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Don't Spare Your Nerves
Editorial
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/11/02/126458/
November 2, 2012 14:09
There are officials who enter the Government Building through the
front door on the day of a Cabinet meeting. For example, although
Seyran Ohanyan, the Minister of Defense, knows quite well that mothers
who have lost their sons will necessarily be standing outside that
door and will surely stop the Minister and tell him once again about
their sorrow. But he doesn't avoid listening to those women. And the
majority of officials avoid such meetings, they enter the Government
Building through the back door, don't want to engage in a dialogue
with the protesting people - it is obvious that during those
conversations, no one will praise them and the government at all. And
in order to listen to possible curses, one needs strong nerves. I
remember that during such a talk, an official called a protesting
citizen a `jerk.' So not only should one patiently listen to people's
complaints, not only take it easy on their hint or explicitly
expressed idea that `all of you are gangsters and robbers,' but also
try to respond to all that. One cannot help it, if we take into
account all the `conveniences' that accompany an office, one should
reconcile oneself also to some `troubles.'
In the 21st century, when everybody's face appears on the internet
from different angles every second, it is ruled out that one can merge
into the crowd wearing dervish clothes. So one shouldn't avoid at
least those short conversations, regardless of how unpleasant they
are. If you are not aware of the reality, dear officials, let me
inform you that the overwhelming majority of citizens don't like you,
to put it mildly, they have had those feelings approximately since
1992 and I assume they will have them for another few decades. The
reasons for those not-so-warm feelings are two: 1. Citizens relate
their welfare and happiness to you; 2. You relate your welfare and
happiness to your offices. Unless that double knot is undone, those
curses will continue. And when it is undone, the powers that be will
stop being such, they will stop `ruling' and will become an
administration, which temporarily performs technical functions by our,
citizens', decision. And in that case, citizens will have neither warm
nor cold feelings for officials. As we don't either like or hate an
iron or a gas boiler, we just need them to work.
And meanwhile, be so kind as to listen to citizens' complaints at
least once a week, don't rush to call them a psycho or a personal
enemy, although there will surely be such among them. One cannot
escape from life.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Editorial
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/11/02/126458/
November 2, 2012 14:09
There are officials who enter the Government Building through the
front door on the day of a Cabinet meeting. For example, although
Seyran Ohanyan, the Minister of Defense, knows quite well that mothers
who have lost their sons will necessarily be standing outside that
door and will surely stop the Minister and tell him once again about
their sorrow. But he doesn't avoid listening to those women. And the
majority of officials avoid such meetings, they enter the Government
Building through the back door, don't want to engage in a dialogue
with the protesting people - it is obvious that during those
conversations, no one will praise them and the government at all. And
in order to listen to possible curses, one needs strong nerves. I
remember that during such a talk, an official called a protesting
citizen a `jerk.' So not only should one patiently listen to people's
complaints, not only take it easy on their hint or explicitly
expressed idea that `all of you are gangsters and robbers,' but also
try to respond to all that. One cannot help it, if we take into
account all the `conveniences' that accompany an office, one should
reconcile oneself also to some `troubles.'
In the 21st century, when everybody's face appears on the internet
from different angles every second, it is ruled out that one can merge
into the crowd wearing dervish clothes. So one shouldn't avoid at
least those short conversations, regardless of how unpleasant they
are. If you are not aware of the reality, dear officials, let me
inform you that the overwhelming majority of citizens don't like you,
to put it mildly, they have had those feelings approximately since
1992 and I assume they will have them for another few decades. The
reasons for those not-so-warm feelings are two: 1. Citizens relate
their welfare and happiness to you; 2. You relate your welfare and
happiness to your offices. Unless that double knot is undone, those
curses will continue. And when it is undone, the powers that be will
stop being such, they will stop `ruling' and will become an
administration, which temporarily performs technical functions by our,
citizens', decision. And in that case, citizens will have neither warm
nor cold feelings for officials. As we don't either like or hate an
iron or a gas boiler, we just need them to work.
And meanwhile, be so kind as to listen to citizens' complaints at
least once a week, don't rush to call them a psycho or a personal
enemy, although there will surely be such among them. One cannot
escape from life.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress