What do you think about following the rules at work?

[nicholasair]

I sometimes think I need to change and the way I did things in the past must be wrong. My manager is authoritarian and wants me to refuse to give employees validations if the people are parked in the wrong spot. Before he got on me about it I just gave them to everyone. It makes no difference to me where you park. I am living on my own so I am scared of losing my: therefore, I am turning into a jerk to avoid getting in trouble at work. Has anyone had experience with this?

[Selene]

I sometimes think I need to change and the way I did things in the past must be wrong. My manager is authoritarian and wants me to refuse to give employees validations if the people are parked in the wrong spot. Before he got on me about it I just gave them to everyone. It makes no difference to me where you park. I am living on my own so I am scared of losing my: therefore, I am turning into a jerk to avoid getting in trouble at work. Has anyone had experience with this?

Question:

Are the employees taking paid or preferred parking spaces?

I am not clear as to how you perceive it makes you a "jerk".

Adam

[Christopher]

Seems like a lot of ways you can think about this. One simple way is to recognize that you are being paid for a service and to execute certain behaviors. Therefore, you should concentrate on nurturing feelings of purpose and self-responsibility by following the rules your manager sets.

If you feel that your manager is being unfair or unethical, then you need to decide what is the best course of action while being clear on this view.

If your manager is not being unethical but you are simply uncomfortable with the work, you will need to prioritize whether now is a good time to leave, or whether you should stick it out until you feel comfortable with the temporary unemployment risk that always occurs for a brief period of time when changing jobs.

There is no wrong choice as long as you are committed to the choice you make.

[nicholasair]

The employees just park in regular spaces open to anyone.To get a validation the employee must park on the bottom level. The mall wants all employees to park on the bottom level of the underground garage. There are some people who rebel against parking down there. Do you think women would feel less than safe parking down there? I have trouble with some women who refuse to park in this area but still want validations from me. The parking enforcers are men so I thought maybe the women would feel vulnerable.

I sometimes think I need to change and the way I did things in the past must be wrong. My manager is authoritarian and wants me to refuse to give employees validations if the people are parked in the wrong spot. Before he got on me about it I just gave them to everyone. It makes no difference to me where you park. I am living on my own so I am scared of losing my: therefore, I am turning into a jerk to avoid getting in trouble at work. Has anyone had experience with this?

Question:

Are the employees taking paid or preferred parking spaces?

I am not clear as to how you perceive it makes you a "jerk".

Adam

[Selene]

The employees just park in regular spaces open to anyone.To get a validation the employee must park on the bottom level. The mall wants all employees to park on the bottom level of the underground garage. There are some people who rebel against parking down there. Do you think women would feel less than safe parking down there? I have trouble with some women who refuse to park in this area but still want validations from me. The parking enforcers are men so I thought maybe the women would feel vulnerable.

I sometimes think I need to change and the way I did things in the past must be wrong. My manager is authoritarian and wants me to refuse to give employees validations if the people are parked in the wrong spot. Before he got on me about it I just gave them to everyone. It makes no difference to me where you park. I am living on my own so I am scared of losing my: therefore, I am turning into a jerk to avoid getting in trouble at work. Has anyone had experience with this?

Question:

Are the employees taking paid or preferred parking spaces?

I am not clear as to how you perceive it makes you a "jerk".

Adam

Nicholas:

I am a great believer in "marking the record", therefore, I would take the time to type the elements of the statements that you have heard from the female workers and put the male

"parking enforcers" "on notice" as to the fears expressed by the women about the safety risk that they perceive. It would be even nicer if they would sign the statement.

Then e-mail it to the office that runs the parking facility and hand it directly to the "male parking enforcers".

CYA baby CYA.

Adam

getting his marking the record pen ready

[Max Eichelberger]

I sometimes think I need to change and the way I did things in the past must be wrong. My manager is authoritarian and wants me to refuse to give employees validations if the people are parked in the wrong spot. Before he got on me about it I just gave them to everyone. It makes no difference to me where you park. I am living on my own so I am scared of losing my: therefore, I am turning into a jerk to avoid getting in trouble at work. Has anyone had experience with this?

I say "Fight the power."

Whatever you think is right; you don't see your manager in the mirror. You see yourself.

[nicholasair]

Did you ask to have me keep track of what my sociology teachers said? I said I would make a list and send it to you. I was emailing you about socialism in sociology courses.

My research methods teacher said "We think we are more unique than we actually are, It's a strange thing we humans do."

She also said any paper about how the government is in my business and needs to but out is a "trash" paper.

In another class my teacher showed a film about how communist countries have better health than democracies. This film was about twenty years old. I commented on how this is false based on recent studies so he refused to show video for homework anymore.