The Real Tea

Have you ever wondered why people take advantage of other people’s things? Well… I traveled out- of-town, about a month ago, on a job related trip.  Now, I truly enjoyed myself but as the story goes – history repeats itself and it most certainly did for me. It’s always something or someone with or without intentions that can irritate the heck out of you!

The purpose of my trip was to visit the actual job site of a project that I’m currently working on. I planned to get as much information as possible to help me with future projects as well as see the work I would actually be executing. It was so fulfilling to be able to visualize what I put on paper to send to a job site and see the manifestation of my works in person. OK so much for the bragging!

Now to the real tea – I’m not a selfish person, but I like what I like and some things are off limit to others. Over that week, I learned that traveling with co-workers can be just as bad as traveling with a two year old. Some people can’t seem to keep their hands off other people’s things! My property is mine and this may sound simple but there are some things I just do not want to share! On my trip, the irritation began with this particular co-worker messing with my RED pen. I did not want to say anything – but if looks could kill – he would be dead today! You maybe thinking it’s only a pen, but it’s MY pen. I needed my pen to mark up my drawings and I only had one. Also he puts his pens in his mouth. NASTY………… I only took a few items out of town with me so I really needed my pen. It took all that I had and some, not to hold a grudge and keep sane – every time he picked up something of mine. It went from my pen, to my drawings, to my camera, to my highlighter. The worst part is I start looking for what’s missing and he knows what I’m looking for and he doesn’t admit he has it until I ask him directly. Do you not know when you put something in your bag that doesn’t belong to you? Did he not know that he needed these same items for the field trip? I kept reminding myself that if he would JUST ASK, I might feel somewhat better about the situation. Not to mention it continued even when we returned to the office. To avoid an uproar in our office, I politely sent him an email informing him of my frustration. He quickly emailed me back apologizing and promising never to do it again. I guess some people don’t know they have problems until they are confronted with them. With all that said and done – the moral of the story is… don’t take for granted that people do not mine you messing with their stuff. It could be the simplest thing, like a pen that could annoy a person and ruin a good relationship! Just ask and you may save yourself and someone else from being irritated and bothered by your actions.

April 12th, 2010 | Relationships | 6 Comments »