This topic does not involve swimming AT all ... sorry ... I cannot stand my co-worker! She drives me crazy. First of all, I work in a very small law firm. There a total of eight employees. Four attorneys (one is part time), two secretaries, an errand boy (aka the head partner’s son), and myself. We have an open office sans cubicles. So there is NO escape. Moving on ... we are a very busy firm. Normally we have a couple of law clerks but right now we don’t. So most of the extra work falls on me. We don’t really have carved out jobs really we all kind of do everything. Though we do all have things that only we do. The annoying co-worker complains non-stop all day long. Seriously. Either she doesn’t have enough to do or the guys ask her to do stuff and she flips out “I don’t have time for this. I can’t handle this right now.” She complains about everything she is asked to do. She complains and/or comments on every phone call she answers. She gets all snippy with me and has basically told me that if I keep eating the way I do (I snack on healthy things all day) that I am going to get fat, so I should enjoy it while I can get away with it. She talks endlessly about how her son is in marching band and how that is the most important thing EVER, how hard it is and how much time it takes up ... I want to yell, do you know how many hours a week I spent in a gym in high school? Like, 30! AH! I can’t take it. I seriously want to yell SHUT UP! Everyone is busy and no one cares. She is a drama queen to the max. She is ALWAYS in pain, her knee, her back, she has a headache, a stomach ache, a cold ... she hasn’t been here everyday all day for two weeks since I started in September. It drives me crazy. I am really afraid that one day I’ll just blurt out shut up you whiney wench! Gr! Do any of you have annoying co-workers and how do you deal with it? Thanks!
Usually, I am not a complainer I swear, and I do see the irony of complaining about someone complaining.
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Originally posted by Kira
While we all have annoying co-workers, mine is in a law firm too & crazy! She's "loses it" periodically, yelling, swearing, name calling & last time several of us complained to mgmt. Since then she has taken it out on me- refusing to talk to me, not answering my calls at work, hanging up on me, answering w/"What?!", scowling every time she walks past my desk. The last was when she told me to "just get the hell out of here!" when she had to cover my desk when I was leaving early for a dr. appt.
After informing mgmt/HR, I was told I needed to understand that she's young (22), & has been spoiled by her parents. The resolution that mgmt & HR came up with...she's not allowed to cover my desk if I need a break & we're not to talk to ea. other. They did thank me for trying to resolve the problem (I had asked her if we could talk & try to resolve the problem so we could work together civily). So, the stupidity continues. Who needs to be scowled at every day? By the way, she doesn't have long distance @ home- just makes all her calls "free" @ work & has hung a picture opposite her desk so that she can see people coming in the reflection. Nice.:rolleyes:
Sounds like your HR department is as immature at the co-worker. I don't think that I would want to do business with a firm that doesn't control unprofessional behavior. In most places, I think, it would not be tolerated. When your firm starts losing clients big time, maybe they will WAKE UP. Perhaps I am getting old, :eek: , but I don't know what's wrong with some younger folks with that " 'tude" some of them have or, worse, a lack of respect for others. Her parents ought to be ... well, figure that out yourself.
Hey ... here's a suggestion. Why don't we e-mail this thread to all of our annoying co-workers? Maybe they will get the message? Not! :mad:
Originally posted by Kira
While we all have annoying co-workers, mine is in a law firm too & crazy! She's "loses it" periodically, yelling, swearing, name calling & last time several of us complained to mgmt. Since then she has taken it out on me- refusing to talk to me, not answering my calls at work, hanging up on me, answering w/"What?!", scowling every time she walks past my desk. The last was when she told me to "just get the hell out of here!" when she had to cover my desk when I was leaving early for a dr. appt.
After informing mgmt/HR, I was told I needed to understand that she's young (22), & has been spoiled by her parents. The resolution that mgmt & HR came up with...she's not allowed to cover my desk if I need a break & we're not to talk to ea. other. They did thank me for trying to resolve the problem (I had asked her if we could talk & try to resolve the problem so we could work together civily). So, the stupidity continues. Who needs to be scowled at every day? By the way, she doesn't have long distance @ home- just makes all her calls "free" @ work & has hung a picture opposite her desk so that she can see people coming in the reflection. Nice.:rolleyes:
Sounds like your HR department is as immature at the co-worker. I don't think that I would want to do business with a firm that doesn't control unprofessional behavior. In most places, I think, it would not be tolerated. When your firm starts losing clients big time, maybe they will WAKE UP. Perhaps I am getting old, :eek: , but I don't know what's wrong with some younger folks with that " 'tude" some of them have or, worse, a lack of respect for others. Her parents ought to be ... well, figure that out yourself.
Hey ... here's a suggestion. Why don't we e-mail this thread to all of our annoying co-workers? Maybe they will get the message? Not! :mad:
