She got back her old china hutch and was like nothing ever happened, but I know
that in my mind that alot had happened.Bob continued to work at that
store for about another 6 months. A couple days after Christmas and a about a
week before Bob was going to take vacation in which he would be getting married,
the company let Bob go. After nine years of working for the company he was
fired. He was fired because he was given the store to turn it around, and
although he had good months, the overall numbers were not what the company
expected. I went to work for another store in which the manager
apprecia’tes me and knows all that I can do. He allows me to do my job and to
help out the store. After about three months for working at a different store,
the store that I came from in the first place needed me back. This is the first
week that I have been back to my old store. The funny thing is that in the back
room I see a cherrywood dinette, a cherrywood server, and a cherrywood china
hutch. I checked all the numbers, and they belong to the same customer.
So after everything is said and done, the customer never kept the merchandise
that see proclaimed that Martin and I damaged. Bob no longer works for the
company. Martin works at another store. And I am back at my old store. I have
worked here for three years and seen people come and go, but nothing will affect
me as much as Bob did.
CASE ANALYSIS
Aaron , working at a rental company for two years of excellent service,
is blamed for a deed that he claims he did not do.What would have
happened if Aaron did not refuse to sign the write-up?How would the customer
feel if she knew what happened behind the scenes? If Bob did not think he
was god, would the outco’me be different?Analysis The main explanation of this
conflict would be different opinions. Bob was a man who thought everything that
he did was right. And, of course, that meant that anything that anything that
anyone else did was wrong, unless they did it Bob’s way. The problem with doing
it Bob’s way is that most of us thought his way was the wrong way. Bob was out
to show everyone that he deserved the job of market manager and the way he tried
to show it was that he was always right and he was above everyone else.
I most admit that I have faults also. Once I was suspended the first thing I
did was call up someone else to make sure they were on my side. I wanted
someone to pick a side and I wanted them to pick my side. I needed to get
assurance that what I did was right. I can also admit that when he gave me the
write-up I blew up at him, it may not necessarily be with that write-up but a
compilation of many different problems. If I have a problem with a person I
should talked to them and fix the problem before it gets worse, as it did.
I have a problem with taking criticism from others, I become a power/
domineering person under stressful situations. So when he blamed be for
breaking something I went to either denying that I did it or I blamed it on
someone else. But as for this instance even though my personality profile says
that I deny it whether I did it or not, in this instance I actually did not do
it. Bob and myself are alike in away, he does not like to have other people
tell him how he should do his job, and I do not like people to tell me how I
should do my job. In some way the reason that the whole problem occurred is
that we both have the same personality, in that he know our job, and we can
perform our job as long as people leave us alone.Creative Analysis I could say
that myself, the way I felt on the inside was like using a bow and stick to
start a fire. There were small instances that would cause the bow to move back
and forth. When Bob came to work at our store, the bow started to move. As he
would tell us how things were to be done, the bow moved quicker. But then Bob
started to give us rewards for a job well done, the person moving the bow got
tired and rested. Then Bob started to take away jobs that I did to help out c
-workers, and the man started to stir the bow some more. Then Bob did allow
Martin and myself on deliveries together, and the man starts getting into a
groove and he can actually see smoke. Then Bob accuses us of damaging the
customer’s property, all of a sudden he has red ash, he pours it on the wilt and
starts to blow. The flame does not occur at once but slowly it starts, and then
all of a sudden you have a flame and you start adding more fuel to the fire. As
my fire started to stir and as I added more fuel to the fire, I blew up and let
out all my smoke. And I found myself letting out so much smoke that other
managers of the company could see the smoke.I was a man on fire and I did
not know how to stop myself. I tried to put out the fire but the only way I
could was to give a little smoke to other people. Finally with not to much
smoke left I confronted the man who started me. I agreed that I was wrong and
that next time I will tell him when then next time that even a little smoke
starts.Com’parative Examples In America the was they run the courts are “They
are innocent until proven guilty.”. In my case it was the opposite “Guilty
until proven innocent.”. The problem was there is no innocent in Bob’s mind. He
never gave me a chance to tell my side of the story. He made a snap ruling and
judged that I was guilty. He was the judge, jury, and the executioner. I
thought in this nation were everyone is free and has choices, I guess it is not
the same when it comes to work. I can also see Bo’b in some way being a slave
owner. I was to do his work for him and he would get all the credit. Although I
worked for a wage that was substantially higher than that of a real slave, I was
treated with the same disrespect that the master was the man and I was just a
child, there to do the dirty work. I had a choice to stay or go, but once you
have bills and payments you seem like you are trapped into staying in a place
where you do not feel comfortable.
The main similarity between the two is that I did not feel I was treated
the way I thought I should have be treated. I thought that we all should be
given respect and that we all have a say in the matter. It was as if no matter
what I said, I was wrong, because he had made a decision and he was going to
keep that decision.Personal Experience In my life I have a very difficult time
saying “I’m sorry” or “I was wrong”. This has to do again with my personality
profile, usually the only time that I would have to say these sayings is when I
am in a stressful situation.. And again in stressful situations I become a
power/domineering person who will not accept blame and even elsewhere.I
recently had a fight with one of my colleagues in another class. We were
fighting on why I make fun of her and put her down. She had made a statement a
month earlier saying that I do this because I am bitter at the world. I thought
about that statement long and hard. I came to the conclusion that she was
absolutely correct, but I was not going to tell her that I was wrong. In our
argument I confessed that I was wrong and that I sorry that I did this, and it
was something I need help with. She pawned it off like it was nothing to her, I
felt that here I am opening up and she doesn’t even care. I stormed out of her
house and did not talk to her for several days. A couple days later, we
finally sat down to talk about our problems. I had told her that I hardly say I
sorry or that I was wrong, let alone both of them together. She understood what
I was saying and she explained that she already knew I was wrong, in her mind,
and that she did not need to hear it from me. The other part was the fact that
I did not take time to sit down and talk about what I was feeling at the moment
I blew up. This is the same problem in my story, I get to the point were I
think that my point is not getting through and the only way that I can deal with
the problem is to leave the situation. As they always say “If you have nothing
nice to say, don’t say anything at all.”. I am always fine with that statement
only after I have already blown up.Personal Learning In the previous case I
have learned that in situations w’here I am started to feel uncomfortable I
should talk to the person that is causing me the discomfort. I should not keep
all my frustration all bottled up or I will explode and maybe next time I will
not be lucky. Next time I might hurt someone that I care for very dearly, and
someone who had nothing to do with the situation. This case was important to
me because it gave me info’rmation about myself that I would have never known or
never thought of before I did this report. I know that if a situation arises
that I should try to remain calm and talk out my frustration to the person. I
can now hopefully be comfortable and go out in the work force and not repeat the
performance that I did earlier. Next time it might not be suspension, it might
be that I get fired. I believe that this assignment challenged me to analyze
the situation and to figure out how to avoid it the next time it arises. I hope
the next time it arises, that I remember what came out of this situation,
usually nothing but headaches.