I am - sadly - not very cheerful at work at the moment. I told the man I am working with today, that it is like being pounded with squash balls and as fast as you hit them back, the more keep coming at you. However, even though I am not cheerful, people do like working for me. And remember me. Someone I worked with about six years ago emailed me today to tell me that his boss was leaving, and would I consider applying for her job, as he would like to work with me again. Which was quite cheering.
I am loving all of these stories of group dynamics. And the detention avoiding techniques. He'll go far, BTM.
Herbs, I am also working (at a distance) with someone who has no clarity. So I write down what he says, word for word, then ping him an email, saying "these are the actions we agreed on the phone." It is absolutely the only way to deal with people like that - I found he was saying, "I said, green, red, blue." and would then tell me an hour later that he had said yellow, brown, pink and I had got it wrong. It adds to the (already too heavy) workload, but the bugger can't back track on it, or say he didn't say it.
Going to bed now. Am going to do the 0800 teleconference from home, in my Mickey Mouse Primarni pyjamas. 