“Severus, please fetch me the strongest truth potion you posess, then go down to the kitchen and bring up the house elf called Winky. Minerva, kindly go down to Hagrids house where you will find a large black dog sitting in the pumpkin patch. Take the dog up to my office, tell him I will be with him shortly, then come back here.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
I'm a stickler for instructions and rules. I believe that rules are there for a reason and are meant to be followed. (Of course, I do not follow it blindly but I ensure I understand the spirit behind it before implementing a rule). It irks me no end if I encounter people who are "pasaway". I have a number of them at work and at school.
My most important rule for my department is that everyone should come on time. I cannot tolerate late-comers. Though they tell me that they render overtime if they are late, it defeats the purpose as we end up paying them more for their tardiness. I have 2-3 people in my list who are perennially late and I am fast running out of patience. I have given them so many chances to make it right and they still persist on being tardy. I have talked to them till I was blue in the face but I have yet to see permanent results. If our HR is as efficient as my previous employer then I would not be having this problem in the first place. If they cannot follow just one simple instruction then how can I trust them with bigger things? Not only is cost involved but it's unfair for their team mates who come in earlier or even on time. One of these days, I will bring down the sanctions indicated on our code of ethics on their heads without prior notice (actually, I have warned them already several times. They don't deserve another warning).
As for my class in school, I encountered also students who cannot follow simple instructions. For example, one of them did not even write their name on their midterm exam when I even reminded them numerous times to do so! I wrote a big question mark on her paper and was even tempted to not give her a grade. In the recent quiz, a couple of them also did not follow instructions. I did not even think twice in not giving them the full grade. I specifically wrote down the instructions AND even verbally repeated it but they still did not follow. I dread how they will turn out when they join the working class. They have to understand that not following directions can cost them a job.
Oh well, I just can't have it all.
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