Thursday, April 29, 2010

Communication

Well today was definitely a lesson in communication. At work the office was full of chaos because people who needed to be in the know were not informed. We looked very unorganized to our customers because we were. A little prayer "God help me do my best today" came in handy.

I communicated to my dad that my car was leaking water consistently even when it is not running. He gave me a van to use until they could look at it. He discovered the water pump had gone bad. That was a relief that it wasn't something bigger. He gave me transportation which was a gift. I have no driving options when my car goes down.

Later in the day, since I had a reliable vehicle, I went to IRS to try and get things figured out with them. My prayer there was simply, Thank you God for hooking me up with the best customer service rep. Talk about good communication, I had the sweetest customer service rep. She went over all the documentation I had from the IRS explaining what they did and what I needed to do to correct it. Wow, that was easy. I learned something valuable. If you work with them they will work with you. They want their records to be correct. I was so dreading it. I think I put them on a pedestal and thought they may hurt me. They don't bite. The only requirement to work at IRS is to fill out an application. They are not God. Ok, that tradition relaxed me.

While I was at IRS I had to turn my phone off and I forgot to turn it back on. The shop tried to locate me to make deliveries Wednesday night. Thank goodness I contacted them when I realized what time it was. Boy did they have a lot of delivery's for me. I had to drive to Kennesaw and Mableton. I was to deliver dies at 3 places and pick up dies at two places. When I got to both pick up places no one there new which dies I was suppose to get. My guy just said you are picking up. I learned next time to ask, what am I picking up and who do I see. When I called our guy back he did not have answers to these questions so we wandered around plants trying to guess what I was suppose to do.

Communication was definitely my lesson for today. Part of the day it went great, part of it was off the mark. At least I was able to realize this and instead of getting mad at the incompetent people I was dealing with I just tried to communicate clearer so they understood what I needed. People are not mind readers. If I don't communicate what I need they can't give it to me. This does not mean I expect everyone to give me what I want but at least I communicated to them and did not expect them to read my mind.

What a good day. I got to practice my spiritual tools a lot today. I am so grateful to have them in my life today. GO GOD....

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