Thursday, November 27, 2014

Giving Thanks

Happy thanksgiving to all
 That is thanking the Almighty who has given us everything but it reminds us of giving thanks at human levels also. I was reminded of it recently reading an article --The Most UnderUtilized Tool in Making People Happier at Work-- by Chester Elton (and also I discovered he has written books on the subject of how to improve the functioning of your company/employees.)
 That brought back to my mind, an experience  I had during my last days of working as a physician in the VA hospital. Before that let me tell you I support what Mr. Elton has written and actually practiced in my whole life. I always treated my juniors, employees with respect and kindness which won me at one time "The best Employee of the Year" award also.That was when I was my own boss and employed others in my office. This is Urdu for a probable hadeeth I am not sure
اگر کسی کے احسان کا بدلہ اتارنے کی طاقت نہ ہو تو زبان سے اس کا شکریہ ضرور ادا کرو
 A hospital is primarily for the patients who are the reason for all employees of the hospital to be there and I mean all including the sweepers and cleaners as they all contribute to the welfare of the Patients. Physicians are of course also important but that is number two and then Nurses and then may be the administrators.
 there was a need for a short meeting of some of us (physicians) with the administrator  who asked us to discuss the matter at a certain time during the working hours. Of course it is his prerogative to do so but the time taken away from the care of the patients is taxing for the physicians which only physicians can realize. Anyway so we all are sitting and waiting for the administrator at the appointed time but he is not there on time He was five or six minutes late(which is not much but for physicians it is important) and as soon as he sits down he starts blasting us off for what we had not accomplished (not because of our fault) and no excuse, no sorry for being late, no thank you for coming to the meeting, no nothing. (I will say nothing about 'race')
 I was furious in my heart I tell you and I am glad I did not have to answer the uncalled for accusations because if it had been for me to answer I would have definitely blasted him off more than he did.
 Not surprised that he was eventually excused from his job soon afterward because of several other reasons. He did not deserve to be in that position at all. He was only stating his "authority" to us all that "I can do this also, who are you". This is the worst of experiences I have had from "administrators" during my workdays and sure I was glad to retire from the job soon afterwards.


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