Dear So and So

[bmccasland]

Dear Powers That Be,

Please teach me patience. Let me be calm in the face of a domineering ego-centric new employee. Let me laugh it off as "special needs" and not take it as "specially demanding."

I can only control my own attitude in this situation. Teach me how to control my attitude, before my attitude becomes a " 'tude."

Ummm, Knotted, I've learned that praying to be taught patience isn't such a good idea. You'll need it to survive. Skip that line.

Start with calm in the face of the silly new employee. Then envision that you're squashing them like the bug that they are.

Good luck! I have a mentee (I'm her mentor, so that makes her a mentee) who teeters on the high maintenance category, so I feel you pain. A soap opera could be built around her life. Fortunately she does do good work.