Oct 27, 2009

OFFICE POLITICS: PERSONALITIES IN THE WORKPLACE

Something to share, I took if from a posting my friend has uploaded on facebook. Wonder whether this is a common phenomenom all over the world.....??????

Today at 10.34 a.m.

1. Let's have a meeting before a meeting.
These people thrive in big offices where they can spend their days going to meeting after meeting, instead of actually working.

2. How the hell did they get their job?
Every office has one - the person who never fails to baffle their co-workers with their incompetence.

3. I hurry, therefore I am...
This type lives on a steady diet of stress - they can't work without pressure and everything must be done in a rush even if there is no need for it.

4. I'm sick but too important to go home.
These people flatter themselves that they are indispensable. they think the world will stop if they don't go to work.

5. You must respect my authority.
These types patronise those younger than them and have an inflated sense of their own importance. They are fond of lecturing their co-workers about how if they olay their cards right, they might one day end up like them.

6. Have you seen whatshisname?
These people have a few clever tactics for not to be around. They'll leave their jacket on the chair and say I'll be back in five minutes, then you won't see them for three days.

7. Someone more important has come up....
These types think nothing of ordering you in for a meeting, then taking a phone call and ignoring you for half an hour while you wait patiently.

8. I'm actually nice....
These people use e-mail to devastating effect - they think nothing of writing a nasty note and concluding it with a smiley note.

9. I know stuff before you do....
These people love to spread bad news. They feed off misery and love knowing before everyone else that job cuts are coming - which they will spread around the office with glee.

10. I, I....I....
These types step in at the last minute and take all the credit for any success, without actually doing any of the work.

New Zealand Herald
Sunday, 6 September 2009

Emmmm, after reading all these, it makes me wonder whether in the eyes of others, I too fall into one of the categories listed. Maybe, I don't know.... but one thing I definitely know is that I do not want to be in any of these categories....InsyaAllah.... I want to be known as someone who does not easily shirk any duties given to me, and that I'll do my upmost to make it a success.

Anyway what do you think of this list.... do you think there are people like this in your organisation?

Oct 1, 2009

SEKADAR RENUNGAN

Something I took from my niece's facebook, I'm not sure whether she wrote it or if she took it from somewhere, but I just would like to share it with you... boleh dijadi ingatan untuk kita bersama...

Kalau Allah tu Maha Penyayang, kenapa cipta Neraka?

Ceritanya begini, di sebuah negeri yang melaksanakan dasar ‘Membangun Bersama Islam’, kerap kali pihak berkuasa tempatan menjalankan pemeriksaan mengejut di premis-premis perniagaan dan kompleks beli-belah, untuk memastikan para pekerja di premis berkenaan menutup aurat.

Aku tak pasti berapa jumlah denda yang dikenakan sekiranya didapati melakukan kesalahan, tapi selalunya mereka akan diberi amaran bagi kesalahan pertama, dan didenda jika didapati masih enggan mematuhi garis panduan yang ditetapkan. Lazimnya dalam setiap operasi sebegini, seorang ustaz ditugaskan bersama dengan para pegawai pihak berkuasa tempatan. Tugasnya adalah untuk menyampaikan nasihat secara berhemah, kerana hukuman dan denda semata-mata tidak mampu memberi kesan yang mendalam.

Dalam satu insiden, ketika operasi yang dijalankan sekitar 2005, seorang gadis yang bekerja di salah satu lot premis perniagaan di Pasaraya Billion telah didapati melakukan kesalahan tidak menutup aurat. Maka dia pun kena denda la…setelah surat saman dihulurkan oleh pegawai PBT, ustaz ni pun bagi la nasihat, “..lepas ni diharap saudari insaf dan dapat mematuhi peraturan..peratura n ni bukan semata-mata peraturan majlis perbandaran, tapi menutup aurat ni termasuk perintah Allah. Ringkasnya, kalau taat segala perintahNya, pasti Dia akan membalas dengan nikmat di syurga..kalau derhaka tak nak patuhi perintahNya, takut nanti tak sempat bertaubat, bakal mendapat azab di neraka Allah. Tuhan Maha Penyayang, Dia sendiri tak mahu kita campakkan diri ke dalam neraka…“

Gadis tersebut yang dari awal mendiamkan diri,tiba-tiba membentak “Kalau Tuhan tu betul-betul baik, kenapa buat neraka? Kenapa tak boleh sediakan syurga je? Macam tu ke Tuhan Maha Penyayang?” Mungkin dari tadi dia dah panas telinga, tak tahan dengar nasihat ustaz tu..dah la hati panas kena denda sebab dia tak pakai tudung..

Ustaz tu terkedu sekejap. Bahaya budak ni. Kalau dibiarkan boleh rosak akidah dia. Setelah habis gadis tu membebel, ustaz tu pun jawab:”Dik, kalau Tuhan tak buat neraka, saya tak jadi ustaz. Berapa sen sangat gaji saya sekarang. Baik saya jadi tokey judi, atau bapa ayam.. hidup senang, lepas mati pun tak risau sebab gerenti masuk syurga… Mungkin awak ni pun saya boleh culik dan jual jadi pelacur. Kalau awak nak lari, saya bunuh je. Takpe, sebab neraka tak ada. Nanti kita berdua jumpa lagi kat syurga..Kan Tuhan tu baik?“

Gadis tu terkejut. Tergamak seorang ustaz cakap macam tu? Sedang dia terpinga-pinga dengan muka confused, ustaz tu pun jelaskan: “perkara macam tadi akan berlaku kalau Tuhan hanya sediakan syurga. Orang baik,orang jahat, semua masuk syurga..maka apa guna jadi orang baik? Jadi orang jahat lebih seronok. Manusia tak perlu lagi diuji sebab semua orang akan ‘lulus’ percuma. Pembunuh akan jumpa orang yang dibunuh dalam syurga..perogol akan bertemu lagi dengan mangsa rogol di syurga..lepas tu boleh rogol lagi kalau dia nak..takde siapa yang terima hukuman. Sebab Tuhan itu ‘baik’. Adakah Tuhan macam ni yang kita nak? Awak rasa, adil ke?“; tanya ustaz.

“Ah…mana adil macam tu. Orang jahat takkan la terlepas camtu je..” rungut si gadis.

Ustaz tersenyum dan menyoal lagi: “Bila tuhan tak adil, boleh ke dianggap baik?“

Gadis tu terdiam.

Ustaz mengakhiri kata-katanya:”Adik, saya bagi nasihat ni kerana kasih sesama umat Islam. Allah itu Maha Penyayang, tapi Dia juga Maha Adil. Sebab tu neraka perlu wujud. Untuk menghukum hamba-hambaNya yang derhaka, yang menzalimi diri sendiri dan juga orang lain. Saya rasa awak dah faham sekarang. Kita sedang diuji kat atas dunia ni. Jasad kita bahkan segala-galanya milik Allah, maka bukan HAK kita untuk berpakaian sesuka hati kita. Ingatlah; semuanya dipinjamkan olehNya, sebagai amanah dan ujian..semoga kita dapat bersabar dalam mentaati segala perintahNya, untuk kebaikan diri kita juga.