The Difficult Person, that is. Why do I let her get to me? Why does she annoy me so much?

This week I am covering for Min II who decided to take 3 days off work at what is possibly the busiest time of year. As Min II is a temp we weren’t really in a position to dictate terms. This is something I need to talk to Big Phil about as it makes me very uneasy – she could pack up at any time and there is no effective notice period.

Anyway, this morning the DP managed to imply that I should not only a) be doing my job, and b) be doing Min II’s job but also c) be doing her (current) job by doing the January management accounts. Which would leave the DP doing, er, nothing much between now and the end of March. How nice for her.

Grrrrrrr!

On top of that there has been the usual hooting, sniffing and being unnecesarily snippy to people on the phone.

The office is going to be rearranged soon to accommodate various new people. I currently sit next to the DP so I wonder if I might be able to use this as an opportunity to move… The problem is exacerbated by the fact that we still don’t have any sideways desk dividers – we have them splitting the desk opposite off so ironically I can’t see nice colleague Z who sits opposite me (we talk looking at each other’s reflections in the window!) but I am painfully aware every time the DP sneakily completes a clue in the sudoku puzzle which she has hidden behind her keyboard.

Argh. Just need to get it out of my system. This is probably completely the wrong thing to do – the Mind Gym book goes on about how to have better relationships with people you’ve got to attribute the best of intentions to them and basically pretend you like them and then they will like you, but I don’t feel capable of doing that today.