Tuesday, July 13, 2004

Co-Workers…

Co-Workers...

I think that it is pretty true that, no matter where you go, there will be people that do things that annoy you. Take me, no matter where I go there is at least one person that drives me crazy. Now I do know that if I was super busy, well busy at all in my case, I probably wouldn't think twice about this woman. But... I am not busy and I have had two weeks now to watch and listen to this woman.

First off, I have not yet figured out what she is all about. I don't think she is from this country, but she could be a first generation. I'm a pretty bad judge of things like that. She is an older woman. Probably late 40's, early 50's. (And no I am not saying that is OLD, I am saying older compared to me.) Like all mothers and daughters and sisters she argues with her family. I think she is planning a trip of some sort because she keeps saying that lay-overs with children are not a good idea. Okay.

She is excellent at getting out of work. Someone called her yesterday asking for help and she politely said, "Oh there is no way I can help you with that. No. No. Really I cannot help you with that." (And I swear she was filing her nails as she said this.) Then she politely asked if there was anything else the person on the phone wanted to discuss. Then she went to get coffee. I haven't heard something like that in a long time. Maybe I just accept work easily. Last week she was actually yelling at someone on the phone. I think she might have customer service responsibilities. If so I feel really bad for the people she is supposed to support. The yelling was pretty wicked, coupled with frustrated deep sighs. She was not being a nice person.

She also spends a lot of time complaining. And she does the deep sighing thing a lot. The deep sighing thing really gets to me. It is such a negative noise to make all the time.

Regardless, it is interesting how the people around you affect the way you work and think. I always figured that if I was put into an office by myself for long periods of time with lots of work I would just do it. I would walk out of the office 8 hours later a little stunned that the day had passed and happy that I got everything done. Whereas, currently, with all the wacky people around me, I find it a little harder to concentrate on what I am supposed to be doing. Maybe I just get too interested in what other people are doing...

Okay - going to think about work for a minute...


Posted by Autumn Goddess on 07/13 at 06:39 AM
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