Would You Be Insulted ?

@SIMPLYD (90722)
Philippines
December 21, 2015 10:15pm CST
During our Christmas party , there were awards like Ms. & Mr . the name of our company amongst some more . One of those awards was given to me . Stress Drilon award , much to my surprise . So I asked what was that all about when I was already receiving it laughingly . And they said that I was the one voted to be the most stressed at the office , yet still looks pretty . Ha ? Are you insulting me ? That’s what I told them laughingly . Actually , I feel insulted , because i take it as the one who is always angry because of stress in work , yet I am seldom that . Others are much more always like that . But anyway , I am so happy to receive a gift for that - a cute and colorful journal and ballpen as you can see in the picture . As to the certificate , I tore them to pieces .
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39 responses
wiLLmaH
@wiLLmaH (8802)
• Singapore, Singapore
22 Dec 15
Maybe "stress" means to them is you have a huge workload. Not that you are "always angry".
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
22 Dec 15
I like to believe that , but it seems its because when i have lots of documents and they keep piling up documents for auditing , i ignore them just putting it in my tray and give them mataray look .
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
22 Dec 15
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wiLLmaH
@wiLLmaH (8802)
• Singapore, Singapore
22 Dec 15
@SIMPLYD Oh! Haha! Your killer look. Haha!
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
22 Dec 15
lol I think you need to just accept the gifts and forget why you got them. Merry Christmas.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
22 Dec 15
Actually that's what i did . I could have get back to HRD about it , but anyway , it's Christmas . So i just let it go .
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Morning Girl
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
22 Dec 15
lol! I could picture the fun in your party. But being selected the most stressed person in the company means you are working really hard but on the other hand they are putting so much responsibilities on your shoulder but your hard work made you carry through.
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Morning Girl
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
22 Dec 15
@SIMPLYD Do you? Well it is natural tendency. I myself will be matarary when so stressed.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
22 Dec 15
@salonga It's a good thing you are like me too when i get stressed . Naghanap ng kadamay .
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
22 Dec 15
Yes i believe it's like that . Though , they may be insulting me that when i get stressed i get mataray .
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hereandthere
@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
22 Dec 15
maybe you were just being serious and tend to be strict, but they misinterpret it as stressed?
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
22 Dec 15
Yes , that's how i am . strict at times but not at all times . That's how it is when you are an auditor , that's why .
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
23 Dec 15
That sounds like a pretty stupid award to me. Forget the stress bit and remember the pretty bit
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Dec 15
Precisely . That's why i questioned them about it and it's what they told me .
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
28 Dec 15
@ridingbet That's just what i did . I just let it go , because you are right , it's Christmas anyway . Happy New Year to you and the family . May this year be filled with more blessings and good health .
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Dec 15
it is Christmas my lady. forget that stress, and enjoy the gift. then show them that you are not the stress Drilon awardee that they said you are.
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Ann LeFlore
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
22 Dec 15
Take it with a grain of salt as my grandma use to say. Laugh it off and pretend you are so happy. Later on you can rant and rave to others but never let the people who gave you this hear you.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
22 Dec 15
Yes, that's what i did . I only kept the thoughts to myself , because i might be mistaken since they even give me a gift .
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Ann LeFlore
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
22 Dec 15
@SIMPLYD That was nice of them to give you a gift but not so nice of them to give you a stress certificate. I might of even gone home and framed this and then taken it back to work and posted it in the coffee or break room for everyone to see.
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HanVanMeegerin
@HanVanMeegerin (1161)
• United States
22 Dec 15
@SIMPLYD I think @poehere gave a great answer for you.
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Lee Ka
@kaka135 (14931)
• Malaysia
22 Dec 15
Well, you look cheerful to me, all the time. I agree with others, perhaps that indicates you are seriously working employee and yet still looking very pretty. Yes, just enjoy the gifts which I think are good for your new year, and I guess the torn pieces were already sent to the garbage collector, right?
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Lee Ka
@kaka135 (14931)
• Malaysia
22 Dec 15
@SIMPLYD That's good! That's why you always give me the cheerful and positive thinking impression. I also wonder why you got that award, anyway, let's just forget about it.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
22 Dec 15
@kaka135 Yes, i just let it go .
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
22 Dec 15
That is true . I just enjoyed the gift that went with it . Anyway , when i tore down the certificate , i have thrown away the insult i felt . I could have asked them once and for all , why did they give me that really , but then i just chose to keep my mouth shut or else they will be hurt by what i have to say .
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Patsie Hatley
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Dec 15
That is sort of odd I would not know how to take that myself but You did just fine from the sounds of things.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
22 Dec 15
Yes , i did fine because i am glad of the gift given along with the certificate . And i feel good after tearing the certificate to pieces .
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narinder
@rocky1980 (530)
• Chandigarh, India
22 Dec 15
it's really a funny award and yet I see it as a very creative way to tell someone in the office how do you look when you are under work pressure and feel stressed. and the good part is you still look pretty when you are stressed. That's justified. Don't think it's insult.
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narinder
@rocky1980 (530)
• Chandigarh, India
22 Dec 15
@SIMPLYD No, I was not trying to say to console you, All I was saying it's creative way to criticize some for something. We all have something we think that that's ok but other's don't feel ok with that, some people criticize us bluntly, which looks far greater a insult then you tell them nicely and with sweet gestures.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Dec 15
@rocky1980 I chose to just keep it to myself .
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
22 Dec 15
Thank you , you made me smile with your comment . I just take what you said as a consolation to what i felt .
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Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
29 Dec 15
Is this award named after the News Anchor Ces Drillon. The award seemed to be a pub on her name. She doesn't look like a stressed person though.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
29 Dec 15
I think they made it sound like her name actually . and yes you are correct , she doesn't look stressed at all . But, do i , basing on the picture ?
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
29 Dec 15
@CaptAlbertWhisker Correct ! I like that word spiciness , so apt to me .
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Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
29 Dec 15
@SIMPLYD You seemed to look sassy but happy but not stressed. Maybe they mistaken spicyness from being stressed.
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Jennifer
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
22 Dec 15
I think letting it go was a good choice on your part. Some people think something is funny when others do not.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Dec 15
That's what i have just to do in the spirit of Christmas . But one of these days , i will tell them that i feel insulted with that and they shouldn't make awards like that , to make fun .
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
5 Jan 16
it's a rather rude cynical back-handed compliment by the bosses - as long as others faced similar insulting awards don't take it too seriously
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Jan 16
Yes, that's what i had in mind after the party . In the spirit of Christmas , i didn't further question HR about it . Happy New Year !
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BirDan
@birjudanak (14320)
• India
22 Dec 15
first of all congratulation to you for awards and as i talk with you i find that you are caring and good nature person so as its stress means you are hard working and very sincere person and if all are become jealous from you it means you are on right way.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Dec 15
Thank you for saying that . But in my opinion , it was an insult .
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BirDan
@birjudanak (14320)
• India
23 Dec 15
@SIMPLYD ok as you think otherwise you are caring and charming person and need to sometimes strict.
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paigea
@paigea (36317)
• Canada
23 Dec 15
Well if you didn't like the certificate just as well not to keep it. Enjoy the gift and I am sure it was ll in fun
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Dec 15
Yes, i have to tear it so the insult i felt inside of me can be taken out also . But the gift , i like it .
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changjiangzhibin89
@changjiangzhibin89 (16763)
• China
27 Dec 15
There is no need for you take it to your heart .It was meant to be a joke and proved that they envied you for looking young for your age .
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
28 Dec 15
Thank you for saying that , my friend . Yes, it was a joke , but i don't find it a nice one at all though . But i just let it go because anyway they gave me a gift .
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angel_smiles
@Lolaze (5093)
• St. Louis, Missouri
22 Dec 15
I'd be rather insulted. Awards like that should only be given out for totally positive things, not things like that which are half positive but half put down.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Dec 15
Precisely , that's what i was thinking .
Judy Story
@jstory07 (139717)
• Roseburg, Oregon
22 Dec 15
At least you got a gift out of it.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Dec 15
That's the consolation though .
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Anne Marie Guyer
@LeaPea2417 (37353)
• Toccoa, Georgia
22 Dec 15
Well, that is neat that you got that gift.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Dec 15
Yes, i am happy for the gift but not for the title they gave me.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471506)
• Switzerland
22 Dec 15
You should not had to tore the certificate in pieces, now they will say you are always "angry".
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Dec 15
I didn't tell them that , but if ever they came to know that , then it's a warning that next time they shouldn't have those kind of awards that is half an insult .
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jin
@Yar_Joey (3271)
• Philippines
22 Dec 15
but you look pretty even if you are stressed, my friend. Just enjoy the award, you know it is not true, right? Marry Christmas to you.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
22 Dec 15
Thank you . Actually , i wasn't stressed the moment i saw that it has a gift with the certificate and we were joking so that's why we were laughing . .