Comments on: Dealing With Office Losers, Suckups and Flakes Can Be A B*tch.

By: Stoney deGeyter

Stoney deGeyter — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:33:16 +0000

Hi Jo, your red pen is always welcome here! I’ll be the fist to admit that I’m not an English major and don’t follow many of the rules of grammar. My bad. But then, I think that’s the nature of blogs. They are a bit more forgiving! glad you enjoyed it and hope that the lack of proper grammar doesn’t annoy too much!

By: Jo Angela Maniaci, CMP

Jo Angela Maniaci, CMP — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:13:07 +0000

While I loved the content of the article, I was most annoyed by the lack of proper punctuation, misspellings and, in one instance, poor grammar. Commas were sorely missing. And, when we refer to PEOPLE, we should use “who,” not “that,” as exemplified in the following sentence:

“I’m not a negative person per se but I am one that likes things to go my way (read: control freak).”

This sentence also indicates where a comma or two or three would have been very helpful.

The message is great. But, since I read this on line, I could not get my red editing pencil and mark up the page in an effort to relieve my frustration.

By: Stoney deGeyter

Stoney deGeyter — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:02:10 +0000

I think one of the worst things is that those who are are positive are seen a suck-ups and brown-nosers by those with negativity. As if someone isn’t allowed to love their job and look after the company that employs them. Fortunately (at least in my experience), this seems to be the trend with less skilled and lower wage employees than with those at the higher end. But then maybe I’m wrong about that.

By: Bill Hilton

Bill Hilton — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:34:22 +0000

This is just so true.

Problem is that many people, especially in business, think that being positive, decent, polite and friendly is a sign of weakness and a signal to the world that you’re there to be taken advantage of. Many people affect a “positive attitude” without really feeling positive and friendly towards their fellow human beings.

There’s a famous sales expert in the UK called Richard Denny. In his book, Selling to Win, he talks about the importance of positivity and decency in business. Denny gives the example of one of his suppliers, a printer, who isn’t the cheapest around and not even necessarily the best – but he’s a really pleasant guy, so he gets the business.

So positivity is good for business, good for civilized society and – I think – good for your blood pressure, too.

By: Matt McGee

Matt McGee — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:45:42 +0000

Very well said, my friend….