There are certain times in a person’s life, I am speaking on
behalf of all of mankind, that someone or something “flips your switch.” Some split second moment where out of nowhere
an emotion is evoked in you that you cannot contain. Like a lightning bolt, you react. I know it has happened to all of us, maybe
your kid falls down, maybe a comment is made, who knows, there are so many
variables to what can cause the flip to switch.
And I don’t mean all spider monkey flip, although I have done that a
couple times in my life. Once it was on
an employee who was complaining and once on my sister-in-law. Me all spider monkey is not a good
thing. Thankfully, it has only happened
twice and no one was harmed in the process.
I like to think it is passion that causes this
reaction. I am not talking about a chain
reaction; I am talking about a split second, on your feet, moving,
instantaneous reaction to something.
Well, I had one today, which is why I am blogging about
it. A lot of people will say, “I got
your back,” but how many of us are ever put in a situation where those people
are challenged to do so? You know, show
up and have your back?
When I found out that the 10 cop cars at the gas station
were there because it was my father who had been attacked, I don’t know that I
have ever moved so quickly in my life. I
had taken a muscle relaxer earlier because of my back, so I was in no shape to
be moving quickly, but something ignites in you, adrenaline, fire, whatever and
you just move.
So the story itself isn’t really a big deal unless you work
here, but if there is one thing I will not stand by and watch it is any human
being belittling another human being. A
General Contractor came in today and went all ape on our Project
Coordinator. The G.C. was obviously
unaware that our P.C. was dumped this project and is barely treading water to
get through it. Coming in here slamming
things and screaming does not solve a problem that was never our P.C.’s to
begin with.
Well, by God, I jumped out of my chair and took off down the
hall before sister reigned me back in. I
didn’t care who the hell this guy was or whether he was right or wrong, you do
not talk to another human being this way.
It’s how major wars start. What
was I going to do? Elephant rhino, but I
was not going to sit idly by and let a completely innocent human being get
attacked. I honest to God don’t think I
would have helped the situation at all, but I was ready if he needed me. Plus, it doesn’t help that I don’t like cocky
arrogant men (or women) and when these two bolted through the door I knew
something was amiss when I kindly sad hello and didn’t get a reply back.
Oh well. No one was
harmed in this process either. I just
wondered if anyone else has had a moment like this…like a switch, you go from
perfectly fine in your desk chair to, not so perfectly fine in a heartbeat. What caused it?
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