Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Too Judgemental
I definitely don't want to use the term "discrimination" because I've felt it before in my work place. I would never ever wish for anybody to experience or feel it. Unfortunately, some people are too ignorant to realize that God created us all equal. In spite of it all, I don't know if it's just me but I felt I was being ostracized in the new club I joined in our community.
It all started with a roster that had the meeting schedule and venue of the toddler playgroup for this calendar year. I had spoken to the playgroup leader last week and mentioned that I won't be in town for 3 months starting December. When I looked at the roster, my name wasn't there and she put a note on her email saying she didn't include me due to my extensive travels. So I was surprised that she didn't schedule me for the earlier months (Sept-Nov) since I'll still be in town.
Then this morning, we were scheduled to have another playgroup meeting but I didn't get any confirmation emails or phone number of the contact person for the venue. So I tried calling the playgroup leader to verify the meeting but she had left her house already. A minute later, I got a call from her giving me directions as to where the meeting was. I felt like I had to go to straighten things out. I'm sure I'm just being emotional and sensitive and I wanted to prove I'm wrong.
I arrived an hour late to the meeting. I talked to the playgroup leader and told her that I'll still be in town until end of November so I can still host a meeting. It turned out to be a terrible miscommunication after all. She thought I was going to be gone for 3 months up until December. Duh!
I really felt bad and stupid after our conversation. I should have called her sooner to clarify things.
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It all started with a roster that had the meeting schedule and venue of the toddler playgroup for this calendar year. I had spoken to the playgroup leader last week and mentioned that I won't be in town for 3 months starting December. When I looked at the roster, my name wasn't there and she put a note on her email saying she didn't include me due to my extensive travels. So I was surprised that she didn't schedule me for the earlier months (Sept-Nov) since I'll still be in town.
Then this morning, we were scheduled to have another playgroup meeting but I didn't get any confirmation emails or phone number of the contact person for the venue. So I tried calling the playgroup leader to verify the meeting but she had left her house already. A minute later, I got a call from her giving me directions as to where the meeting was. I felt like I had to go to straighten things out. I'm sure I'm just being emotional and sensitive and I wanted to prove I'm wrong.
I arrived an hour late to the meeting. I talked to the playgroup leader and told her that I'll still be in town until end of November so I can still host a meeting. It turned out to be a terrible miscommunication after all. She thought I was going to be gone for 3 months up until December. Duh!
I really felt bad and stupid after our conversation. I should have called her sooner to clarify things.
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