Office Foibles
May 15, 2008 at 5:02 pm | In other | 3 CommentsTags: boss, bosses, defer, drama, foible, office, reprimand, trouble, work, workplace
Blergh. I just had one of the worst conversations ever with my boss. I’m never the friendly girl everyone wants to hang around with in the office — and I like that. I do join in on office drinks and whatnot some times, but officemates to me, aren’t supposed to be your friends — they’re there to help you out when it comes to office business, but besides that, I like having a clear dichotomy of my professional life and my personal life.
Apparently, the other day, on one of my worst days, the wrong person heard me order another officemate around, and probably took it as some sort of office offense. There’s no official reprimand for workplace mean-ness, but then again, you have to command it.
In the office though, it’s a whole different jungle — you have a boss, and your bosses have boss. While some people work under me, I still defer to a higher authority — and that’s part of the reasons why I can’t befriend work people — in as much as it is easy to let your guard down on them, they’re still your colleagues, and demand more respect than your average girl friend. Lesson learned? Watch what you say — even to the point of faking it … being angry doesn’t really solve anything — it’s just a huge waste of energy.
Anybody else go through things like this?
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Comment by Susan Beecher — May 20, 2008 #
Yep – I once implied that someone elses software was implemented poorly. That got more than a few feathers ruffled – in fact, I thought I was going to get fired.
Comment by Ernie — May 21, 2008 #
Whoa, your boss had “words” with you because someone tattled on you for getting ticked off at someone? Really? Shite, does you boss have nothing better to do with their time? Or do you work in a kindergaten?
Good call on not getting too heated in the office, though. It rarely fixes anything. If it ever does.
I work with one of my best friends. Didn’t realise that would happen at the time I applied for and accepted the job. Love her to bits, but it’s kinda awful because I see her at her worst, often, and it gets icky.
Comment by Sunili — May 22, 2008 #