Do you have friends like that?

It was a peaceful sleep.. like always. Every morning my eyes open when they decide to. That’s how I live for the last 10 years.

Suddenly, a phone call came and transported (more like kick) me out of the deep serene. It was a friend AAA who received a unpleasant email, which was sent to the company by an unknown sender. Even worse, the sender directed the email to all staff in the company.

I empathise with AAA and advise that the company should add some kind of spam filter. This is done by a lot of companies today, reconfirming your email one time only to get included in the friend list. It’s a clever move for it save employees time, dealing with unwanted mails and getting upset over mails, from anonymous person who could be an admirer or someone who don’t like you very much. We can’t stop but only prevent, after all today is a free world, people has the right to say what they feel like saying, or to show what they feel like showing. If one’s not sure of what I meant, read those political news and watch videos of ChuaChoyLek or EdisonChen.

That was a great advise, at least I think so, from someone who just came out of dreamland. Instead AAA just reacted, and tell me otherwise. Saying that it can not be done, it’s the whole company staff that is receiving, bla bla bla…

This makes me think.. why do I need to bother. Breaking my sleep, sucked my brain juice, thinking in the person’s shoes, came out with an ingenious idea and was told otherwise. If there was no trust for my advise, should not consult me in the first place. This is consulting or insulting?

Kanasai, now I can’t get back to sleep. Sleep is one of the most precious commodity and private space a person can ever own.

That makes me wonder why do I have friends like that? Is it a lesson need to be learnt? Is it more patience I need to cultivate? Is it the Ying & Yang theory, just something to upset your smooth journey? How can one teach when the other is not ready to learn? Why ask when not ready to listen?

Do you have friends like that? What would you have done?