Scarlett in love

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all is not well, 4 months ago

I’ve just had the most horrible day at work, ever. It includes a row, a mean colleague and things that should have been left unsaid. How unprofessional is it to pick a fight in front of customers, and who is she to tell me this job is first and foremost about serving customers. It’s so ironic that I’d laugh if I didn’t feel like crying whenever I think about it – she is the most vicious, negative and grumpy person I’ve ever met, and her day(s) at work include mostly gossiping with others, being grumpy and complaining about, well, everything. And she’s there only once or twice a week. And she tells me it’s all about customer service. I don’t know how long I can keep up with this, I think I’m starting to feel a burn-out coming my way, again.



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Maxime is back, for now!

A little part time employee telling you what to do, to you, the experienced full time employee?

Yes, laugh about it instead of crying. You already know that she is wrong, so why care? Just laugh at her, I don’t even have to comment and say how pathetic she looks, you already know it! :)

Scarlett in love

Well, she has been there much longer than I have, and I’m not too sure how ‘experienced’ I am. :D

She just hit a sore spot with her words, and I know I can’t forget the things she said before I’ve talked with our team leader about the incident. But I’m going to do that tomorrow, and hopefully then I can just let go of this. But not yet, as much as I’d want to. Honestly, the whole incident was just so ridiculous and unfair… and infuriating, argh!

Maxime is back, for now!

Ridiculous, you say?

Clowns are ridiculous and have no reason to make people angry. Why would she?

Am I comparing her to a clown?

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Uh…

No, sure not.

Scarlett in love

Oh Max. :D

I’ll get over this soon, I promise. :)

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Scarlett in love

My mother said the same thing when I told her about this, and I know it happens everywhere, especially when the dominant sex is female, women are just so… viciously mean. Most of the time I try to do exactly what you suggested, and just ignore the complainers and do my job with a smile on my face. Usually it works, too, but I have bit of a temper and sometimes it just gets out and I get really furious. But you’re absolutely right, the smart way to handle this is to not play along with their bitter games and just keep the positive spirit alive.

Luckily tomorrow is a new day. :)

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Danadanadana Rearranging and revamping

If being nice and

cheery and ignoring it doesn’t work over the long term, you could always try what I did once – to my micromanaging boss. I can’t believe it worked, but it did.

One day I was at the boiling point, and I stopped what I was doing, turned to look at her and said very clearly (but not yelling) “BACK OFF!” then I turned back to my work and continued as if nothing had happened.

I was ready to quit at that point anyway, but it all worked out fine. Sometimes when people get away with dominating for too long they just keep escalating it until you throw it back at them.

Nothing is worse than a toxic coworker. Good luck with it.

Scarlett in love

Thanks,

we’ll see how things go, luckily I’ve been away from work for two weeks now (gotta love holidays) and I haven’t seen this colleague for almost a month now. I’m going back to work this Thursday but I’ll probably see her some time next week – don’t really care, though, I’m just going to ignore her and be myself. :)


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