Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

I just thought things would be better if I took the role of … I was wrong. Why? I was just trying to … but no one asked me to.

I was just trying to assist the project manager. Our project manager is a good person who knows their job. There were, however, just a few little things I could see that if I would interject here and there all would be better. It all blew up. No one liked my “just a few little things.” Why not?

I was just trying to assist the writer. Our writer is a good person who knows their job. There were, however, just a few little things I could see that if I would interject here and there all would be better. It all blew up. No one liked my “just a few little things.” Why not?

I was just trying to make the workplace a little more peaceful. Our workplace is good with good people who know their jobs. There were, however, just a few little squabbles I could see that if I would interject a few little things here and there all would be better. It all blew up. No one liked my “just a few little things.” Why not?

I could go on with this list. Help the decorations team who were working on the conference room Help the testing team. Help the choir director. Help the fill-in-the-blank who was doing a good job but needed a few little suggestions on just a few little things.

One of the problems is that no one asked me to suggest just a few little things. No one asked me to “help” them at all. But I have the best intentions and everyone can see that and just a little…

Nope. When people ask is one thing. Everything else is something else.