Work where one is forced to work productively with others no matter how difficult it is for each party to achieve goals.
My job is folding the mail, metering it and taking the outgoing mail to the post office plus scan documents and answer incoming calls to transfer to agents. The work environment is a big room with desks side by side without cubicles. It gives room for open communication between staff.
Growing up, my Dad always told me to keep to myself at work and to rarely socialize because all coworkers are not your friends.
At my current employer, I understand what he’s talking about. At work, when I first started, I was received with mixed feelings. My current situation is that I have a coworker who has controlling issues that I don’t comply with. I come to work which I pull my documents from the printers that I will fold and put into envelopes later. I keep to myself and I don’t have any personal social conversations with anyone. My behavior has upset someone who almost seemed possessed on Saturday when I left work. This person feels that she is obligated to know about my personal life. She feels that she’s in control of everyone and everything although her stealing company property and low productivity , she’s one step away from being fired. She has brown nosing our supervisor to stay employed.
Therefore, my hardest personal goal that I reset for myself daily is to keep to myself and to remain quiet so that I won’t tell my coworker my true feelings about her laziness, her non stop chatter about nothing and her need to control plus her low productivity. Grateful for the power and wisdom of not lowering myself to her level. Sometimes, I pray for strength nonstop to get through the day to not speak the truth about how I feel about her.
Feeling the Monday morning blues,
Leslie Elizabeth David.
Edit: Due to problems with my wrist because of overuse, I woke up with extreme pain which I have taken Tylenol and I put Cortisone cream on the affected area. Decided to stay home to get better which I contacted my supervisor via text earlier this morning. Think that God is protecting me in some ways so I am thankful today.
The Magnificent Modern Mature Woman 