2 kiss butt or not

I have heard people say that 6 degrees of separation is what keeps the world a part. That basically means, that someone we know-knows someone else we have in common. Thinking on that can actually be a scary thing-lol. My reason for that comment is that I spoke to at least two people today about kissing butt. You know playing the game or sucking up as my clients call it.
When you give it thought, we all have someone to answer to from the new born baby to Jesus Christ. We all have a head to report to. The hard thing about it is...nobody can easily bend under less than perfect conditions. Case in point: A lady @ work told me today that she worked at a job for over 10 years and was very reliable and did her job better than anyone else. The problem is she kept getting passed over for promotions. BUT WHY!!! It was her stank attitude. She had a hardness to her or a I am gonna do it my way that supervisors did not appreciate. She finally got that point after 10+ years.
My other conversation revolved around someone who has co-workers who really suckz up to the new boss and it sorta makes her stand out. She too, is a hard worker with a solid reputation for getting the job done right and done right the first time. However, she does not want to play the game from my perspective. I think she should do the little things like talk about nothing and invite them out to lunch and at least seem to be interested in everything that is going on to avert negative attention on until she makes a jail break to a better company.

Anyway, when I think about kissing butt on the job, I think of that big old willow tree sitting on the river bank. It has been there for years and is still standing. But how did it survive all those strong wind storms. It learned to bend so it would not have to break. The moral of that story is that river represents your job and you are the tree soaking up the money or water. You depend on each other but one is the boss. When you bend you accept that you are flexible yet tough. Work is what you do, not who you are.
I am not kissN butt Ward.....