Friday OT #2 - Accentuate the Positive
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I do this with coworkers and I think it drives them crazy. It's amazing what people will find to be angry about and have no way of letting go.
Next week, can we do "Accentuate the Negatives"? I'd have a lot more to add to that thread. 
Someone told me they thought I was 15 years younger than I am. I took it as a compliment about my appearance and not commentary about my demeanor.
You can tell yourself your smile is big as much as you want. If you can barely fit your mouth around a straw....
I like being 6'-3" with Danish good looks but if there's ONE thing I've got going for me it's nice teeth. I've gotten lots of compliments on them (never had braces). This doctor my mom worked for used to describe me as "that boy with the nice teeth".
...looking back, maybe it wasn't so cool that that dude was into my teeth.
...looking back, maybe it wasn't so cool that that dude was into my teeth.
I have the ability to attach my annual vehicle tag stickers in the correct corner of the rear license plate.
Personality-wise, I would say being trustworthy...in terms of friendship, in terms of relationships, in terms of confidences shared with me.
Physically - well, I resemble my avatar! But my hair would be my choice - it is still relatively thick, still reaches my waist, and even the grey that I am now allowing to infiltrate the auburn is not yellowish or wiry like a lot of grey roots currently on display.
Physically - well, I resemble my avatar! But my hair would be my choice - it is still relatively thick, still reaches my waist, and even the grey that I am now allowing to infiltrate the auburn is not yellowish or wiry like a lot of grey roots currently on display.
I guess one positive (as mentioned by a former manager) is my ability to stay very even keeled. Basically I stay like a rock, very rarely getting worked up about anything. He described me as being like a rock. Always in early, consistent quality output, no drama, and stuff just happens correctly and on time.
It's actually to the point that the one time I blew up and lost my **** at an inspector out in the field that all three of my foreman and crews literally stopped working to look at what was going on, my superintendent hurried over(his thought was 'Uh oh, this is going to be bad') and the kicker was that the inspectors boss called my boss and actually was calling to check in ME. Basically "Is everything alright with X? Nobody has ever heard him raise his voice like that". Didn't care about me yelling at his inspector, but I guess was actually worried about me.
The truth behind it is that I'm rather emotional underneath the facade (I'm not one of those people that can scream and yell and then calm back down in 5 minutes). If I get really mad about something it burns/stews/simmers for days. I don't hold a grudge against people but I don't calm down easy. Plus I don't do shouting angry I do the almost in tears angry (which is not something to be known for in the construction industry).
The list of negatives can be simply described as looking in a mirror.
It's actually to the point that the one time I blew up and lost my **** at an inspector out in the field that all three of my foreman and crews literally stopped working to look at what was going on, my superintendent hurried over(his thought was 'Uh oh, this is going to be bad') and the kicker was that the inspectors boss called my boss and actually was calling to check in ME. Basically "Is everything alright with X? Nobody has ever heard him raise his voice like that". Didn't care about me yelling at his inspector, but I guess was actually worried about me.
The truth behind it is that I'm rather emotional underneath the facade (I'm not one of those people that can scream and yell and then calm back down in 5 minutes). If I get really mad about something it burns/stews/simmers for days. I don't hold a grudge against people but I don't calm down easy. Plus I don't do shouting angry I do the almost in tears angry (which is not something to be known for in the construction industry).
The list of negatives can be simply described as looking in a mirror.
