NaMaan
October 13, 2009, 7:41pm
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Sheyn if you go back in time with all the unlimited authority, how you will fix this problem ? Have you ever noticed your colleagues doing it to your seniors or whoever was in higher authority ?
***Its an Asian/Arab trait …I’ve worked in the Middle East and it was prevalant there.
It was the primary reason for Quitting my job because I just could NOT get myself to do that and without it your efforts are undermined.
Not only internally to get ahead in the workplace but also extends to getting anything done. I’ve had patients actually threaten me in the hospital a few times in ME because they were refused admission or told to wait their turn in busy Emergency or Clinic.
An Example : This one guy whose wife i’d already seen ahead of another patient had the gall to start screaming at my nurse to hurry up the admission procedure and when I intervened and asked what was the problem he goes:
" Tell her to do it fast or i’ll leave ! …
i’m like sure go ahead your wife is about to deliver but your welcome to take her elsewhere and then he goes
" Hurry up or i’ll call the Director General of the Health authority in the Country
I gave him my telephone and told him to go ahead or would you like me to dial the number ! …That Shut him Up !
Its attitudes like that which give birth to Cultures like this. Its like if we have contacts we can get things done and the best way to do that is exploit those contacts by name dropping or sucking up to someone for no good reason just to get something done !
It is used mainly by people who know well that they don’t have what it takes and so use "LURPAK " to get what they want !