Frustrations with the Band Aid

Crazy doesn't even begin to cover it! How often I have heard and read this phrase and just laughed at the audacity of it....until today. Today was one of the most frustrating days ever in the life of humankind. Today is the day I realized that being "nice" and "good" doesn't pay.

Oh, I know most readers would say "crime doesn't pay", but noncriminal behavior doesn't pay either. Here is the scenerio: lead person is gone and no one is willing to take up the slack, in comes me, the good old band aid! Add one gray hair. I am now doing the tasks of two when one more person must leave due to an incident. Add two gray hairs. Then, the backbiting begins as complaints are loudly voiced (okay, that was me). Add three gray hairs.

Once the issues are resolved, I learn that I am following orders and becoming frustrated while others do their own thing by not following orders and they are happy clams. Add four gray hairs and call the hair stylist!

The lesson learned today: Be good and get gray OR be bad and be happy with a full head of natural (or close to natural) hair!

To be honest: being the band aid doesn't always work when the head wound is a gusher!