The Difficult People

Somewhere in life, you had and ought to deal with extremely difficult people. I had one encounter last 3 weeks...

(Not to name this person as my future will be in jeopardy)

This person is my superior. He/she decides when do I starts working, when do I get my holiday and when do I get to upgrade to the next level. Glad enough he.she does not decide whether I get paid or not. So I was on tagging for the first 2 weeks. Towards the end of tagging, we will be reassessed whether we were deemed suitable or not for on-call.

At day 12 of tagging, I was extremely tired. Constant lack of sleep does not do any good to this barely functioning body. So I met up with this superior to discuss whether I can off tag slightly earlier than schedule. I believed I am competent enough to do the crap job.

No

There came his/her reply. Straight on the face. The reason being I haven't completed my procedures. Fair enough. Luckily that night she was having calls. So I got change to 'show' that I am able to do my procedures well. On the day 14, I went to find this superior again and finally green light was given for me to off tag.

Not so lucky for my friend that started her medical posting 5 days later than me. She is still on tag until today. That is like day 18 of tagging. Heard that she had problem with this superior.

How to deal with the difficult people?

This is my style:

1. Always says yes. Even though they were wrong, or against your principle. There is not much harm to follow them as compare to having them picking on us.
   
2. Always follows their order. They maybe having a set of their ways in doing things that may not be of our liking, but they are our superior. They give orders, we follows.
   
3. Always turn to a deaf ear for bad remarks. It is always nice to have a good ear and a bad ear so you could 'switch off' those hurtful words. Never, ever answer back on those bad remarks or being emotionally because that could leave a lasting scar on the relationship.
   
4. Always look forward to the good things ahead e.g. paychecks, future improvements and important things to do. If we think this is our life and it never progress, then we are wrong. I always look forward to the time I myself become a superior, and always believe that the time of being houseman is only temporary, a stepping stone to become a specialist. Only then we will ignore all this tiny mini ripples in life.

If I am wrong, please do correct me. I am only learning on how to start my life.