Irony

Amy was an employee for many years, an independent worker who worked on things only when she wanted to. Very independent, sometimes selfish. Slight reminders about her duties would make her guilty and she would work over time for a short period till her conscience (tiny little conscience) told her, it was balanced. I couldn’t fire Amy for many reasons I can’t explain, then I told her “GUILT, is not a motivational factor, either you work or you don’t because this is not what you enjoy doing. So stop it.” She nodded, twice,  I told her, the third time I think she took it quite seriously. So when we missed an important deadline and had to seek an extension, Amy knew of it yet this time surprisingly, she didn’t really bother much about working harder, just completed her work at her own pace. I kinda confronted her, “so, what now?”

She said “I stopped feeling guilty”.