In an earlier post, I mentioned my father and his Jekyll and Hyde mentality.
At home, he's fairly nice--most of the time.
At work, he's a tyrant, who makes all his employees miserable.
He doesn't try to hide this. In fact, he often tells stories about what a jerk he is to the people that work for him. It's as if he's describing a totally different person. I've ever heard him use the phrase--
"Can you believe I said that?"
As if what comes out of his mouth is completely out of his control.
Yet when I asked him if he thinks he's a nice person, the response was--
"Of course, I'm nice."
When I mentioned that his employees probably don't think so, he said--
"Well, that doesn't count."
My father believes that who you are at work has no bearing on who you are as a person.
So basically, he's of the opinion that eight or more hours a day, you're just invisible with no impact or influence on anyone.
"Dad, you realize that's both a huge cop-out and insane, right?"
My father feels that in his line of work, the only way to get productivity out of your employees is to be mean.
"You can't be less mean, have a little less productivity, and happy employees?"
"Nope."
"I doubt that. You're not a drill sergeant."
"That depends on who you ask."
So what do you all think?
Can you be a part-time saint?
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