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Sep. 21st, 2012 08:09 pmI like it when I do things that need to be done and bystander tells me that what I have done is wrong or bad or shoddy or less-good or wrongheaded or otherwise NOT PERFECTLY IDEAL like bystander would have done things.
I really like it when this same bystander, informed of job X that needs to be done, completely agrees that job X needs to be done, tells me that job X will be done first thing, soonest, right away, Real Soon Now... and then does absolutely nothing about job X for six months (actual calendar measurement, not exaggeration for humorous effect) aside from assuring me that it's on the To-Do list and a prioritized action item that will receive individual and craftsmanlike attention to detail so that it will be truly and permanently and perfectly solved in a way that I am unable to even fully wrap my mind around.
And when, after six months of waiting (and gentle monthly reminders to bystander about the urgency of job X as well as several rather dangerous and exciting incidents caused by job X NOT BEING DONE), I have thrown up my hands and actually completed job X to the standard that I told bystander it would be done to back six months ago when bystander and I were first discussing the urgency of job X... then I like it BEST OF ALL when bystander gives me an itemized rundown of how piss-poor a job I did and how much better bystander would have done job X if I'd just had the patience to let bystander get around to it, which bystander was totally going to do this upcoming weekend before I went and RUINED EVERYTHING with my hamfisted efforts at problem-solving.
I really like it when this same bystander, informed of job X that needs to be done, completely agrees that job X needs to be done, tells me that job X will be done first thing, soonest, right away, Real Soon Now... and then does absolutely nothing about job X for six months (actual calendar measurement, not exaggeration for humorous effect) aside from assuring me that it's on the To-Do list and a prioritized action item that will receive individual and craftsmanlike attention to detail so that it will be truly and permanently and perfectly solved in a way that I am unable to even fully wrap my mind around.
And when, after six months of waiting (and gentle monthly reminders to bystander about the urgency of job X as well as several rather dangerous and exciting incidents caused by job X NOT BEING DONE), I have thrown up my hands and actually completed job X to the standard that I told bystander it would be done to back six months ago when bystander and I were first discussing the urgency of job X... then I like it BEST OF ALL when bystander gives me an itemized rundown of how piss-poor a job I did and how much better bystander would have done job X if I'd just had the patience to let bystander get around to it, which bystander was totally going to do this upcoming weekend before I went and RUINED EVERYTHING with my hamfisted efforts at problem-solving.
