this post is dedicated to dear pei... who, having a parasite in her group, perfectly understands my violent tendencies..The picture above was contributed by pei too.. This post also goes out to anyone who will, while reading the below text.. go "hell yeah!".. or is in danger of strangling their project group mates. you have my sympathies.This is one hell of a bitchy post so if you don't like it.. don't read it.NO! we cannot "see first". NO! We cannot "never mind.." i feel like shakin some people till their teeth rattle about in their brains and then fall out frm the holes in their heads. i realised what a bad idea it is for schools to have
group project because it tends to bring out murderous inclinations in us.
Pei and i were comparing group members.. some thing like poker
- i see your one "eye pain" girl with one non-existant group mate
- and raise you one flippant member. and do the draft in 2 hrs under medication.
guess who won?
i realised tt there are certain categories of group members. see whether you fall into any or noe some idiotic moron who falls under it.
The Lively Dead One (He has a life.. You don't)This kind tinks that since that he has a life, you don't need to have one. so hell don't interrupt his social calender with your meaningless meetings coz he has other important things to do with his time. Screw you and your life. how dare you set a deadline for him? He had more important things to do! Be honoured and grateful when he turns up for meetings.. late. and God forbid, don''t let the meetings run for more than 30 mins. he has to go for some very important meeting.. never mind that you have not discussed much.. never mind that the project is due soon.. never mind that your arteries are gonna burst. please arrange ur time according to his.. and your plans too
God (I fall into this one)The one who does everything and does not like it when someone else edits their work. Even if their work contains statements like "Various gases and particles which can catch fire easily must be careful". Because it's them. They can't go wrong.
The One who thinks you are God (He thinks you can do everything in a matter of hours)let's say you are the last one to put together the draft. You need to proofread.. everyone knows the deadline is tues morning 11 am. so you set a deadline.. say monday evening. when do they hand in their share of work? tues morning 2 am. Because you are God, you don't sleep right? or they hand in their work mere hours before the school's stipulated deadline. so you are frantically trying to do everything within an hour.. sometimes.. it's quite frustrating because they took such a long time to do their work but.. it's all crap. as in no useful information.Even God had 7 days to create this world.
Dumb and Dumberer (So dumb that you fear for his empty head)There are many kinds of incomprehensible stupidity in this world. But most are evident in group projects. A good example is the Priotised One who can watch a soccer match even when the project's deadline is the very next day and nothing has been done.
The Mother/Father-in-Law (Nothing is ever good enough for them) They don't contribute.. sit there with a snotty smirk on their face.. make u wanna slap them left right up down.. They do their work and later they sniff that it is not good. After everyone has put in hard work and all.. they just criticize how people went about doing it.. which is a bitch coz they didnt even attempt to contribute at the initial stage.
The Invisible CavemanNever answer calls. amazing isnt it? how the world has become so adept at communication technology with handphones, land phones, internet, email, MSN, ICQ... and the Invisible man evaporates into thin air the moment work is to be done... mysteriously emerging from his rock after everything has been done.
Just (Let someone else) do it Why do it when someone else can? Never mind that the rest have done 3/4 of the work.. Heck .. since they have done so much.. let them do it.. there are several ways they do it..
--> This kind acts so dumb that frustrated members will take over their sloppily done work.
--> they will wait till a few mins before deadline before asking everyone to "help"
--> They do an invisible caveman(refer above) .. Mysteriously vanishing due to reasons like "headache", "sick", "eye pain", "need to go somewhere
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The Free Rider (Name appears under Cause of Death in your Death certificate) *Pei's contributionthese people are parasites.. they do minimal share of the work. and do not contribute. When they do, their sloppily handed in work makes your blood pressure shoot up. After members have given them feedback and much information on how to improve their work, they just hand in the same report.. just tt it includes the exact statements. Let me give you a scenario..
This girl was supposed to hand in her report by tuesday.. she showed her work to grp member A who realised that there was not much content. So they had an online meeting where other group members gave her more information and pointers to make it better. Grp member A also edited her report and added in information. He told her to amend it a bit and send it to Pei by 12 midnight.. she handed in the same report(sent by A) late by 1 hr.
Pei hopes that this girl rots in hell. Since i am already in hell, I look forward to seeing her.-
The Loanshark (The whole world owes them a living)They can hand up work way after deadlines.. slowly stroll into meetings.. late. Do sloppy work which is evidently done at the last minute.. Why? Because the whole world is to wait on them.. they are kings of the world! Yeah right.
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The Nodding Leecher (Jumps off the cliff because someone did it) *pei's contributionYou would feel for her neck. She nods to anything anyone says..
I think we should include the advantages *nod*
Isn't it better not to include the advantages? *nod*
It would be good if we all jumped down a cliff since our project is due anyways! *nod*
and when you ask her why.. she goes "because the other grp member says so"
For example, pei's lovely friend (henceforth referred to as P's fren)
P's fren: i tink what she says is correct
Pei: Why
P's fren: coz what she said make sense.
wow. how intellectual.
-The Incredibles. (in school and not able to read)singapore is place where 97% of the population is literate. the remaining 3% can be found in cinemas (do not switch off handphones) or public transport (eat and drink). some can be found in schools where they do not understand instructions. cant read time and date of deadlines. after instructions are clearly given on how and when to pass up.. On deadline day.. you do not see any report appearing
The Primary School Kid ( Needs a Digital Watch)This is the most pitiful kind. Can't tell time and dates. So your deadline is never met by this kind. Sure, they do their share of work! just expect it many hours or even days after the set deadline
The Marthyr (So busy.. you wud be surprised if he had time to even breathe) *linked to the Primary School Kidcommon statements falling from their mouths:"i stayed up till 7 am last night just to do..""i have to do this assignment and this assignment and then i have to do tt... die already""i have to rush here and there.. and then i must do this coz this other project very busy.. and then..."so they cant meet deadlines.. so while everyone has done their damned work, they still have to wait for the excused one.. which means they have to effectively cut short their other plans just for the excused one's part. and most excuses suck.. liar liar pants on fireYeah..you may be busy but so is everyone else.. we are in the same school .. doing almost the same stuff.. and like you.. we have social lives..so get over it.
The Bao Ke Liao One (No one can do as well as them) *alden's contributioni would love to have this kind in my groups! they do everything because nothing anyone else does will be good enough for them..
Do you guys have any other categories i have missed out on?? Pray do tell!
I admit.. im guilty of being some.. but ever since this sem has started.. karma has came back.. and i'm hereby resolving to be a better group mate. sigh.. karma sure is a bitch.