Get a Life

I had another tiff with Eve and Ruby yesterday, although this one was at least productive. We have had a lot of miscommunication and I interpreted some things they did and said in ways that were not what they meant. I have apologized to them for it, and I think maybe we can finally find some modus vivendi that will satisfy all of us.

That said, it surfaced in this discussion that someone at the Neili branch of Shane (another branch near us in Taoyuan) somehow found my blog, and some of the things I said about my bosses and the school. The blog is now apparently being read in Head Office.

So, to those of you employed by Shane who may be reading, I have this to say:

Get a life. Seriously. Get a life.

This blog is for my family and friends in the United States. Until someone in Neili found it, a grand total of about thirty people knew of its existence. All of them are people with whom I am personally acquainted in America. While I did say in my first post, prior to departure, that anyone who stumbled on the blog was welcome to read it, I put that in because I knew a couple of my friends might forward it on to others of their friends if they found it interesting or amusing. But this is NOT the front page of the New York Times. It is a blog kept by a bushiban teacher in Taiwan who has, at present, maybe one friend in Taiwan. Its potential to have any effect on the professional reputation of Shane is about nil.

I have a right to a life outside of Shane and my work. I have a right to discuss my problems at work with friends and acquaintances back in the United States, including through this blog. If you are not a friend or acquaintance of mine and are reading this, what you are doing is no different than listening in on someone's private telephone conversation or going through someone's private mail. Stop reading, immediately. If not, I will be forced to make this blog password protected, which is a great inconvenience for some of my acquaintance who read this blog.

Thank you.