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Topic: An Orange-Handled Moment: be doing all these fantastically "womanly" things (blechhh!). I decided for Christmas that year I would make everyone's presents. I was a proficient seamstress and I loved the whole creative process, picking out fabric, designing, and producing what I considered a piece of usable or wearable art. I had a little sister that was four years old at the time and I decided to make her some homemade stuffed animals. Actually, they were to be The Three Bears: Pappa, Momma, and Baby Bear that nestled together in their own little bed, which I also made. I just knew she would love it. I specifically selected the fabrics for her and had everything I needed in order to complete the job. One night, the family was gathered together and I was sewing two button eyes and a button nose on one of the bears before I stuffed it. My little sister sat next to me trying to see what I was doing, but I very carefully kept it hidden from her view. At some point and for some reason, she grabbed a very expensive and precise pair of fabric Fiskar scissors, we always called them the "orange-handled scissors," perhaps you have seen a pair. She proceeded to open and close them very quickly and I immediately recognized how dangerous it was for her to have them. I told her "No, give them to me..." but she continued to play with them. She stopped with them open and I reached to grab them but as my fingers closed around one of the blades, she closed the scissors - tightly. At first, I think the air was sucked clean out of me. I looked down and saw the end of my right middle finger dangling off just below my fingernail, right at the knuckle. These scissors were so sharp that a four-year old girl was able to practically cut my finger off. Interestingly enough, my first thought was, "I guess I won't be playing water polo this week." And then the shock set in, and subsequently, I started screaming as my father held it under the water, what was he thinking? He had to slap me to get me to quit screaming... The emergency doctor was able to sew it back on but complications and a surgery ensued a month or so later; the main point is that my finger was saved and it works. It's not at all nice to look at but it is there. I had not shown the best judgment by leaving something so dangerous lying around that a small child could get a hold of it and cause injury or damage; possibly even to her own self. We are given moments of clarity in our lives. This was one for me, though I could have turned it around and blamed my sister, I never did. Oh, I have lovingly teased her over the years, but I knew right away who was the responsible party, who held the blame if any were to be placed. I also recognized the second chance I had been given and that I needed to be more cautious and accountable. Opportunities to grow, to accept liability, and then make changes abound. It just takes recognizing them and, then, doing that oh so difficult part: implementing change. by rayannethorn…; Added by Rayanne at 1:59am on October 25, 2010

Comment on: Topic 'STICKY STUFF -"I am not a bully".': a fit because people react to your lack of judgement. @Bill, It's always nice to be able to look at something through the other person's eyes but it's very difficult to see out when the only direction they can look is inward. @Emily The problem with being able to look at this situation at this stage of the game from WW's position is that the damage has already been done. It has been my experience that even close knit groups in companies are quick to welcome a new person if that person comes in, introduces themselves and as John says, asks questions, tells her coworkers a little about herself and has enough sense to ask some of them to show her the ropes. Most sane people will always be willing to help a newbie. No group reacts well to a posturing, know it all. The problem here is that her behavior caused the sarcasm, eye rolling and a psychological diagnosis that may or may not be totally on target. But based on her very childlike reaction of running to the boss to tattle after she started the chain reaction i think the NPD call is pretty on target. So the immaturity here appears to me to be on the part of Wonder Woman. What did she think the reaction would be when she went whining to the boss playing the "bully card". Did she really think that mommy was going to come in and make everybody like her. What if she had gone to one of her team mates and said, "Wow, i don't seem to have made a very good impression, what do i do?". I would suggest that would have gone a long way toward easing the situation. But she didn't which is indicative of a very entitled child like personality who demands to be accepted cause she's wonderful or else. i have seen a lot of very talented people fail miserably because they were either young and dumb or just simply too impressed with themselves to take note of the people around them (do you like that better than calling them out as an NPD) ? Part of the problem i see here rests with the boss in my opinon. If one of my people came to me whining about being bullied my first question would be to them about their behavior that caused it. How did they act when they went in, what did they expect would happen based on how they acted and what did she want me to do? I would then do some fact finding with the rest of the group to see if i had a problem child or if the group was being resistant to a new person. Based on the fact that "I am not a bully" indicates that the group has gotten along fine until WW exploded on the scene i would assume that the whole department was not hired at the same time. They have had new people join in the past and there has not been a problem before so it doesn't look to me like everybody is out of step but WW. Were i in the position of the boss i would not have given the team a lecture until i had the full picture. That would have been the time to coach WW not accuse the whole group of being bullies because they reacted to her immature, narcissistic behavior. Now that WW has played the "bully card", the team has backed away from her like poison, what kind of coaching would you give her at this point to try and repair the damage? What say you? …; Added by Sandra McCartt at 1:45pm on October 11, 2011

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