In a sense we humans are all superheroes. Think about it, we all have a secret identity. Whom we are at work or at home maybe totally different from whom we really are. We all have our strength. We all seek for a better good. We want to fly and look good in tight clothes (Oh please, tell me you don’t want Halle Berry’s boobs or Hugh Jackman’s 6 packs). But most importantly, everyday we learn to make choices, to overcome our own kryptonite and just…survive
Part 1: Not your typical Superman
You know sometimes I thought I was Superman, not in term of super muscles or weird sense of underwear, but in term of I can do a lot of things all at once. I couldn’t be more wrong.
I’m not your typical superman. There are moments I feel like a complete idiot and I wanna just lie down and…die. Like today, my first day as the unofficial I.T person day, I completely freaked out on my job. The phone DID NOT stop ringing since 9:30am until 6:30pm and I have people on the line screaming “I WANT a SOLUTION, NOW!”. And again I witnessed the amusingness of terrible bureaucracy and software linkage breakdown. Everyone of suppliers is pointing finger at each other and NONE OF THEM actually providing a solution. And unlike your typical superman, who helps people, I just want to use my super laser eyes to cut them all to half or make their heads explode.
I’m not your typical superman. Because I can’t do things as fast as he can. I can do everything I am supposed to do, but I don’t have time for everything that I am supposed to do. I cant design 2 websites, and debug a huge chunk of codes, and an ad, and a stage backdrop, and attend IT meetings, and fix computers, and broken internet connections, etc. in a day. It’s just …impossible.
I’m not your typical superman. I called for help. I called karen and people to help with my IT shit. At the end of the day, I talked to David about how terrible my time management has become and I was trying to find a solution. Also I called for his help to back up my decision on a certain important issue.
I’m not your typical superman. Simply because, sometimes, even I myself need to be rescued….
…But sometimes, I realizes, just like Superman, I am all I got. If I don’t stand up and fight and actively seek a solution, no one will come to the rescue. ABSOLUTELY NO ONE.
Just like your superman, I answered all the calls and told them to calm down, I’m fixing it. And I did find someone else to fix it.
Just like your superman, I did not back down. I told customers in a very polite but extremely firm way “If you don’t sign my quote I can’t do anything for you” and “I already undercharge my service for what is a tremendously complicated system (that you assume to be ever so simple). If you feel like I’m charging too much please go ahead with the vendor that is charging you twice the price for half the products”
Just like your superman, I’m trying my best to deal with it on my own. I’m taking control, I’m actively seeking a solution. That’s the best I got and that’s the best I can come up with. I’m no trained IT person and I’m no trained programmer either. I’m a designer that is just trying my best to do the best I can. So if you are still not happy then YOU GO AND DEAL WITH IT!
So unlike your typical Superman, who helped the world and ended up with a horrible death, I AM SURVIVING THIS!