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I don't know the term so I will do my best to describe them and give examples.
I'm talking about someone that makes the worst assumption about you based on what they observed one time from a distance.
An example is this. When I was a young engineer, my company was hired to rebuild the north side of a zoo. One morning, my crew and I were out there. I spent some time telling the surveyors what I wanted them to layout. Then I walked around with the foreman as I told him what I wanted his guys to do for the day. Basically, form up for a new wall there.
Then I got a call from my boss. My boss half laughingly told me the zoo director, aka client, just called him and told him he drove by the site and saw me talking instead of working. Huh? I was the project engineer. Was he expecting to see me shovel dirt around?
My husband is a PR and marketing pro for a home construction company. He just called me and told me what happened earlier today. Before a meeting today, he was responding to a client over email. A superintendent walked by his office and saw him "playing" on his computer. A little later, he overheard the superintendent remarking to someone else that my husband was playing on his computer instead of working.
I've been working in the corporate world for years in several different companies. I've run into this kind of people many times. They see you do something and assume you're playing games even though it is work related. Another example is in my previous engineering firm the main mean of communication was texting. One time I was texting my guys out in the field something I wanted done. My boss at the time saw me on my phone and later commented that I was texting instead of working. I lost my temper and showed him my phone the series of texts between me and the guys in the field.
Is there a term to describe this type of people in the work place?
An assumer?, with emphasis on the first three letters?
Sounds like someone who assumes or jumps to conclusions without getting the facts straight first. That's the worst kind of person; reacting first before thinking (or not thinking at all). And if that isn't bad enough, just leaving things as-is without correcting or apologizing. Two wrongs don't make a right.
^^^ While you guys are correct, there has to be a specific term that describes this type of people. I can't be the only one who have observed their existence. You can exercise for 4 hours. But the moment you take a 5 minutes rest, they see you and assume you sit on your lazy butt all day long.
There is a legendary story of Henry Ford, a man who understood that efficiency is important AND so are ideas and innovation.
As the story goes, an efficiency expert complained about a man sitting in his office with his feet up on his desk.
Ford’s response was, “That man once had an idea that saved me a million dollars.
When he got it, his feet were right where they are now.”
There is a legendary story of Henry Ford, a man who understood that efficiency is important AND so are ideas and innovation.
As the story goes, an efficiency expert complained about a man sitting in his office with his feet up on his desk.
Ford’s response was, “That man once had an idea that saved me a million dollars.
When he got it, his feet were right where they are now.”
This story reminds me of the comic book "Gaston Lagaffe" from the 1960s. This person was a lazy writer for a magazine in France. He would often fall asleep at his desk, angering his manager. After being berated by the manager, Gaston told him that he would get his best ideas when sleeping. His manager stalked off saying that Gaston was an idiot.
Gaston then put his head back on his desk and fell asleep. But soon one of his best ideas that he ever had hit him like a lightning bolt! He sprang up, ready to implement his new idea. He went over to his closet, opened the door and took out a pillow. He placed the pillow on his desk, sat down and put his head onto the soft pillow and went back to sleep. He definitely had a great idea. So let the experts sleep and get their great ideas!
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