A story, what do you get from it? 1

[salmon2]

I am sharing a story with you, really funny one. I relate it quite much to working environment. What about you?

A small white rabbit in the forest to take a walk, came face encounter a big grey wolf, of "pa pa" to the small rabbit ears, two big slaps, said: "why you not wear a hat." Small rabbit is the dismantling of the aggrieved.

The next day, she's out of the house wearing a hat walking and jumping happily, the wolf encountered, again two big slaps in her face, said: "who told you wear a hat."
Bunny is depressing and took a long thinking. The final decision to find tiger, the king of the forest, and complaint.

Note the situation, tiger said, "Well, I know, this issue I will deal with, we must trust the organization." Current day , wolf found himself in his buddy tiger's office. "This is wrong, ah, you put me in a very difficult position." tiger said and sweeping the ash away from the table: "if you really feel to do it, you can say to the bunny, find me piece of meat! she found the fat, you said it should be thin. She found the skinny, you said it has to be fat. Then you have perfect excuse to beat her up. Or you can also say to bunny, find a woman for me. She found the fullness, you said you like the Slender. She found the slender, you said you like the fullness. The point is that you should have a reason supporting your action." The wolf nodded approvingly, clapped and cheered, the respect to the tiger again dashed to a new peak.

Unexpectedly, the above guidance was overheard by the bunny who happened to be weeding tiger's yard. The heart of bunny feeling resentful...

The next day, the small rabbit out again, what a coincident, the face of the wolf approaching. He said: "Bunny, get me a piece of meat." Bunny said:"that, you want it to be thin or fat" The wolf got puzzled for a second and then feel happy because he thought to himself fortunately there is plan B. He added: "hi, quick, find a woman for me." Bunny:"that, you are like fullness, or the slender" The wolf lost his words for 2 seconds, then raised his hand and slapped twice much heavier to the ears of bunny "damn, who let you wear a hat."

 

[ewh]

Ah, the Dilbert of the animal world. Good story, and is unfortunately representative of the working world many of us find ourselves in.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. - [small]Thomas Jefferson [/small]

 

[salmon2]

The Dilbert of the animal world? Is this the story?

I read this story in Chinese and then translate into English. So I am not really sure where the story from and who is the author.

 

[ctopher]

I figured it to be a translation. I had to read the last paragraph 5 times.

Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 3.1
AutoCAD 06/08
ctopher's home (updated Jul 13, 2008)

 

[MintJulep]

A bunny is hopping around in the forest when it comes upon a bear. The bunny fears that he is done for, but the bear, rather than eating the bunny asks a question: "When you take a dump, do you have problems with crap sticking to your fur?"

The bunny is momentarily taken aback, but answers, "No I've never had a problem with that."

So the bear picks up the bunny and ...

 

[ctopher]

The bear necessities...


Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 3.1
AutoCAD 06/08
ctopher's home (updated Jul 13, 2008)

 

[salmon2]

Sorry about the translation. I felt I didn't do a good job, but couldn't do better.

The way I relate this story is that your boss can always find a way to slap you no matter how hard you are trying. And your boss's boss is your boss's buddy.

 

[TheTick]

Reads like it was translated from Bengali to Chinese and then to English via Babelfish by someone who only speaks
Portuguese.

 

[salmon2]

The blame is mainly on google and a little on me. I translated it first using google, then polished a bit.

 

[ctopher]

I don't know Polish, but if you say it is...

Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 3.1
AutoCAD 06/08
ctopher's home (updated Jul 13, 2008)

 

[salmon2]

Good one, it is Polish.

Happy Friday everyone.

 

[IRstuff]

No, actually the story tells you that ANYONE can find fault with you. Probably all derivable from the Tower of Babel incident.

I used to know a guy at work, and we'd hang out together Fridays after work. One day, he invites me to a BBQ at his house. A woman is there, acting hostess-like; I assume it's his sister. Turns out, it's his girlfriend; he's in the midst of dumping her, for being "not smart enough" for him. Turns out later, she completed college, aced through calculus on her own, and got a degree in pharmacy. Seems pretty darn smart to me. She also put herself through school by running her own housecleaning service.

Anyway, the point is that anyone can find fault with anyone else, if they look hard enough, or are just so inclined. That's not that different than the anorexic who can look in the mirror at a scrawny 75-lb scarecrow and still thinks they're grossly overweight.

TTFN

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[TheTick]

The spirit of the story comes through the translation. Too true for too many.

The quickest way to let the hot air out of such characters is to not get ruffled and play along. Unfortunately, when they get bored, they will make room for another.

My upbringing has formed me into one who simply does not tolerate such treatment.

 

[swearingen]

IRstuff - your post reminds me of a saying I heard from an old engineer on the subject of idolizing good-looking movie stars and the like:

"It doesn't matter how hot she is or how big her t**s are, there is some guy, somewhere, that is tired of putting up with her s**t!"



If you "heard" it on the internet, it's guilty until proven innocent. - DCS

 

[IRstuff]

She was neither that hot, nor that big, nor that really prone to sh..., but she was absurdly cute.

It was, however, a case of her being attracted to men that were emotionally unavailable... to her. Pretty fascinating, overall, but that's getting off-topic.

Or not... There's an old adage about oil and water that may have deeper pyschological underpinnings. So, perhaps, it's some form of negative charisma that causes behavior as described in the OP.

TTFN

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[HgTX]

I think the quality of the translation rather adds charm to the story.

And yeah, (1) they'll try to find legal ways to unreasonably dump on you but (2) in a pinch they'll just dump on you.

Hg

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