August 19, 2005

aaron's already seen most of this, so he doesn't have to read it

i've been invited to this seminar ...

Delivering Bad News to Employees, Customers, Neighbors, Critics, and Victims

... and i have a couple questions:

  1. if you’re classified as a "victim," doesn’t that imply you’ve already received the bad news?
  2. if you’re approaching a "victim" with the intent to deliver bad news, doesn’t that ultimately put you at risk of becoming a "victim?" if so, see above.

don't you wish you had the kind of job that would put you on the invitation for training such as this? i’m totally thinking of registering.

afterwards, i'll let you know the best way to tell your neighbor that you broke his lawnmower ... and then denise can let us know if that information is accurate.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What's so sad is that when you tell your neighbor that you broke his lawnmower, he doesn't believe you and you're actually telling the truth! Why would someone lie about something like that? Now tell me, who's the actual victim in this scenario?

D-

Anonymous said...

Here are some other titles I'd like to see:

"I promise you it died peacefully:
How to tell a loved one you offed their pet"

"Adultery: Excuse It or Lose It"

"I'll write you a recommendation letter, or Wiping the blood off the blade you plunged into the back of a coworker."

-kate