YoungHeart1980!

I hope everyone is doing okay. I came back to work after being off a couple days. I had a bi-weekly meeting with the supervisor, and she offered to help me? Really? Great! I of course, took her offer. I just don’t think she expected to get all the work I gave her to do. She alluded to pushing it off to someone else. It’s funny though that I’m giving a supervisor work to do.

Our department had a “fall festival” with burgers was a nice gesture. I walked outside and joined my friend and the supervisor, and the co-worker (cat lady) joined us. I could feel some tension, odd. The supervisor chit-chatted with us, but the co-worker never addressed us. It’s as if we’re not there? She seemed mad, holding a grudge she couldn’t look at us the whole time. It was childish I thought because she never acted this way. As if it wasn’t the right time to reveal her true feelings. She kept something in, and it was obvious at the table to my friend and myself.

I found out later from my friend that while I was away the co-worker has been griping and angry at everyone and everything. Some events happened with my friend that left my friend confused and the co-worker upset and angry, particularly over a podium that had not been dusted off and mouthed off some words about the custodian. The podium hasn’t been used for months and was stored. A researcher came in to assist and the co-worker mouthed off at the researcher about her being in the same room as the co-worker as if they were not of the same hierarchy! I was shocked.

I do recall a week ago I was asked by a researcher if I was able to reserve a conference room and I went to the co-worker because I don’t have access to the calendar. The researcher stayed behind me, about 50 feet away and that was odd. Once I confirmed the room was booked the researcher went about his way. I thought everything was fine until the co-worker came to me and said the following about the researcher, “You should see the emails he sent me. That’s why he doesn’t come to me any longer and ask for anything. I had to tell him not to talk to me like that! He’s rude and thinks he’s all that!” I asked her to bring it down a bit because she’s out in the hallway and people can hear her yelling, it’s okay, that was so long ago, let it go. She stomped away and didn’t talk to me the rest of the day.

All I thought was WOW! What the heck happened? Maybe it’s too much for her? Maybe something is happening she didn’t like? All the Best!