18 August 2010

Little imperfections to perfection?

Wish I could open up my heart to show you how frustrated & upset I am now. Words may not describe it well. You can only feel it burning inside you with no clue on what else you could do to trigger some improvement on such never ending nonsense. Tell me if you can accept this kind of nonsense happening around you from time to time.

This is a girl with 3 years of working experience in Australia for relevant field whom already joined me for 8 months with full training by ME, MYSELF & I.

A smart girl with potential to grow some more with a pretty face? You got to be kidding me! Most people claimed beauty & brain usually don't exist altogether in a girl's system. And who doesn't want to hire a person with beauty & a brain these days? Being her mentor for so many months, I must say I can never be more glad to get someone like her who is willing to work for months under so many one leg kicking accounts. She can really work and is a fast learner. Most importantly, I can see there's hidden potential inside awaiting for chances to grow.

However,

here comes the exciting part...

every time she passes you a document, there will always be spelling errors, spacing issues & problems with consistency even after you asked her twice if she has done a thorough copy check. This never ending process happens at least twice a day.

Things which you have alerted NOT once but 2-3 times will not land on your table unless you keep reminding & pestering like an old lady. Tasks given in written format will be forgotten without reminders. 1 simple map or invite card revision will take 3-6 rounds of changes and sometimes dragged on for 2 days before you can send it out to client.

Sometimes the brain is fully functioning but sometimes the brain is like lack of oxygen for 3 seconds and suddenly everything is like shit! You can rely but not rely on her at times like this. Confrontation & direct comments didn't help. Bambuing also didn't help either. Patience and tolerance quota was also drained up. And still it happened over and over again. How else can you deal with it if it landed on you?

It drives me mad when unnecessary mistakes happen. It drives me even more mad when these little imperfections have to come from someone like her! Why does little imperfections to perfection always have to happen at the same time? Are they siblings? ...