Surviving with Tadpoles

“…Tadpole management is very time consuming. The tadpoles are total carnivorous, and can be raised on live tubifex worms. They will also readily eat each other, and there are two ways of dealing with this. The first is to place each tadpole into its own small jar, and the other is to place all the tadpoles into a large tank of water that is filled with masses of floating plants (real or plastic). Food can then be placed on the floor of the tank and the tadpoles will swim down, feed, and then swim back up to hide in the plants. Both methods require labor. The first involves changing dozens of individual jars to keep the water clean, and the other involves morning and evening siphoning of the large tadpole tank…” (Source: http://www.anapsid.org/ornatabreeding.html)

And what about humans with traits of Tadpoles – I don’t think we can deny their existence around us. We come across people who love to pull the person down intending to rise to the occasion. They are happy creating a pool of tadpoles around them and feeding on others intending to rise above. I nickname them “Taddy’s.

Taddy’s feel comfortable with Taddy’s - they have only black and white labeling of people. Either you are like them and hence with them or you are against them, and hence an outcast. And then starts the witch hunt by Taddy’s. They will do everything possible and employ every trick in the trade to destabilize those who want to try and rise above. While they do this, they will try to do so in a sublime manner, behind the curtains so as to keep their image of good-self intact.

But still worse is the fact that when they feel that they are in trouble and that the moment of reckoning has come, they will not hesitate to pounce on other Taddy’s who until now were their bum chums.

The outward image of a feeling of community amongst the Taddy’s is suddenly shattered. The weak bonding is exposed the moment a Taddy feels that he is under perceived threat from another Taddy. All brotherhood is lost and the Taddy’s start taking a swipe at each other.

So is then taking the Teddy’s head-on a wise decision and treating them in the same manner as they do to people who strive hard to rise, the right method? While I believe that the Taddy’s should be counseled and cautioned to change their behavior, I also believe that they should be dealt head-on. The behavior of the Taddy’s is a reflection of their attitudes, thought processes, and a propensity to create a sense of artificial security by creating groups of more Taddy’s.

And there are reasons for it. If we don’t check Taddy’s in time, they multiply. Then they vitiate the whole atmosphere and you see only a pool of Taddy’s. Suddenly, the organization looks a sick place to work.

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By: Sumit Singh

Dated: 28^th July, 2013