Saturday 19 January 2008

True Colours* - Cyndi Lauper

You can really see a person for who they are when they are under pressure. For some, they are like coal - under immense pressure, they become diamonds. For others, they just fall apart - or at the very least, their facade breaks - and you get to see them for who they really are.

It was no surprise to me that some people started to behave unbecomingly. They become rude, dismissive and boorish. You try to overlook it. They are after all, under pressure.

But after the event, when one hopes that they would have cooled down and become more sensible, an e-mail is sent out - it was sarcastic and it took cheap shots.

One can understand if someone, in the heat of the moment shoots off his mouth and say things which he might regret later. But if that person is sitting in his office, drafted out an e-mail and then clicked on the send button, surely it can only be interpreted as premeditated. The person had decided to and indeed did take a cheap shot at someone else - and sent the same e-mail to others to read.

Whatever respect i have had for that person is diminishing fast...

*The first single of her second album of the same name, it went on to become one of her big hits!

2 comments:

photostat said...

Uhh...a bit pedantic, but the artiste's name is spelt Cyndi Lauper.

imissw said...

amended.