Monday, November 27, 2006

Just make it stop

I’m at work.  Tiny didn’t come in today, so there is one less thing for me to worry about.  Though I was up half the night with indigestion, most likely from worrying about various scenarios that may or may not take place.  He’s supposed to be in tomorrow. 
I’ve been pulled out of my meetings with him and almost all of my related tasks have been given to someone else.  The boss man came up with a plan; I am waiting to see if he implements it or tries to forget the whole thing ever happened.  I hate to be a spoiled sport, but I can’t let this one go.  I refuse to work with someone who can’t see past their nose. 
Of course the plan the boss came up with just isolates the two of us from each other.  Meaning that someone will have to mediate between the two of us.  And since I work away from the rest of my group I get to be even more isolated than I have been since being re-orged.  I’m so excited to face the possibility of endless days without team interaction.  Of course Tiny will have plenty since he will still sit in the midst of every one else, I will be the one left out. 
Which brings up a good point, something I have often pondered when put into these situations.  Why is the person speaking out against harassment so often the one punished?  So this man harassed me, told me that I am not allowed to speak, told me that I was out of line when giving my opinion, and now my boss is removing me from the duties that caused the issue.  I no longer attend the meetings.  I no longer get to participate in the way I was doing so before.  I get to be isolated because I don’t like the way I was being treated. 
The hardest thing for me is that I really don’t know what to do in this type of situation.  I told my boss, I’m keeping a log of the situations, but what now?  What am I supposed to do, if anything, about this enforced isolation?  A man felt I was making him look bad because I was doing my job and so I am removed from his sight so he doesn’t have to see me anymore? 
I still get to do more work because Tiny can’t (and won’t) be able to get it done.  So, I get to be isolated AND I get to work harder AND no one will see what I do because I will no longer be participating because when Tiny sees me in a meeting he gets angry and aggressive.
Tell me how this is fair?