Kaisa
Software Engineer, Helsinki
I would like to learn to thank people. I’m grateful to so many people, and I often tell others how someone has helped me or how I’ve learned something from someone.
Some people never get thanked in time. There is one guy whom I always give as an example. This guy was a really good chef in great restaurants. He helped us with coffee. He had really strong opinions about how coffee should be perfect, but other things should be decent enough.
I am a perfectionist, and he taught me that it is okay if sometimes things are only decent. You can’t concentrate on everything at once. He was a really talented guy.
But then 2-3 weeks ago this guy passed away. I think he had depression, and his friends told me that maybe more people should have said that he was doing a great job. I felt so bad as I didn’t have a chance to say thank you. Of course I don’t blame myself and we were not really close, but I think maybe people should say thank you more often to the people they are grateful for.
Kaisa, Software Engineer at Eficode since 2018