Fortitude
While I was waiting for the bus today at my place of employment one of the folks who works with me approached the stop too. While I am technically her boss in terms of the relationship that our mutual institution applies to us, I am generally uncomfortable with such designations as I find them old-fashioned and rather counterproductive to the goals and purpose of the work we are doing. I truly believe in shared governance, you see, and while I have a role of leadership in said organization, I prefer to allow input and feedback from those who work in that organization and who do the work that takes place there. Yes, of course, I have to make managerial decisions, but I feel that the people who do the work should share in the governance of the place. She and I talked about her French class. She commented that she found French a very difficult language to speak, and noted that was probably why the French drank so much coffee. We both laughed at that. T...