Maha, understand taking the positions of others into consideration, including being tolerant of their concerns. I did work with instructors, at the expense of my other duties to help them through their concerns and also did “their” work when deadlines caught up with them. Part of the reason I was able to do this was I existed as an assistant designer floating between departments and allowed to do things “category” employees couldn’t.

In a highly political organization this kind of job allows a lot of rule interpretation and person to person assistance without trading obligations. It also means that when I was thrown like garbage out the door last May (after 5 years work) there was no severance, no union assistance and I didn’t even get a note confirming I’d worked there. The people I helped still work there and have reverted to refusing online duty and are now trying to blame my wife (who still builds online materials there) for their lack of online skills.

At some point, people who can’t do something need to be taken at their word and dumped. It’s only fair to them to recognize their deficiencies and relieve them of their worries:-) Having been on the outside all my life I know what intolerance looks like. It looks like me without a job and my wife being demoted and belittled every day. “Fair” doesn’t always appear when it should.