Day one.
Obviously not day one in the life of me...just day one of my blog. I tried to think of something upbeat to write about for my very first blog. Alas, it was not to be, because I feel I must get something off my chest!
You know how it can be when somebody does something to, really annoy you? I mean REALLY rub you up the wrong way, get up your nose? And you're so annoyed you can't stop thinking about it for the rest of the day?! And then you're just grumpy!
Well I'm grumpy. I belong on the "Grumpy Guide" at least I'm beginning to wonder if that's where I'll end up. So that was how my day started and now I feel the need to have a rant to nobody in particular! So here goes...
My supervisor at work is...what's the word I want...there are so many! Narcissistic, painful, obnoxious, rude, abraisive, condescending, hurtful, just downright awful! All of the above. And not once during my time there have I ever stood up to her. I always bite my tounge, and walk away before I can say something I'll regret and calm myself down silently in the kitchen with a nice cup of tea.
It's got to the point now where everything she does now annoys me, just really rubs me up the wrong way and I don't know how you deal with somebody like that when you can't distance yourself from them...I sit only two metres away and it's extremely awkward because she's made it quite clear from day one that she dislikes me and we rarely talk (except on the rare occasion she has something to tell me about her weekend because no one else will listen, but when I reciprocate I'm met with a grunt or am ignored completely! But for the most part, we don't make conversation (believe me I've tried) and we don't play music in our office, so the days are long and silent!
Although, perhaps silence is better than the drivel that comes out of that girl's mouth when she does talk. (For the record, I'm not the only person she treats this way. She's rude to 99% of the staff and is not well liked. This doesn't appear to bother her...but I'm sure it must?!)
She has a penchant for exaggeration...particularly about how she "Really gave it to so and so" or "gave so and so what for". One of her favourite passtimes seems to be belittling other people's personal assisstants (she's basically a glorified PA herself) then bragging about it afterward to anyone who'll listen. The problem being I'm usually the one who was sitting not two metres away while she rudely admonished them, over the phone, for being incompetent, but when somebody from level 2 pops down to see the boss she proudly tells them "I've just been on the phone to such and such and you would not BELIEVE what they did and so I told her your going to GET me those papers and your'e going to get me them NOW and if you think for ONE MINUTE you can just blah blah blah..." it goes on like this except she's added all of these words she never actually said to the poor girl and in actual fact it didn't go down like that at all.
I've just thought of the right word - BULLY
Am I being too precious here? I mean really...I keep my mouth shut and get my work done. I don't answer back, I'm polite to her, I ask for more work when I've finished everything. But how long should one be expected to put up with an unpleasant colleague? This girl even has the audacity to scold the senior executive staff when the boss isn't around. They all roll their eyes and say nothing. I mean have some respect for your superiors! Even I have enough repsect for her authority to keep my mouth shut and get on with it even though I can't stand her!
I overheard one of the level 2 staff talking about her last week. The word megalomaniac was used liberally. I had to laugh. Am I a bad person for feeling better because finally somebody else had the balls to say what we'd all been thinking, and because it confirmed for me that I wasn't the only one!?
Okay enough. I've let this person get to me so much that I've just written an entire blog about her. But I do feel better. Maybe that's the answer. Instead of biting back, or trying one of my boyfriend's rather unhelpful suggestions "just kick her in the box!", I should just write things down or blog to get it out of my system.
I feel better already! SIGH. She's not worth worrying about.
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