Yasser Mattar

@yeezermac (145)

Singapore, Singapore

Joined myLot 9 years ago

I am an organizational behaviorist and a paranormalist. Boo.

www.amazon.com/Workplace-Warfare-Incompetent-Colleagues-Organizational/dp/1515085643/

Discussions (36)

Yasser Mattar's Discussions

Parallel dimensions

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 25 Nov 15

Say, have you heard of the theory of parallel dimensions? Simplified, this theory states that there are many "you"s existing in many parallel realities. These parallel realities are are not aware of each other, and so you are not...

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Lunch with colleagues

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 24 Nov 15

So what do you do when you're forced to attend a team lunch? Objective: Minimize attention on yourself so that you can come out of the lunch unscathed Strategy: 1. Sit at the opposite end of the most talkative person. This...

Life after work

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 18 Nov 15

Life begins as soon as work ends. While in the office, maintain a state of cryosis. Function only to perform duties as required. Bodily functions and needs such as drinking water and pissing are permitted. Social and emotional...

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Organization versus profession

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 17 Nov 15

Teachers who love to teach but hate working in public schools. Policemen who love to serve and protect but hate working in the force. Professors who love to ruminate on the frontiers of knowledge but hate working in universities....

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Avoiding conversations with colleagues

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 16 Nov 15

Tip on how to avoid conversations with colleagues: Play with your phone. Do whatever you want on it. Play a game, WhatsApp your friends, read the news. But once in a while, look up apologetically with a furrowed brow and say ,...

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Social interactions at work

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 15 Nov 15

Two good reasons why you should minimize your social interactions at work. 1. REDUCE RISK: Social interactions are risky. You never know who you might offend during your interactions. No matter how careful you are, some fella is...

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Job security

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 12 Nov 15

What most people don't know is that "job security" depends very largely on the next available decision-maker closest to them. Doesn't matter if we're in the government service, in the corporations or in universities. If the next...

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Workplace Analogy

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 10 Nov 15

What's the difference between professional wrestling and MMA? The PERSONA and the SELL. Wrestling has big personalities. The Undertaker. The Ultimate Warrior. The Rock. Loud, colorful, iconic. On the other hand, MMA characters are...

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Laughing at the workplace

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 8 Nov 15

Should we laugh in the workplace? We should only laugh if and only if the joke comes from a Manager. Even then, we can't LOL or LMAO or ROFL. We should give just 3 "ha"s and stop. Not 2, not 4. Just 3. Laughing too much will...

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Judgmental people

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 5 Nov 15

Some people are keen on seeing what we're capable of offering Others are keen on finding fault, and will only see what we're lacking in Yet others are just too cuffing stupid to acknowledge that we have different skills,...

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Change

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 4 Nov 15

People don't mind change, but they don't like being changed

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Different rules for different people

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 3 Nov 15

So you see Janice playfully smacking the Manager on the arm. You see Desmond put his hands around the Manager's shoulder. You hear Brandon calling the Manager "bro". So you wanna be as casual with the Manager too, huh? Don't....

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Assumptions at work

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 2 Nov 15

So you've met A**HOLES at work? But have you met ASS-UME-HOLES? Assumeholes are colleagues who make stupid ass assumptions about us based on their limited understandings of the world. Here are some assumptions Assumeholes have...

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Being casual with Managers and Bosses

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 1 Nov 15

What do you do when a Manager tells you that you can be casual with him? That you can call him by his first name... that you can do and say whatever you think is right... that there is no fear and no prejudice? First thing to do...

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Please revert

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 29 Oct 15

"Please revert". This is grammatically wrong. But civil servants use it all the time. They've been told time and again that "revert" means to restore to an original state. That means that by reverting an email, one would restore...

work

civil servants

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Micro-managers

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 28 Oct 15

Everyone hates micro-managers, right? But did you know there are 2 kinds of micro-managers? 1. Those who micro-manage our work This type will typically say these things to us: "Have you done this?" "Have you done that?" "Why...

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Toxic workplaces

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 27 Oct 15

Why are workplaces so toxic these days eh? Is it because Bosses are getting more and more horrible? Is it because incompetent colleagues are coming out the woodwork? Is it because the theatrics are just too much to handle? Or is...

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Workplace humor

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 26 Oct 15

Joking is a natural outcome of any cordial relationship, but not everyone enjoys the same kind of jokes. Especially in this era where people are so easily offended, we have to be careful about the jokes we tell. DIRTY JOKES? No....

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Conservative vs New Conservative

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 25 Oct 15

We've all met conservative people. You know, those self-righteous people who insist on maintaining a strict traditional moral standard. But have you met The New conservatives? Oh ho ho, these fine pieces of work are another piece...

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Multi level marketing

Yasser Mattar @yeezermac (145) • Singapore, Singapore 22 Oct 15

Ever had anyone try to sell you MLM (multi-level marketing) products? MLM companies are not really selling products. They're not really selling us a business opportunity either. They're selling greed and laziness. By telling us...

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