my arm is in a cast at the mo' i was struggling to do up my jacket zip. the young lad supermarket fella collecting the trolleys saw me and offered his help and zipped me up. very good of him. i dont think he lifted my wallet...!
I have already experienced the "re-shuffle" and I was shuffled upwards Next month sees my 48% pay increase compared to November prior to the "re-shuufle" Pity it is 48% of "not much" (No new bike, before anyone asks - yet! )
Was it the copy of Cycle Sport with the LA DVD inside. I picked a copy of that up the other day and had to contemplate the purchase for a minute when I caught a look at the price!
I must be a cynical old sod. If my line manager, who I despise, bought me a present to do with cycling, i'd say, most emphatically, 'get the f**k out of my private life, b*tch!!'... But to get a verbal/written thankyou out of the establishment I work for once a year does actually work with me motivation-wise. I'm always liberal with my thank-you's if anyone does anything to help me out, too. As you say, it costs nothing.
