Getting in Touch with my Inner Rottweiler
March 17th 2008 21:00
One of my friends calls me the Rottweiler. I am also known as the shark or white pointer. Why? Because I’m a grouch and when people make me mad I can be really aggressive. But I don’t think being aggressive is necessarily a bad thing. It’s all to do with context. For example, if someone keeps bothering you, of course you’re going to lose your cool. I am analogous to a guard dog in someone’s backyard. When left alone, I am calm, peaceful and happy but any interaction with people (particularly those I don’t know or like) can trigger an angry outburst as I protect my territory i.e. my personal space.
All my friends think I’m a grouch. But friends from work, who haven’t yet seen this side of me, think I’m a pushover. I keep explaining to them that I am normally not this easy going but I have to be because I can’t afford to get into arguments with people at work. Not only that, most of the people at my workplace are really easy to get along with so there’s no need for me to show my aggro side. Too bad my work friends don’t believe me when I try to explain that what they see at work isn’t necessarily the ‘real’ me. I find it strange as we all have a work personality. Most people would know that when you turn up for work you have to adhere to a certain standard of conduct, whether it’s how you behave or dress. So I don’t know why I’m having so much trouble trying to convince my work friends that I’m not the pushover they think I am.
All my friends think I’m a grouch. But friends from work, who haven’t yet seen this side of me, think I’m a pushover. I keep explaining to them that I am normally not this easy going but I have to be because I can’t afford to get into arguments with people at work. Not only that, most of the people at my workplace are really easy to get along with so there’s no need for me to show my aggro side. Too bad my work friends don’t believe me when I try to explain that what they see at work isn’t necessarily the ‘real’ me. I find it strange as we all have a work personality. Most people would know that when you turn up for work you have to adhere to a certain standard of conduct, whether it’s how you behave or dress. So I don’t know why I’m having so much trouble trying to convince my work friends that I’m not the pushover they think I am.
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