think positively

For CA Training our theme was Attitude is Everything. We were told repeatedly to be positive. And yet, throughout the ENTIRE week-long training and into the next week, two of the professional staff members were EXTREMELY negative. It drove me crazy. Then, during my first one-on-one with my mentor (one of the pro. staff who was extremely negative all week) I was told I need to have a better attitude. Seriously? Are you kidding me? It’s so frustrating!! Yes, I have problems with being positive and happy and tend to be a realist/pessimist most of the time, but can you understand how hard it is to stay positive around professional staff members who are being negative? Not to mention that it was at or above 90 all that week and we’re being lectured to in a room with no air conditioner and only one fan. I was told that some CAs find me unapproachable. That’s why I’ve had three new staff members asking me for help since training, right? Even ones from the other building. Grr. Now I’m hearing that the other pro staff member who was negative all week is asking her mentees, one of them being my Co, all these negative questions about me, like if I’m helpful or if I’m abrasive. WTF? Then they wonder, along with everyone else, why I’m always so negative all the time. How can you be positive when you’re being attacked from all sides?