Be Good Always!
@SIMPLYD (90717)
Philippines
October 28, 2015 11:54pm CST
Yesterday at the office , we saw a hanging message at the newly put up Christmas tree, saying Ho ho ho Engr . _______ , be good always , from Santa Claus .
And when the engineer . saw it , he suddenly flared up and in a loud voice asked who made that message and wrote on it “ whoever you are please come to me and deal with me “ 
I asked him , why he was so angry when it just says be good and he told me it’s insulting because what does the maker of it means - that he is not good ! 
I laughed out loud about it and said “ of course the one who wrote it will never reveal who he is since you are angry “ . But he said he will let HR find out who.
When I asked an officemate who made it , it was the Marketing lady officer whom he always teases !
Now , the message was taken out from the Christmas tree and he will never know who did it 
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In my opinion , the message should have been “stay as good as you are always “ but then he is not that always anyway . 
So , I told everyone , next time when you do a greeting , see to it that the recipient will be happy or better still , just don’t hang a greeting there .
I asked him , why he was so angry when it just says be good and he told me it’s insulting because what does the maker of it means - that he is not good !
I laughed out loud about it and said “ of course the one who wrote it will never reveal who he is since you are angry “ . But he said he will let HR find out who.
When I asked an officemate who made it , it was the Marketing lady officer whom he always teases !
Now , the message was taken out from the Christmas tree and he will never know who did it .
In my opinion , the message should have been “stay as good as you are always “ but then he is not that always anyway .
So , I told everyone , next time when you do a greeting , see to it that the recipient will be happy or better still , just don’t hang a greeting there .27 people like this
25 responses
@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
29 Oct 15
Yes, we should be careful while putting such messages at a public place, instead of doing good it could do harm.
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@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
29 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD - yes, you gave the right advice and hopefully they will take it in right earnest.
I think the one who had initially put it on the Christmas tree would have removed it, when there was so much clamor.
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
29 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD I have heard of people (in the US) who keep their Christmas tree up all year. It seems pointless to me because what can be special about a festival which goes on for so long? I have heard Filipino/as going gaga because the months now end in '-ber' and that heralds Christmas!
When I was small, we never were allowed to put up any decorations at all until Christmas Eve and they all had to be taken down on 6 January ("Old Christmas Day") otherwise dreadful things would happen, according to my mother!
In England, we don't traditionally make a big thing of Hallowe'en (though the shops see it as a time to sell all sorts of trash).
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
29 Oct 15
I don't get why the engineer blew his top .To my surprise,you have put up Christmas tree now ,because Christmas is about two months off .
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
29 Oct 15
He said why does he have to be told to Be Good , as if he is a bad person.
As to the Christmas tree , that's how it is in the Philippines . Halloween decorations are at the malls and hotels only .
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
30 Oct 15
Yes, that's what i told them at the office . Besides , they know that this engineer is sensitive even if he is a joker himself .
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
29 Oct 15
Sounds like she wanted to make him angty and she got her wish. That was a silly thing to do.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
1 Nov 15
When the HR head and i talked i asked her if the engineer really wants the culprit to be looked for . She laughed and said , why should i , it's a petty thing .
So now , it was a case closed . Besides the greeting was removed already . We don't know who removed it , but we presumed it was by the one who made that greeting .
So now , it was a case closed . Besides the greeting was removed already . We don't know who removed it , but we presumed it was by the one who made that greeting . 1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
1 Nov 15
@Cristi_Ichim That is true . He is getting to be a senior citizen in a few years , so we also understand at the office . 
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@Cristi_Ichim (3750)
• Bucharest, Romania
30 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD I kinda saw that kind of reaction coming from him. When people get to a certain point in life they become over sensitive to anything
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
1 Nov 15
@LadyDuck Oh , so December 6 is St. Nicolad day ! Now i know , thanks to you .
And it's the day , most of your put up the Christmas tree .
Actually , here at home we don't put up the Christmas tree anymore since most of us are grown ups and it's so tedious to put them up and put them down again .
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@rahulvsmokiee (3110)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
29 Oct 15
I am always good. Dont you think so???
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@rahulvsmokiee (3110)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
30 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD This is why i call you enemy. An enemy can never be more than just a enemy. You are a real enemy now by saying that you enemy
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@sivakishore86 (210)
• Visakhapatnam, India
30 Oct 15
By reading your discussion, I noticed some things. Those who want to give their message, they should think once before hanging the message.
If the person makes us hurt, we need to be patience and try to convey our feelings about how much we hurt, and convey the same to the person directly.
It is the best thing to my view.
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@sivakishore86 (210)
• Visakhapatnam, India
30 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD Yes you are correct and I agree with you.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
30 Oct 15
Precisely that's what it conveyed to him - that someone doesn't think he is good.
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
30 Oct 15
He needs to get a sense of humor he sounds like he is crabby!!
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
30 Oct 15
He has a lot of humor , so we wondered why when it comes to teasing him like that , would let him explode . 
@workguddu (155)
• Shillong, India
30 Oct 15
We should be good to get good for ourself.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
30 Oct 15
He knows that he isn't good , so he got irked by the message .
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
30 Oct 15
And the more that they joked about him being already old and grumpy .
Yes, the Christmas tree was up already . It's that way here in the Philippines . We don't put decorations for the Halloween , since it's not our tradition to celebrate it , only on malls and hotels .
Yes, the Christmas tree was up already . It's that way here in the Philippines . We don't put decorations for the Halloween , since it's not our tradition to celebrate it , only on malls and hotels .1 person likes this
@kevinakash (2084)
• Sri Lanka
29 Oct 15
he knows that he is not good to others. Is this a real incident ?? why I ask it because the lady is so brave.I like these type of people very much
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
30 Oct 15
Oh he knows that he isn't good always . But then he is a joker and he always teases this lady . Now the lady has a subtle revenge .
@japneet20 (249)
• New Delhi, India
29 Oct 15
Well yes, not everyone reacts in a same way. we sometimes need to be extra careful with such things.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
30 Oct 15
Yes, you are correct . That;s why we should always be discerning with words we use either in speech or in writing.
