*dimsumdolly* - the different morsels of the life of a foodie

Stalked

Yes, by my colleagues in China. I get the same question from them almost every day in various word permutations--"When can we get the books?", "Can you please give us an update on the schedule?", "What's the publication schedule for the books?", "Can you give this to us by so-and-so date?", "Why do you need so much time for this? Is it because you're slow? [NO!!!!]"

And so on and so forth. I'm telling you, it's getting to the point of harassment. Just get off my back already!!! Being hounded by these people is just f**king annoying. Like how many times do I have to repeat myself to get understood??? Bombarding me with emails that basically border on the same premise does not serve to make me work any faster. In fact, it's just counter-productive 'cos it only annoys me and makes me hate my work even more and it could result in lower productive. They can't seem to get it into their skulls that certain things just require a certain amount of time to get done. Then they complain about quality. Like look, if you want quality, you gotta give people time. That's the reason why even though many books in China (from the local publishing houses there of course) can be published really quickly, many of them are of really low quality.

But obviously these people don't see it that way. I really hate the way the mainland Chinese work. They give you short notice when it comes to everything, and then expect you to perform magic to get it done for them in that short span of time.

Anyway, I guess I should just learn to block them out and remind myself of the bigger picture. This is not all that defines me. This is not all there is to my life. Even if I get fired because of these annoying mainland Chinese, big deal. There's always something out there for me to do. Heck, I'd be some data entry clerk or even toilet cleaner if I have to!!!