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Friday, December 09, 2005

hypocrite

because there are many times when i can, rightly, be accused of being a hypocrite so i guess i know one when i see one.
today at work not only did i get to see the avarice and greed of people (we were having a sale of some of the goodies we sell that are no longer available) and rather than get the things that they wanted for themselves it was pile it high and wonder who you could give it to for christmas presents. i should be used to it by now. perhaps the fact i can wait for the others to finish and then see what is left is a a sign of me growing up. (bout time as well.....)

we also have a tradition of people who are celebrating their birthdays bringing in cakes for everyone to partake.
generally i don't have any of the cake on offer for two simple reasons 1] i never bring cakes on my birthday (which fortunately seems to pass by everyone) and 2] most of the people in the office i don't really speak to that much (over and above the usual office talk) so if i am not their pal i am not eating their cake. i think both are fair reasons.
well today it was staff member a birthday, cakes were brought in, emails sent out. staff member b had often said in the past that staff member a was not a nice person, in fact a very unlikeable person. still staff member b decided to have two lots of cake.
yet staff member b will pontificate on the rights and wrongs of the world at the drop of a hat.
as the good book (no not jamie's school dinners) says mote in your own eye.

i am as guilty, but at least i can confess to it.

2 comments:

The Haiku Master said...

On a related note, Haiku International's Minister of Information works at an office during the day, and there they take up collections to buy cake & presents for people when they are having kids or getting married. Yet H.I.'s MoF, who has no wife nor kids nor immediate plans to have either, never contributes money, always signs the inevitable card and helps himself to whatever cake is bought. I'm not sure that makes him a hypocrite so much as a jerk, but he does nice work for H.I. so what do I care?

Best,

The Haiku Master

pat said...

he does indeed do good work for not only the HM but also in his day job.......

to me you only become a hypocrite about it when you have spent a lot of time dissing people and then taking their grub.
or when you complain about others being greedy as you go up for your 2nd or 3rd helping......