Beginning of this year, when I went back to work, things started to pile up and I found to my horror that certain things were not done correctly. But I kept telling myself that I should be more tolerant. I must train on my EQ.
Then today, frustration came back again. At 9:30am, I told my colleague to start the program as it was getting late. She simply did not follow instructions. At 9:40am, I went ahead to do the things I asked her to do. Then during news update, as usual, she would start talking to volunteers and not paying attention or give due respect to the one speaking. So I continued with my programs and told myself to keep cool.
Then during news update, she was talking to one volunteer about the sending of items which I assigned her to do this afternoon. She called me and told me that since some of the elderly were there, she would pass the items to them. At that remark, I told her iterally, ' Do you know what is the meaning of sending the items to the elderly's house?'
During the announcements, as I need recycled papers, I told her to bring me some. She was at the office for quite some time which I found it very puzzling. So I went in. To my horror, she was opening the cabinet where the files were and asked me where the papers were. I told her off! I showed her the place where the papers were and told her that I had shown her where they were put when she asked me on Wednesday.
Then when we were going to have birthday celebrations, I told her to do the necessary by opening the cake and announcing the elderly's names. When she called the elderly's name, she just told the elderly to stand to the front without specifying where. In the end, my boss had to do the showing of way to the elderly.
When I thought that everything was over, I realized that she did not send the items to all the elderly. She came back with the volunteers at 4pm and there was still time to send the other 6 packs to the elderly who were staying opposite our centre. So after my meeting, I did the sending. When she saw my boss, she asked whether she was needed to go with me. I just told her, 'No need'.
Sometimes, I really felt that she did things based on what she thought it was instead of following instructions. I tried to write the instructions by sending one instruction in one sentence and still she could do them wrongly.
Lord, how to work with her? Please show me. I am really up to my neck with so many things to do. Instead of helping me to do the assigned things, she created more work for me. Lord, how? She even keep so many things that are unnecessary. Lord, please teach me how to work with her?
In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
