We made it to Friday guys and I am so happy because this has been a crazy week. Everything was going okay until today and I think I handled myself as best as I could regarding the situation and I know that when I can find a better paying job, I will have no problem leaving this one behind. I usually work double shifts towards the end of the week but I decided not to double today because I needed a break from work right now. There is always so much drama at this job it is ridiculous. Always is one thing popping up after another and I am just going to write about it from now on. So, I am sounding my drama alarm because that’s what today was full of.
Alright, so there is this girl at work that befriended me and we had mutual friends so we started hanging out. I was going through some stuff and so was she so I was venting to her about some things and giving her advice on others and the next thing I know my words are twisted up and told to people at work which created drama some of which involved my own manager. Eventually, things cooled down again until I was told by my boyfriend at the time, that she had gone to him at work and talked about me in not such a positive light and I was also told by another coworker that she too was told some things about me and I just decided to leave the girl alone and she would also avoid me at work anyway, so we didn’t talk for almost a month.
While I wasn’t talking to her she was rallying her friends around her and playing the victim card and saying that I was causing problems for her and whatever else she could come up with. It all just made me even angrier because it wasn’t true but still I ignored her every day and she would intentionally be obnoxious by yelling and speaking loudly near me or acknowledging people around me and act as if I wasn’t around. She was just doing a lot of petty stuff that I wanted nothing to do with. Not to mention she was in a different job position than me so she really had no business doing unprofessional acts in the workplace, but I digress.
She took over as my manager today and she had been avoiding me for weeks but I guess she felt empowered enough to talk to me considering her position changed. Instead of resolving the situation she decided to talk to down to me and I just wasn’t having any of her bull. So, she tells me that she doesn’t know what’s going on but she wants to keep things professional and she knows that there is tension between us. So I acknowledged that there is tension and I told her that I had no problem with what she had said but there were some issues that needed to be addressed.
When I tried to talk to her about it she kept trying to shut me down and bring up that we were at work, even though this was a work-related issue, that she pulled me to the side to talk about. She continued denying what was said and tried to throw in my face that she was my manager and that she was “paying me to work”. Girl, you were my manager for a day and you don’t sign my checks, what the heck are you talking about? Then she tried to tell me to “calm down” and that I was “out of control” when I was just talking to her and trying to hash this thing out but this chick is just crazy, I don’t know what else to call it.
So, nothing was really resolved, she just made it worse, honestly. I told her that had she just left me alone I would have just kept ignoring her, did my job, and went home. Then she walked away from me when I tried to bring a third person (that she had talked to about me) into the conversation. She stood there and tried to tell me they were lying and as soon as they started talking, she walks off. I am just going to go back to ignoring her because this whole thing is stupid and in reality, she should have been fired a long time ago for all the drama and confusion that she has caused. I just want nothing more to do with her. I know who she really is now and I no longer associate with her. She’s almost 30 years old still acting like we are all in high school, and it makes no sense.
The only good news that I can say about today and this job, in general, is that I have a lot of writing material to draw from now because of all the drama and experiences that I have gone through with this company. It is insane, the number of problems and foolishness that occur while at work. I am pretty much at the point now of not even being shocked anymore when I hear about something that was said or done by a coworker or management. It seems inevitable that this company is just going down the toilet and there is nothing more for me to do but to just collect my paycheck and go.
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It’s unfortunate that these things have happened and that I’m still working at this job but I also have my good days where I get along with my team and we are laughing, enjoying ourselves, and taking care of business. Most of the time the problems that occur are because of management, one of the reasons I don’t want to become a manager. I wish it was as simple as me switching positions and being an example of how to be a good manager but it’s a corrupt system that needs to be fixed and I think that only cooperate can flush out the toxins and make it a better working environment.
Well, that concludes today’s post.
Until next time, stay awesome!
Xo,
Nina.
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