That's Not Your Job

That's Not Your Job
2006.04.12 23:48

Following story is a fiction. I made it in my imaginary world.
One day I was pointed out that I made a mistake in my job. So I said to him, 'It is not your job to point out someone's fault, but supplement their faults. That's why you were here. Nobody's perfect, we are completing our job as a whole.'
To tell the truth, I didn't say so in front of him but people around him, and I found his attitude changed soon.
Some people don't understand what I say well, and keep on criticising as if it were their job. They are wrong, but usually I leave the office.
They never know they have to leave their office if I pointed out their faults. Indeed they are a fault itself.
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It's About Tact(Score:2)
by Allen Zadr (767458) * <[moc.liamg] [ta] [rdaZ.nellA]> on 2006.04.14 10:01 (#15126544) (Last Journal: 2006.04.30 5:48)
For myself, I much prefer a co-worker tell me directly that I'm messing something up. If they tell me so politely. It's better than them telling my boss.
Tact: a way to approach a sensitive subject without insulting or blaming.
Tact is very important: "If you do it this way, it'll be easier for the next person who must handle this job."
Without tact: "You have made a mistake. You are wrong. Do this, not that."
Does that make sense?
--Kinetic stupidity has a new brand leader: Allen Zadr.
Re:It's About Tact(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.04.15 2:03 (#15130498) (http://mercedo-compl.../2006/04/zen-ya.html Last Journal: 2006.04.28 3:11)
When I found some faults made by them, I do myself without telling them anything.
After I did it myself, I urge them to pay more attention to the miss I found without mentioning who made a mistake. Because someone's fault is more likely to be others' faults. This might work as a caveat. When I made a mistake, I am willing to admit that I did it. If someone pointed out that I made a mistake in other's presence, of course I am willing to accept their advice. But I do point out their mistakes in other's presence when they did. That's what I did this time.
We usually do some work in 5-7 people as a team. Everyone has their part, some play decisive parts while others play peripherals. Yet everyone is necessary to do their best to complete the work. While they are doing so, some of them subject to making a mistake. It's inevitable, human to error, however there're someone who always point out and scold other's miss. I don't like to work with those guys. I think we ought to try to complete one work making up for minor misses some of us made. By all.
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