The Shun - A Brand New Post
I dislike, and disapprove of, most efforts made by people, to draw attention to themselves or garner sympathy. Like the basic tenet of writing, taught as early as elementary school: we must learn to show . . . don't tell. When you tell, you're communicating without imagery. You're providing information, without evidence. Mere telling is a skeleton of meaningful communication. More often than not, its major outcome is to draw attention to the teller. I'm a really good story-teller! (When they're not).* So, I'm about to share something that sounds an awful lot like feeling sorry for myself. It will be hard not to portray myself as a victim here. But isn't that all just another way to motivate people not to come forward when then they have experienced, or observed something unethical or criminal in the workplace? Isn't it always more prudent to just let things roll off our backs and move on? When I first began posting about my experience with the Ande