Maxims to live your life by

[ebikeerwidnes]

In a work environment I often managed to grind down awkward people by always being reasonable. Few can keep up being difficult when you are unfailingly helpful. I did it as a deliberate tactic at one point in a big telco where there was a great schism between "IT" ie the computer side, and "engineering" the telecoms side. I would have lunch with them and openly admit I was finding out the vibe of what was happening in the "network". Ultimately it was the bosses 3 layers above who where jostling for importance and we weren't going to let that stop us at our level working together to build fun stuff, and none of the network guys really wanted to be obstructive to the pleasant IT guy they had lunch with most days. To be fair both director level people were very able and generally sensible, but somehow it had got a bit out of hand

Yes - that generally works

I had one guy I worked with who had a 5 year plan for promotion
and anyone in his way got trodden on

He did try to do the same to me one time - the nice programmer type guy who always helps people

Yeah - didn;t work
but I kept being nice to him just kept my eyes and ears open

He came to my leaving do several years later and seemed genuine when he said he liked working with me and respected me

I did save him from major failures a couple of time by then!

 

[Profpointy]

Yes - that generally works

I had one guy I worked with who had a 5 year plan for promotion
and anyone in his way got trodden on

He did try to do the same to me one time - the nice programmer type guy who always helps people

Yeah - didn;t work
but I kept being nice to him just kept my eyes and ears open

He came to my leaving do several years later and seemed genuine when he said he liked working with me and respected me

I did save him from major failures a couple of time by then!

There was a quite ambitious guy in work, a few grades above me, but definitely a player as you've alluded to. In fairness, I found him OK, but I did heae someone say "one day he'll be in the shoot. And there won't be a queue of people with shovels coming to help". Another colleague said "You might not even take your foot off his head"

 

[Animo]

My old, now retired senior partner used to enjoy imparting pearls of wisdom...
If you fly with crows you'll get shot (i.e. if you mix with the wrong people it will bite you in the arse)
If you say you're going to do something, you must always do it.
Don't start something you're not prepared to finish.

 

[Yellow Fang]

I knew a woman who had 'My life my rules' tattooed on her arm.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I knew a woman who had 'My life my rules' tattooed on her arm.

I find the Police tend to not take that with the seriousness the owner intended

 

[Pblakeney]

Treat others as you'd like to be treated.
Up to the point where they shaft you, then shaft them twice as hard.

 

[lazybloke]

The first step to solving any "insurmountable" problem is a mug of tea

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

If something needs doing then it will get done quicker if you actually start

(anyone else been in a meeting that went on for ages and achieved naff all except to tie up the people who might actually get something done???))

 

[Drago]

A cup of tea,
must be PG,
Typhoo and Yorkshire taste like wee.

 

[TLW1]

To quote Chris tarrent……. ‘Live the dash’ you can’t control when you are born, on the whole when you die, so live the dash between

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

There was a meeting of pagan and similar groups in North Wales when I lived there

In order to be allowed to be part of the event any group/religion/etc had to subscribe to one simple concept

"First - do no harm"

apparently this is a common theme in pagan groups

seems like a good place to start

 

[Gwylan]

A cup of tea,
must be PG,
Typhoo and Yorkshire taste like wee.

But sometimes you have to drink a little wee to get thing done.

 

[Animo]

You're born, you keep your head down, and you die...if you're lucky.
Edward Hitler (Bottom)

 

[grldtnr]

A cup of tea,
must be PG,
Typhoo and Yorkshire taste like wee.
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A cup of tea,
must be PG,
Typhoo and Yorkshire taste like wee.

Poet and didn't know it!
Had it be 5 lines it would have been a Japanese Haiku

 

[grldtnr]

Courtesy is a kindness that costs nothing , certainly a maxim I try to live by.
But you or they get it wrong then I most certainly be moved to anger,maybe that's my Celtic heritage,
Except when dealing with moronic insurance agencies, no patience with them!