Story-time

November 20, 2007 at 7:16 pm (custodial, gym floor, leader, leadership, maintenance, society, story, strip, stripped, stripping, wax)

so there once was this maintenance/custodial staff that stripped and waxed a gym floor.  the head custodian was in charge of the project.  about 20 minutes into this grueling ordeal, one of the maintenance guys pretty much took over.  he started making decisions and telling people what to do.  sometime toward the end of the project the maintenance director showed up.  within 10 minutes he had taken control and started giving orders. wasn’t that a lovely story?  the moral of the story is……….. isn’t it funny how society works?  if someone’s not handling the job correctly (or as good as you think they should), a new leader just emerges.  the troupes gather around him and march on.  it’s really hard to work under someone who doesn’t have a plan of attack.  your leader should be thinking at least two steps ahead of the rest of the group.  if not, someone will come along who will.  p.s……………….. i am sore all over from stripping that floor!!!!!! 

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