On Tue, 24 Aug 2010, Joseph Catron wrote:
> "You know those goody-two-shoes who volunteer for every task and thanklessly
> take on the annoying details nobody else wants to deal with?
>
> "That's right: Other people really can't stand them.
>
> "Four separate studies led by a Washington State University social
> psychologist have found that unselfish workers who are the first to throw
> their hat in the ring are also among those that coworkers most want to, in
> effect, vote off the island."
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100823101110.htm
Doing it *at work* isn't unselfishness. It's breaking the rules against goldbricking. Of course they deserve to be punished.
Oy. These psychologists deserve a week in a reeducation camp.
Michael