Don't worry, be yourself

In my early twenties I used to make my own jewellery, and buy cheap seventies retro clothes in second-hand shops, because back then this was not so chic that you could get it prefabricated in chain shops. And first of all simply because I loved some people's style, and wanted to look like them.

But also I was never afraid to behave how I felt, and say what I was thinking. I probably didn't lie more in my life than I could count on my hands, and also then only to avoid to hurt someone unneccesarily. And I'm not saying this to sound like I'm a saint or something like that. Simply this was and still is the easiest and most natural way for me to be(have).

So it can surprise me more than many other things (for instance direct lies on the news, as I know it's all politics) when I hear my boss tell me on one of these putrific one-on-one meetings (as even its name suggests it) about the team I'm working with: "Well, you're all strong personalities, yet you work together pretty well."

This together with the problem that after my 3-month probation time I yet haven't reached the 99.5% accuracy rate. To which I pointed out that each month I enter more and more orders, not 5 or 10 more, but hundreds, and make less and less mistakes (like from 10 down to 5). But, obviously statistics rule.

And so I wonder, how she really meant that comment, and why she brought it up exactly now, because, believe me she's trying to be a foxy player, but to me it's quite easy to see through this bullshitting. Yes, we have personalities, and don't become robots at work either, even if the work itself is robotic. When that becomes a problem, the world is soon over, I'm telling you that.