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I'm usually the first at work in the morning (school cafeteria) at 6:00 a.m. I get the coffee made and water heated for tea so it's ready when other co-workers arrive at 6:15. Everyone is nice here. We're all friends.
Where I worked previously, not the case at all. My stomach was in a constant knot. "Dread" was a better word than "cringe". My co-worker was a she-beast.
That is a really annoying reply. I hate those WOW just WOW answers. Either spit it out or write nothing.
Ok, I'll spit it out. I am astounded how some people actually function and get through life with such negative views of life and of other people. If I had to get up every morning and think the way that post portrays the OP's day, I would take the first bridge. I happen to like the people I work with, and look forward to interacting with them all day.
I guess some of us are happy about life and some of us are just plain old miserable.
Where I'm at now, I'm the first one in the office, and I am put in a bad mood as soon as I hear the door open and a coworker walks in. I immediately feel my face contort into a fake smile and I utter out a fake "good morning." Then I just hope he shuts up and doesn't make too much noise.
Oh dear Lord no. My team is darn near family to me. I love them!
Ok, I'll spit it out. I am astounded how some people actually function and get through life with such negative views of life and of other people. If I had to get up every morning and think the way that post portrays the OP's day, I would take the first bridge. I happen to like the people I work with, and look forward to interacting with them all day.
I guess some of us are happy about life and some of us are just plain old miserable.
Yes, thats how life is.
I like to work by myself. I prefer it being just me. There is a lot of clicks at work and i have never been part of that. I get along with everybody, but hate being in the middle of Drama. People talk behind each others back, their supposed friends.
Same as HS really. And we talking adults here. But because I am so easy going, nobody have a beef with me....I think....
We have this one girl and for some reason I "love" working with her. She is very nice but she doesn't put up with any BS and will always speak up. She is what I wish to be. I am way too nice.
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I work remotely. I do cringe when I see a couple of them log on. One of them gets on and picks through the work and does only the easiest stuff.
The other one "reserves" work for herself. In fact, today she went in and put work "on hold" for herself that she is going to do tomorrow. So anyone who might have been working today and could have gotten to that work couldn't because she saved it for herself. Besides that, she's always watching what everyone else is doing and basically standing guard to make sure no one takes anything she wants. I can relate to the "under a microscope" comment above.
I can work for hours and hours with other coworkers and everything goes smoothly until those two log in.
I am usually the 1st person in my office too, so by the time some people get to the office, I could be in the middle of something pretty demanding of my attention. A certain colleague is VERY cheery, almost sickly sweet. When she came in an hour later, she would go down the aisle greeting each of us by name in her overly cheery voice. The cheeriness was bad enough, but when you use somebody's name, you're demanding their attention. It drove me crazy. If I was trying to concentrate on something complicated, it could take several minutes to get back into what I was doing. Now she sits a lot closer to the elevator, so I don't have to deal with it.
I am usually the 1st person in my office too, so by the time some people get to the office, I could be in the middle of something pretty demanding of my attention. A certain colleague is VERY cheery, almost sickly sweet. When she came in an hour later, she would go down the aisle greeting each of us by name in her overly cheery voice. The cheeriness was bad enough, but when you use somebody's name, you're demanding their attention. It drove me crazy. If I was trying to concentrate on something complicated, it could take several minutes to get back into what I was doing. Now she sits a lot closer to the elevator, so I don't have to deal with it.
Oh my God, what a horrible human being she is ! Actually friendly, and takes the time to say good morning to everyone, AND USE THEIR NAME !!! I can see why you are so put off by behavior like that, after all, it is so much better to have people leave you alone, not give a damn about you, and not even KNOW your name.
(You would go crazy at our company, we actually bring doughnuts and pastries in for everyone to share, and we had a party for one guy the other day who is leaving !)
I know what you mean. Were you able to figure out why she was the way she was?
There were a lot of reasons. I think the most obvious was that at one time, my job was part of her position. As the company got busier and she moved up in the ranks, they decided to hire for my position. Prior to me, there were four others in the position (six year period). Two quit and two were fired. She had no trust in anyone to do "her" work (that was no longer hers). She was reluctant to even train me when I first started and she would often leave out important information. Even when she was out of the office (on vacation), I would get emails from her constantly. For three years, one of my goals on my review was to learn her job and be her back up. For three years, I got called out for not completing this goal. The woman refused to teach me! I mentioned to my office manager that I didn't think this woman trusted me to do anything on my own. My office manager actually agreed and said "you know how she is."
Others in the office often made comments to me about how she talked to me (short and rude) and they were so glad they didn't have to deal with her. Funny, though, we often at the end of the day, would have nice conversations - not about work but about our lives outside of work or things going on (news, events, etc.) and everything would seem like we were normal, easy going office buddies.
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I can relate to the "under a microscope" comment above.
I can see why you are so put off by behavior like that, after all, it is so much better to have people leave you alone, not give a damn about you, and not even KNOW your name.
