How to deal with two-faced person
Well, what will you do with them, especially they are your siblings at the same times? I'd pay back their trick since I can't ignore.
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Dealing with a person is an art. Dealing with a two-faced person is just another form of dealing with a person.
Of course, it depends on the person whom we encounter. The term “two-faced” is usually used on those who are not very nice. However, there are cases when nice people were misunderstood and were labeled so because they agree with everyone’s ideas, no matter how conflict those ideas are. Thus, there is no one specific way to deal with a two-faced person. Yup, it does depend on the person whom we are dealing with.
And I guess it also depends on the type of person we are, too. Are we an aggressive person? Are we wicked, or are we nice? Are we the type who would apply the same formula to everything in life? Are we willing to put our feet into other people’s shoes and sympathize with their thinking?
Oh well, there are too many variables. Dealing with life is like solving a set of simultaneous equations. If we are lucky enough, we may be able to balance the number of unknowns and the number of the equations respectively. Otherwise, we just have to make some assumptions.
Am I making it more complicated that it should be? I know; that’s my weakness as well. I tend to analyze everything and end up digging deeper into the nothingness.
I’m off-track again! I’m blaming it on the meeting this morning. My mind was occupied with the proposal that I’ve been working on, and I got impatient while listening to the report. I probably got a bit too picky with the staffs.
Anyway, after the meeting, I got back to the office and asked an assistant to answer all the calls. Well, she did, but I still heard the phone ringing. I finally decided to take off. Now, I’m sitting in a coffee shop in town, typing away those nonsense stuffs – not work-related.
Ah, back to the two-faced thingy. I don’t usually do much about it, especially at work. I’ve read a book from Donald Trump who prefers the method of “an eye for an eye,” which is not a bad idea. Sometimes, it’s logical to pay back, but I prefer a subtle and straight forward way, unless the consequence is too severe which requires a different type of action. I usually kindly let the two-faced people know that I’m aware of their doing, and offer to help them straight things out. I understand they didn’t really mean to do that on purpose. It seems to work fine and dandy. It doesn’t usually happen again from the same person, at least to my awareness.
Oh, speaking of two-faced, I wonder if y’all know this proverb, “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me?” It means that we should learn from our mistakes and not let people repeatedly take advantage of us. With that being said, I would add one more sentence to the proverb: “Fool me thrice, I deserve it.”
Isn’t that something?
Last edited by Bear Lac Loi; Jan 8, 2009 at 08:13 PM.
I would die bye reading all your words. BTW I can't say straight through he is my cousin
Last edited by thuyquai; Jan 7, 2009 at 10:09 PM.
Hmm, I'm sort of confused at what you meant, but anyway, if he were my cousin, I would tell him, "Hey buddy, don't you take advantage of me again, and for what you did, you owe me a coffee."Originally Posted by thuyquai
Thanks4all (Sep 11, 2011)
awesome !Hmm, I'm sort of confused at what you meant, but anyway, if he were my cousin, I would tell him, "Hey buddy, don't you take advantage of me again, and for what you did, you owe me a coffee."
, cứ mỗi lần hắn take take advantage, lại bảo, coffee nhé??? :p. ha ha. ít ra cũng kiếm lại được chút gì:p
Just kidding!
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