Comments on: More Allegories, Oh Boy. I am NOT Making This Up http://jim.casablog.com/2006/06/01/more-allegories-oh-boy-i-am-not-making-this-up/ All a man needs out of life is a place to sit ‘n’ spit in the fire. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:21:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jim http://jim.casablog.com/2006/06/01/more-allegories-oh-boy-i-am-not-making-this-up/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Jim Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:33:00 +0000 http://jim.casablog.com/2006/06/01/more-allegories-oh-boy-i-am-not-making-this-up/#comment-225 yup, the strength of the office of the president is nothing comparied to the might wielded by a desk clerk named Ruth. Nice to hear from you Smecky. Ooo, I see you posted something in the http://lattemanifesto.casablog.com/ cool yup, the strength of the office of the president is nothing comparied to the might wielded by a desk clerk named Ruth.

Nice to hear from you Smecky. Ooo, I see you posted something in the http://lattemanifesto.casablog.com/ cool

]]> By: Smeckita http://jim.casablog.com/2006/06/01/more-allegories-oh-boy-i-am-not-making-this-up/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Smeckita Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:19:37 +0000 http://jim.casablog.com/2006/06/01/more-allegories-oh-boy-i-am-not-making-this-up/#comment-224 We have a name for this at my job ... it happens all too frequently: "the power of the powerless". We have a name for this at my job … it happens all too frequently: “the power of the powerless”.

]]> By: PJ Cabrera http://jim.casablog.com/2006/06/01/more-allegories-oh-boy-i-am-not-making-this-up/comment-page-1/#comment-223 PJ Cabrera Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:48:53 +0000 http://jim.casablog.com/2006/06/01/more-allegories-oh-boy-i-am-not-making-this-up/#comment-223 Jim said: "How come you’re so much smarter than I am? :)" It's easy, Jim. She's a woman. :-) Jim said: “How come you’re so much smarter than I am? :) ”

It’s easy, Jim. She’s a woman. :-)

]]> By: Jim http://jim.casablog.com/2006/06/01/more-allegories-oh-boy-i-am-not-making-this-up/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Jim Fri, 02 Jun 2006 02:33:16 +0000 http://jim.casablog.com/2006/06/01/more-allegories-oh-boy-i-am-not-making-this-up/#comment-222 How come you're so much smarter than I am? :) How come you’re so much smarter than I am? :)

]]> By: Laura http://jim.casablog.com/2006/06/01/more-allegories-oh-boy-i-am-not-making-this-up/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Laura Fri, 02 Jun 2006 02:25:58 +0000 http://jim.casablog.com/2006/06/01/more-allegories-oh-boy-i-am-not-making-this-up/#comment-221 And it is in little moments like these when rules are irregularly applied and responsibility sidestepped, that the cycle that results in lack of social trust gets embedded deeper and deeper into the psyche. To this woman, acknowledging a mistake was tantamount to lessening her assumed position of power, so she does not accept a mistake and rather tries to reaffirm her position of power by explaining that only she knows when the specials really apply and how. Unfortunately she does not see that her creation of a position of power directly feeds into robbing trust and empowerment to the clients she is supposed to serve and whose trust and patronage she is employed to garner. And it is in little moments like these when rules are irregularly applied and responsibility sidestepped, that the cycle that results in lack of social trust gets embedded deeper and deeper into the psyche.

To this woman, acknowledging a mistake was tantamount to lessening her assumed position of power, so she does not accept a mistake and rather tries to reaffirm her position of power by explaining that only she knows when the specials really apply and how. Unfortunately she does not see that her creation of a position of power directly feeds into robbing trust and empowerment to the clients she is supposed to serve and whose trust and patronage she is employed to garner.

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