Why do most people behave the way they drive?
If you don’t understand exactly what I’m getting at, think about this. When was the last time you saw a clearly visible transit authority police officer on the road? Ok. Focusing on the cop, how long did it take for people to obey the speed limit and drive a little more civilized. If you think time, it takes about half a minute before you reach the cop, if you think distance, 100-150 yds seems about right.
Once people see that patrol officer, they slam the breaks, buckle their seatbelts, remember to use their turn signals and probably hide a beer or doobie from sight.
Now think how long it takes for the same people that just behaved correctly to go back to their douche bag ways? Twenty seconds? A hundred yards? The exact figure doesn’t matter. What does matter however, is that most people do actually revert to being roadholes. The same applies to behavior.
Take your average person in a relationship and if they’re kind of lax, they chat with twenty hoes, promise some prodigious tea bagging and then sit straight once their lovey dovey strolls in. The same also goes for people who work in your company.
Don’t believe me? Then observe closely how people behave at a certain moment in time and then when evaluations are due in two weeks, you’ll see the changes. Three weeks before an evaluation and people are rude, bark commands, don’t bother with hellos and good mornings and don’t even think about please and then voilá… two weeks loom ahead and suddenly everyone is part of a team, everyone loves each other and everyone wants to go to each other’s birthday party because we’re such a close knit team…
Then two weeks after the evaluation pass. What do you think happens then?
Vrrmmm vrrmmm vrooooooooooooooommmmmmmmm SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE…….
Sometimes I just wish we sucked a bit less obviously.
Cheers
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