Message #67189

[spitfire78]

My boss and I have a running joke between us that if we were nasty, unhelpful, and unproductive, we wouldn't be nearly as stressed because no one would give us work to do and they would all leave us alone.  We have people here who are like that, and believe me their workload is very light!

Seriously, though, it does seem as though the people who are always helpful and cheerful and try to go the extra mile to assist are the ones who are constantly hounded and beaten up.  "No good deed goes unpunished" is a motto I constantly quote (although I never remember it in time!).  

As Gee says, though, I cannot change my personality.  So, even though I have been put through trial after trial (as recently as last week, in fact) by going that extra step and trying to be helpful and expedite the work as much as possible, I couldn't possibly stop doing it.  It is in my nature to try to accommodate as much as possible and try to ease the load of others.  I realized that a long time ago.  The satisfaction I receive from a job well done more than outweighs the occasional grief.