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Post by Gagay on Mar 24, 2006 14:07:31 GMT -5
New Totally Random. I had a dream last night that MiG was performing at some sort of an outdoor arena, and he invited me and my husband backstage. He mentioned that he needed a place to stay that night so we told him he could stay at our house. It put me in a frenzy because I knew the house was a mess, so I'd need to hurry home to clean it up and get it 'MiG ready'. Now back to the conscious world. My husband told me this morning that he woke me up from a loud dream last night, and I told him, "we have to get ready for MiG". That was, of course, followed by the eyeroll from him. Anyway, I just wanted to share that with all of you! #rofl1# #rofl1# #rofl1# Jane
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Post by USMiGfan on Apr 6, 2006 9:25:41 GMT -5
#waaa# Ok, this is totally un-related, but this is the totally random thread. I thought this was really cool, saw it on a myspace bulletin.
In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day one fellow met the great philosopher and said, "Do you know what I just heard about your friend?".
"Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test.". "Triple filter?". "That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say. That's why I call it the triple filter test.
The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?" "No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and...". "All right," said Socrates. "So you don't know if it's true or not.
Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?" . "No, on the contrary...". "So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain it's true.
You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left: the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?" "No, not really."
"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?" This is why Socrates was a great philosopher & held in such high esteem. Friend, use this triple filter each time u hear loose talk about any of your near & dear friends.
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Post by Sophia on Apr 6, 2006 13:28:30 GMT -5
New Totally Random. I had a dream last night that MiG was performing at some sort of an outdoor arena, and he invited me and my husband backstage. He mentioned that he needed a place to stay that night so we told him he could stay at our house. It put me in a frenzy because I knew the house was a mess, so I'd need to hurry home to clean it up and get it 'MiG ready'. Now back to the conscious world. My husband told me this morning that he woke me up from a loud dream last night, and I told him, "we have to get ready for MiG". That was, of course, followed by the eyeroll from him. Anyway, I just wanted to share that with all of you! #rofl1# #rofl1# #rofl1# What a GREAT dream!!! I think my hubby would do more than just role his eyes at me if I started talking about MiG in my dreams...it's a good thing I don't talk in my sleep!
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Post by Sophia on Apr 6, 2006 13:30:37 GMT -5
In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day one fellow met the great philosopher and said, "Do you know what I just heard about your friend?". "Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test.". "Triple filter?". "That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say. That's why I call it the triple filter test. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?" "No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and...". "All right," said Socrates. "So you don't know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?" . "No, on the contrary...". "So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain it's true. You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left: the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?" "No, not really." "Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?" This is why Socrates was a great philosopher & held in such high esteem. Friend, use this triple filter each time u hear loose talk about any of your near & dear friends. That's a GREAT code to live by...and might I say I am quite proud to be Greek right now!! Haha!!
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Post by silentone on Apr 6, 2006 13:36:13 GMT -5
#waaa# #waaa# #waaa# #waaa# #waaa# New Totally Random. I had a dream last night that MiG was performing at some sort of an outdoor arena, and he invited me and my husband backstage. He mentioned that he needed a place to stay that night so we told him he could stay at our house. It put me in a frenzy because I knew the house was a mess, so I'd need to hurry home to clean it up and get it 'MiG ready'. Now back to the conscious world. My husband told me this morning that he woke me up from a loud dream last night, and I told him, "we have to get ready for MiG". That was, of course, followed by the eyeroll from him. Anyway, I just wanted to share that with all of you! #rofl1# #rofl1# #rofl1# What a GREAT dream!!! I think my hubby would do more than just role his eyes at me if I started talking about MiG in my dreams...it's a good thing I don't talk in my sleep! These are too funny! Luckily my husband could sleep thru a train coming right thru the middle of our house! I could probably hold a MiG concert in my house and he would not know!! #rock_band#
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Post by ChiFan on Apr 6, 2006 15:32:36 GMT -5
Rhonda-I really like that. I need to train myself to think that way more often
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Post by Galadhrian on Jul 12, 2006 12:39:08 GMT -5
I have been fighting this urge to rant all month long, am slowly caving in to tendencies and definitely losing this battle (though not the war). I have absolutely no idea where to shove this, so since this thread says "Totally Random", therefore I shall make it so.
Have you folks ever wondered what the heck makes, or drives a person to be so insanely irresponsible, insensitive, disrespectful, inconsiderate - oh what the heck, just basically unrelentingly all the negative in-'s, un-'s, dis-'s and mis-'s you can ever possibly find in any comprehensive dictionary of the universal language we all know as English - to other fellow human beings? Are they furious about some hang-ups or certain things gone sour in Life, and their subsequent actions are stemmed from age-old suppressed wrath? Are they conducting some sort of psychological experiment on other humans, to see how other humans will react, respond, retaliate, etc, to their provocation so that they can compare results like a quiz or test scores?
What, are we not all mammals like them, but that we must be accorded with such mindless attitudes and courtesies? There is more than enough strife ripping this world apart and into shreds with a miserable number of us pathetically attempting to patch the pieces back together again, yet these probable alien life-forms (or maybe THEY are humans, WE are alien life forms to THEM) must start a civil-war type of arena from within the respective forts they hold? What purpose exactly does it serve them? Are they closet sadists? Do they love that much attention that they would resort to concocting anything just to get on with the flow, and yet somehow manage to avoid public confrontations and having to answer any kind of questioning fielded to them? "Oh, I don't have to answer that if I don't want to." DUH. But when I ask you a direct question at least 3 times in front of everybody and anybody present, does that not count as you being simply rude to me? I have to respect your rights where appropriate, but you can abuse mine anytime to suit yours? WHERE do they get all that stamina to continue provoking us? And interestingly, HOW on earth do THEY get away with it, while WE who are frequently on the receiving end, always end up looking BAD?
Sound familiar? No?
Please I beg you if one more person comes and tell it to my face that "we are only human", or "that's what makes us humans", yadda yadda bla bla bla, I will scream and I will make sure you hear me no matter where you physically are. Although it is a fact that "we are only human", this statement should also be a by-default answer for anybody who tends to broadbrush anything and everything they haven't got a surefire answer to and / or just never bother with a relatively thoughtful response. And people should be slapped with obscenely costly international fines for being so lazy to have to resort to such excuses.
[At this point, I don't even care if I'm making sense to readers. I just need to VENT!!!]
1. Side-job. We almost lost a casualty last week, no thanks to the mindless political b*itching of one of our team members, who was not in the least apologetic for it. She has never been known to be genuinely apologetic for any wrong she has done, and for that another teammate had almost busted a gut just trying to stay a true gentleman and not yank her teeth out through her nostrils. Apparently she is always so much more interested in being the hero of the moment - an incident that has happened one too many times with her as team leader, and the potential occupational hazard her attitude poses on the rest of us, what with no news or sign of top brass giving her the boot. And because we're a team, we don't rat out on her - we try to talk it out with her, and if she had so much as a half-wit's mind to at least make a decent apology or logical justification for her actions every time she does something, we would consider being more lenient and forgiving to her, but to be faced with outright denial from her equivalent to if she were to stick her sorry fingers into her sorry ears and go LALALALA?;
2. Day-job, totally different career front. We almost lost a high profile client two days ago, no thanks to yet another brainless thoughtless gabbing session between two team leaders. Well, at least I thought the brainless thoughtless gabbing was only conducted by one team leader; the other was doing his darndest to do what he will always be good at, ie. damage control. Team Leader One sought to capitalise on a situation, without paying mind that she was going to send the client's reputable profile careening downhill faster than Superman can zip to your doorstep with a piping hot pizza. Ever reliable and most definitely competent Team Leader Two on the other hand spent an unfathomable amount of time always hot on her heels to ensure that she doesn't screw up.
One almost lost life, another almost ruined reputation. Where did the precious time go, how much monetary value could we (or the COMPANY, for that matter) have lost. Two completely different scenarios, one ultimate and completely unnecessary botch-up.
Why. WHY is it so difficult for some people to understand the importance of the simple concept and idea of "teamwork". They can work as a team to shoot poison darts at targetted fellow team members, yet they cannot (or refuse?) to function as a team for a common goal? Just what DO you do with these people? Ignore them? Why are they such parasites? They seem to feed on anger, frustration, exasperation - not their own, but others'. And their acts infects the general public like some putrid fever. They have sound minds, yet they follow blindly. Why do WE constantly have to put up with the real culprits? And when we don't, we get penalised for it.
To err is human, and to forgive is divine. How much truth (or bull) is in this old addage doesn't really matter, in my eyes. It's how far and how long an individual can keep this mindset, is what counts. There is no winner, no loser. It's just a matter of what's right, what's wrong, and having the gut to do the right thing. Setting a limit on one's tolerance impedes mobility of action. Stretching one's tolerance will wear out the individual. Not everyone's tolerance level is ever the same. Where does it leave us.
As Sidney Bristow once said on Alias, "It's not a gift. What it's been is a necessity, and it's become a burden. And quite frankly, something I've run out of patience for."
Off my box for caffeine shots. Thank you for listening. I'll be there in my corner standing guard with a rod and a whip.
Cat
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Post by Gagay on Jul 13, 2006 8:17:55 GMT -5
oh Cat, i have experienced that in my previous jobs. why do some people make so much a big deal of position? they'll do everything (except real work) to reach the top. Jane
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Post by mbucksfan on Jul 13, 2006 14:36:27 GMT -5
Cat, I hope you feel better after venting. What exactly do you do in your position. I didn't totally understand all you were saying but certainly got the gist. I have been a nurse in teh same institution for my entire adult life. For almost all that tiem I have been fortunate to work with people who really pulled together as a team. Even though some days were so trying, knowing we were working together made it worthwhile. Unfortunately now the sense of team has fallen apart in my unit. There are a couple of people that are so intent with proving how cool and superior they are that they spend time putting down several of us whom they deemnot as worthwhile. Puzzling because I have worked with them amicably and as a team for years. For awhile I took it in an attempt to keep the peace but finally came out and complained to my manager during my last evaluation about what these people were doing to the team. I didn't name names,. Didn't really have to. Sadly I don't look for anything to change, I try to help out my other coworkers, avoid these nasty witches as much as possible, and do the best job I can for the patients and their families. It just feels sad to work that way after knowing how much more effectively a well oiled team works together but for now that's how it is. You are so right. So much wasted time and resources. It is great to have people like you around that obviously CARE, Cat! MB
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Post by USMiGfan on Aug 1, 2006 14:52:42 GMT -5
TOTALLY RANDOM!
I just had lunch with Mary Lee and her daughter Kayla #blbl#
*hee hee, I'm so giddy today* ;D
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Post by Sophia on Aug 1, 2006 14:57:58 GMT -5
TOTALLY RANDOM! I just had lunch with Mary Lee and her daughter Kayla #blbl# *hee hee, I'm so giddy today* ;D Do tell!!! Would love to hear about your TM meet-up and...are there any photos?
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Post by USMiGfan on Aug 1, 2006 15:01:15 GMT -5
TOTALLY RANDOM! I just had lunch with Mary Lee and her daughter Kayla #blbl# *hee hee, I'm so giddy today* ;D Do tell!!! Would love to hear about your TM meet-up and...are there any photos? Hee Hee, it's not the first (we live 20 minutes from each other we took a couple of pics, but I can't put mine up until I get home tonight. Let's see..........I had the Grilled Chicken, Walnut & Apple salad w/ sun-dried tomatos and fresh red peppers...................Salivating yet?
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Post by Sophia on Aug 1, 2006 15:04:46 GMT -5
Let's see..........I had the Grilled Chicken, Walnut & Apple salad w/ sun-dried tomatos and fresh red peppers...................Salivating yet? YES, I am in fact!!! How did you know I haven't had lunch yet and am starving??? Darn you, Rhonda!!!
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Post by USMiGfan on Aug 1, 2006 15:10:42 GMT -5
Let's see..........I had the Grilled Chicken, Walnut & Apple salad w/ sun-dried tomatos and fresh red peppers...................Salivating yet? YES, I am in fact!!! How did you know I haven't had lunch yet and am starving??? Darn you, Rhonda!!! oooops. Sorry then I won't tell you about the warm Cheddar-Garlic biscuits.
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Post by Sophia on Aug 1, 2006 15:27:24 GMT -5
YES, I am in fact!!! How did you know I haven't had lunch yet and am starving??? Darn you, Rhonda!!! oooops. Sorry then I won't tell you about the warm Cheddar-Garlic biscuits. Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!! #1381#
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