D02 - Never good enough or appreciated

25/7/2008 (Fri) - I'm sure many of you such have come across such situation where you have done so much of something to make that person happy. Not only trying to make that person happy, sometimes you may even try your very best to please someone but it was never good enough or appreciated, am I right? Tell me if I'm wrong...

It's not that we are expecting something in return after helping someone but at least a THANK YOU or YOUR HELP IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. Instead of hearing words that are ear-pleasing, sometimes we tend to get criticism after the help has been offered or done. Such as, "I'm very upset with you, you don't show any initiative in whatever you do!"

One of the reason is because the fax copies that I received were not clear enough for that person. However, when I went through the fax copies before I handed over, I dont find any problem or difficulty in reading although they were not clear enough. However, the clarity on the fax copies were not as bad as described by the person I handed over to but somehow thrown into the dustbin.

Another reason is when I have done something as per requested by that person, I feedback that I received was why didn't I ask in detailed instead of passing to him the fax copies and expecting him to read everything on the fax copies which is only 4 pages long.

How would you feel if the things you have done were never good enough or appreciated? I believe some of you will think that all the effort that you have put in were wasted, right? If the person that complains so much again requested a favour from you, would you help? Think twice first before helping would be my next step...