Posts Tagged "Work"

Assumptions

Posted by Ezra Hilyer on Mar 28, 2012 in Daily Life, Musings | 0 comments

Sitting patiently waiting for my wife to come out of her spa treatment, ( her birthday treat from me)
I was approached by the receptionist with a copy of ESPN Magazine in her hand. She had noticed me sitting reading a copy of ‘Better Homes And Gardens’, and must have assumed that I was only reading out of lack of options. (There aren’t many men’s magazines in the waiting room of a Day Spa apparently)

Little did she realize that I have far less interest in sports than in gardening. I just don’t care about sports or who got traded to what team for how much. What’s the point? Not that I am a gardener -I’m not.

She made an assumption that because I am a man, that I would prefer sports. An assumption that is as understandable as it is wrong, and not unlike many I have made myself.
Stereotypes, ( Though they might as well be called Monotypes) are easy to make and usually about 80% accurate. It’s the 20% that bites you.

In my daily job, it is necessary to make snap judgements on the temperament of people and large dogs several times a day. ( I am perhaps more accurate with the dogs) I spend a lot of my day inside other people’s homes making holes in their walls, carpets, and floors. I move their computers and expensive audio and Tv equipment around at will, I put ladders on their houses, and walk across their roofs. Reading people is important.

A dirty house unusually means a careless person, an immaculate entry, and white carpet means precision and a whole different set of expectations. Knowing what is expected goes a long way towards reaching complete satisfaction for the people I have to please.

The oxymoron isn’t predictable.

My Workspace As Of 03-07-2008

Posted by Ezra Hilyer on May 21, 2011 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

My Workspace As Of 03-07-2008, a photo by Ezra Hilyer on Flickr.

This workspace is now 3 years old, but I can’t see a single thing on that desk that i still use. I mean even the desk isn’t my type anymore.
The only thing I see here that I still have is the leather daytimer, but even that isn’t used, it is a relic of a pre-iphone time.
How my work-flow has changed since then!!
-Ezra