Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-35301431-20141201072351/@comment-32500188-20150112005443

(*Works together in a group setting, everyone puts out their best and things go very well.*)


 * Person in charge: "You all are doing a great job, 'so-and-so', 'what's-your-face', and 'insert name here'. Things wouldn't go smoothly without you."


 * Audience and other group members: (*begins to stare in my general direction*)


 * Me: "..." (*internally f-bombing about predicament*)


 * Person in charge: (*caries on without ever batting an eye or acknowleding my existence...*)

Seriously, though... it sounds kind of childish that I'd be upset with such a thing as not being acknowledged publicly for something (even though I could care less if my name is called), but there is no "I" in "TEAM", and if there was any indication that this person actually cared about group efforts, they would have noted that EVERYONE equally had a hand in the sucessful outcome, not just those folks, not just me, not just anyone else. EVERYONE. Instead, because people in the group know I do something that no one else can do, I'm left feeling like whatever me and everyone else not acknowledged did to contribute is nothing but mud to this person, and the fact that it left me more embarrassed that I had to confront the people that were more than likely going to ask if I was okay in the end really rubbed me the wrong way.

I already don't like this person for coming off as an arrogant jerk towards certain people I respect in both the present and the past (family included), and constantly doing things that are so devisive and ego-stroking... either that, or destroying what was already in place before, and bringing it back as something "new", as if they had a hand in creating something we've never seen before. But I sure as heck refuse to let this continue to get under my skin from someone that I refuse to acknowledge as a good leader because of said actions and attitude. As long as there are folks who know I do it because I love it and continue to appreciate working with me as I do with them, then I'm fine... because I surely don't need the approval of someone who cherry-picks and chooses who he thinks makes "the best" of something.

Bleh... I hate feeling this way. But there's a right way of doing things without putting folks on the spot by raising up some and knocking down others. We all worked hard with this thing together... it's all or nothin'. (ಠ‸ಠ)-@